Ethics Center to hold Zoom events about inclusion

The Center for Professional and Applied Ethics is holding a series of Zoom events as part of the series “Models for Equitable Minority Inclusion in Institutional Research.”

Angelique Hjarding, a postdoctoral researcher, Charlotte Action Research Project, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, will present “From Monarchs to Mangroves: Public Science as a Tool to Engage Communities in Conservation” at noon, Oct. 6. Register online.

On Oct. 19, Alex Pearlman, journalist, bioethicist and research affiliate, the MIT Media Lab Community Biotechnology Initiative, will present “A Framework for Collectively-Defined Ethics Standards for Independent Researchers and Community Bio Groups” from noon to 1 p.m. Register online. (This event has been canceled; information updates Oct. 13.)

“Models for Equitable Minority Inclusion in Institutional Research” will explore how community participation can be made more equitable and just. Often, citizen science research works outside of institutional channels, so it faces difficulties when it intersects with institutional structures, often disproportionately hurting minoritized communities and those not traditionally served by academic and institutional research models.