Don’t walk on by: how to confront bias and bigotry aimed at others

Photo caption: Participants act out a sketch at a workshop designed to encourage researchers to step in when they see hurtful behaviour in the workplace. Photo credit: Allison Shelley / The Washington Post / Getty. Article by Sara Reardon. Nature – August 15, 2022.

Bystander-intervention programmes use humour and other tools to call out bullying and harassment in science.

When Sunita Nandihalli was a psychology graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, they and an undergraduate intern found themselves in an lift with a man who seemed fascinated with the intern. She was multiracial, and he repeatedly quizzed her about her hair. […]

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