Toward inclusive energy futures: Reflections on the collective authorship of a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary, and community-engaged equity, diversity, and inclusion terms of reference

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dc.contributor.authorHoicka, Christina E.
dc.contributor.authorMacCallum, Emily
dc.contributor.authorHameed, Ahmad
dc.contributor.authorLeung, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorNeville, Kate J.
dc.contributor.authorAsher, Lila
dc.contributor.authorGalloway, Tracey
dc.contributor.authorHiggins, Drew
dc.contributor.authorMcKinnon, Leela
dc.contributor.authorPapineau, Maya
dc.contributor.authorTeelucksingh, Cheryl
dc.contributor.authorTizya-Tramm, Erika
dc.contributor.authorDijvejin, Zahra Azimi
dc.contributor.authorBazylak, Aimy
dc.contributor.authorBergerson, Joule
dc.contributor.authorBerlinguette, Curtis P.
dc.contributor.authorBesco, Laurel
dc.contributor.authorBirss, Viola
dc.contributor.authorBoon, David
dc.contributor.authorBullock, Ryan
dc.contributor.authorChitsaz, Sara
dc.contributor.authorChew, Suzanne
dc.contributor.authorFitzgibbon, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorForoozan, Amirhossein
dc.contributor.authorHuang, SiLang
dc.contributor.authorJekill, Nicolas
dc.contributor.authorJi, Tengxiao
dc.contributor.authorKilius, Erica
dc.contributor.authorMaclean, Heather L.
dc.contributor.authorPitre, Vaidehi
dc.contributor.authorRen, Shaoxuan
dc.contributor.authorRiep, Eric
dc.contributor.authorRiordon, Jason
dc.contributor.authorRoss, Michael
dc.contributor.authorSeferos, Dwight S.
dc.contributor.authorZeraati, Ali Shayesteh
dc.contributor.authorShi, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorTiwari, Shardul
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Aubry
dc.contributor.authorWu, Yimin A.
dc.contributor.authorYao, Xue
dc.contributor.authorZhu, Mengnan
dc.contributor.authorVan de. Coevering, Dena
dc.contributor.authorZurba, Melanie
dc.contributor.authorSinton, David
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-25T22:59:26Z
dc.date.available2026-02-25T22:59:26Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.description.abstractThis reflection outlines the development of a Terms of Reference (ToR) for equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in a 6-year energy transitions research project spanning 11 institutions and involving 100 researchers across science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), social science, and humanities disciplines. This multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional project involves partnerships with industry and civil society organizations, attempts to center justice-oriented research, and includes communities and users in knowledge co-production in a field of research and practice known for exclusion and marginalization. An EDI ToR is a guiding document that outlines the shared understandings and practices necessary to foster a safe, equitable, and inclusive research environment. Here we describe how 42 researchers across all career stages and 5 time zones co-authored an EDI ToR that reflects the project’s context and goals while attempting to make the writing process inclusive. Using autoethnography, we reflect on the process of developing this ToR and evaluate its effectiveness in meeting project needs, fostering shared values, and supporting the education and training of diverse early career researchers. We found that, given the complexity of the project, our approach offered a valuable pathway for the team to reflect on shared values by encouraging early and continuous dialog and alignment among researchers. The ToR offered a compass to help researchers make decisions ethically and inclusively. Our contribution is to demonstrate how an EDI ToR development process can foster reflexivity and offer space to address the tensions that inevitably arise within research teams and tensions between the team’s needs and justice-oriented energy research in practice. Drawing on our findings, we recommend that other research teams and funders embed EDI goals, benchmarks, and commitments into their grant proposals and that they hold small-group discussions throughout the EDI ToR development and implementation phases to allow for reflection and iteration.
dc.description.reviewstatusReviewed
dc.description.scholarlevelFaculty
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: We acknowledge the support of the Government of Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF), CANSTOREnergy project NFRFT-2022-00197 and Canada Research Chair Secretariat CRC-2020-00055.
dc.identifier.citationHoicka, C. E., MacCallum, E., Hameed, A., Leung, L., Neville, K. J., Asher, L., Galloway, T., Higgins, D., McKinnon, L., Papineau, M., Teelucksingh, C., Tizya- Tramm, E., Azimi Dijvejin, Z., Bazylak, A., Bergerson, J., Berlinguette, C. P., Besco, L., Birss, V., Boon, D., … Sinton, D. (2026). Toward inclusive energy futures: Reflections on the collective authorship of a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary, and community-engaged equity, diversity, and inclusion terms of reference. Research Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470161261423564
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/17470161261423564
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/23353
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherResearch Ethics
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectterms of reference
dc.subjectequity, diversity, and inclusion
dc.subjectenergy storage technologies
dc.subjectcommunity engaged research
dc.subjectenergy transitions research
dc.subject.departmentDepartment of Geography
dc.titleToward inclusive energy futures: Reflections on the collective authorship of a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary, and community-engaged equity, diversity, and inclusion terms of reference
dc.typeArticle

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