TY - JOUR
T1 - Let us Dance Around the World! Toward More Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Research
AU - Chinapaw, Mai
AU - Anselma, Manou
N1 - Funding Information: This commentary is based on the keynote lecture of ChinAPaw at the ICAMPAM 2022. The contribution of Anselma is funded by the Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute. We would like to acknowledge Dr. Tanja Vrijkotte for connecting us with the participants of the ABCD cohort study and Jasmijn van Heijst for making the figures. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Human Kinetics, Inc.
PY - 2023/3/1
Y1 - 2023/3/1
N2 - We strongly believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion in research lead to better science, more innovations and more relevant outcomes that better serve society at large. Historically, scientific research is quite WEIRD, meaning that it is dominated by researchers and study samples from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic countries. Such WEIRD research leads to results that better serve a small, privileged group of WEIRD people, widening health inequalities. Research among a selective group with similar backgrounds and perspectives results in bias and hinders innovation. As a result, we end up missing out on the valuable holistic viewpoint that more inclusive research would gain. In this invited commentary based on the International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement (ICAMPAM) 2022 keynote presentation by Prof. ChinAPaw, we discuss the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in research and introduce our vision for AWESOME science—All-inclusive, Worldwide ranging, Equitable, Sincere, Open-minded, Mindful of our own implicit bias, and Essential—that is more inclusive and relevant for everyone regardless of who they are and where they live. More diversity, equity, and inclusion make our collective dance toward healthy societies more beautiful and impactful!.
AB - We strongly believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion in research lead to better science, more innovations and more relevant outcomes that better serve society at large. Historically, scientific research is quite WEIRD, meaning that it is dominated by researchers and study samples from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic countries. Such WEIRD research leads to results that better serve a small, privileged group of WEIRD people, widening health inequalities. Research among a selective group with similar backgrounds and perspectives results in bias and hinders innovation. As a result, we end up missing out on the valuable holistic viewpoint that more inclusive research would gain. In this invited commentary based on the International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement (ICAMPAM) 2022 keynote presentation by Prof. ChinAPaw, we discuss the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in research and introduce our vision for AWESOME science—All-inclusive, Worldwide ranging, Equitable, Sincere, Open-minded, Mindful of our own implicit bias, and Essential—that is more inclusive and relevant for everyone regardless of who they are and where they live. More diversity, equity, and inclusion make our collective dance toward healthy societies more beautiful and impactful!.
KW - implicit bias
KW - inclusive research
KW - inequalities
KW - social justice
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85150807946&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2022-0043
DO - https://doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2022-0043
M3 - Comment/Letter to the editor
SN - 2575-6613
VL - 6
SP - 1
EP - 5
JO - Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour
JF - Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour
IS - 1
ER -