Working groups are consolidated based on community-identified needs and priority areas. Working groups consist of ALBA Advisors, Ambassadors and Volunteers, and each group is led by a member of the ALBA Board of Directors with relevant expertise and interest. Occasionally ad hoc task forces are formed to tackle one-off projects or topics limited in time and/or scope.
Awards
Oversees all awards and grants offered by ALBA recognising the outstanding outreach efforts and research achievements of all neuroscientists, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Data
Oversees the collection, analysis and impact plans of diversity data and metrics, and the identification of trends, gaps, needs, and priority areas for evidence-based action and policy change.
Declaration
Promotes and works on improving the ALBA Declaration on Equity & Inclusion, including the ALBA resource database, to disseminate best practices on how to avoid bias and discrimination and help foster an inclusive work culture.
Disability & Accessibility
Organises initiatives to raise awareness and increase the visibility of scientists with disabilities, encouraging best practices within institutions to ensure equal access to opportunities.
Events
Oversees all ALBA events and DEI sessions held at major neuroscience conferences with the aims of bringing visibility to DEI issues and promoting community engagement and opportunities for networking and mentoring.
Gender & Sexual Diversity
Addresses issues of inclusion, equity and diversity related to sexual and gender identity through outreach and advocacy activities, with the aims of increasing awareness on the LGBTQIA+ experience and promoting best practices.
Global Diversity
Oversees and coordinates efforts and activities to establish working definitions and principles of diversity and inclusion that are both global and region-specific in scope, and to increase awareness on the barriers faced by different demographics of researchers to succeed in the brain sciences.
Imposter Syndrome
Organises initiatives to raise awareness on the impostor phenomenon in the neuroscience academic community and to identify strategies to counter its effects.
Mentoring
Oversees the planning and coordination of ALBA's efforts to listen to the community and understand unmet mentorship needs associated with the next generation of scientists in different regions across the globe.
Webinars
Oversees the planning and conceptualisation of all ALBA webinars with the aim of providing a platform to amplify diverse voices and share experiences and insights on the different dimensions of diversity, and generating evidence-based recommendations for consideration by relevant stakeholders, where feasible.
