Panel on IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility) Initiative (PIDEA)

Chair:

Mary Snitch (USA), 2022 – 2026 (mary.snitch – at – lmco.com)

Vice-Chair:

Luisella Giulicchi (ESA/ESTEC), 2024 – 2028 (Luisella.Giulicchi – at – esa.int)

Panel Advisors:

Larry James (USA/Australia), 2024 – 2028
Jean-Yves Le Gall (France), 2022 – 2026
Michael Moloney (USA), 2022 – 2026

Members

Terms of Reference:

The 2019 COSPAR Strategic Plan established a renewed policy for diversity and inclusion, with the purpose to actively promote diversity and equity in all activities, and to identify meaningful roles for all researchers across COSPAR programs. Furthermore, the IDEA initiative is envisioned to encompass a broader and forward-looking definition of inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility, and its implementation will drive growth and impact for COSPAR global constituents and new members across all areas of scientific inquiry well into the future.

• COSPAR Statement of Principles
• COSPAR Code of Conduct
• Report on the TGII.1 (now PIDEA) Panel Event at COSPAR 2024

Events and Organizations which Address or Incorporate IDEA in their Activities:

• Grupo Lusophono de Astronomia para o Desenvolvimento/Portuguese Office of Astronomy for Development (PLOAD) of the IAU, group photo of participants discussing how to integrate COSPAR IDEA principles further to the “Congresso Internacional de Ensino em Astronomia e Eclipse Solar Anular” (International Congress on Astronomy Education and the Annular Solar Eclipse) event, 9 – 14 October 2023, Imperatriz (Maranhão), Brazil.