Dr Zuleyka Zevallos

Reminder: I wrote to @Science_Academy on 19 of January 2018 to advise that Prof Terry Speed, Fellow and one of the co-funders of their national gender initiative, had been found to have sexually harrassed a woman postdoc & creating hostile environment for another man. 1/ #metoo

Reminded the Academy of other harassment complaints I knew of while I was managing the national gender initiative (SAGE); plans I asked them to address on SH & discrimination (2015-2016); & gave them tips to start addressing these issues. They said they'd respond. Never did. 2/

I noted: "I cannot see the Academy's anti-sexual harassment statement, nor its equity and diversity statement on the website, although these were two things that I strongly advocated in my time at the Academy." They've still done nothing on this since January. It's June. 3/

'As I said in my time at the Academy, it is not enough to simply host the Athena SWAN program; the Academy & SAGE both as entites should be leaders in policy & practice to end harassment and discrimination, and to increase inclusion.' Again: 6mths later. They've done nothing. 4/

'I hope that putting up these statements on Prof Speed, anti-harassment and on equity & diversity will be the first steps made to publicy address this matter, along with a clear action plan for how the Academy & SAGE will handle SH and discrimination...' None of this happened. 5/

I used "action plan" as a clear ref to SAGE, which requires members to have SMART actions as part of qualifying for Athena SWAN awards. The first Awards will be released in September. Would the Academy or SAGE pass? That's a question the science community should want answered 6/

Since writing to the Academy in Jan 2018, SAGE has deleted its page on funders, effectively hiding Prof Speed's involvement. (He was also a co-lead of his organisation Athena team, since changed.) This is the OPPOSITE of transparency & honesty required of Athena SWAN awards. 7/