Greater Than: Nuclear Threat Professionals Reimagine Their Field

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Another theme that arose from the interviews relates to the fieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cultureâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;both who gets to be in the field and how people are treated once they enter it. Many interviewees stated a desire for more inclusivity in the field.

DISSATISFACTION > VISION > FIRST STEPS > RESISTANCE

While most focused on race, ethnicity, and gender in these comments, they also described diversity in terms of viewpoint and perspective, socioeconomic background, career and/or academic background, and frontline/firsthand experience of the effects of nuclear weapons and materials. Some spoke of a wish for a more diverse funding base. Others noted what they see as a tension between the desire for greater inclusivity and a current state that seems to operate via accidental meetings, tribal relationships, haphazard career paths, and unpaid internships. On this point of not paying interns for their work, they were particularly vocal:

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Greater Than: Nuclear Threat Professionals Reimagine Their Field

Published on Dec 19, 2019

N Square

How might the nuclear threat reduction field become one of the brightest sources of creativity and innovation on the planet? That is the question that launched the 2019 N Square “listening tour,” in which we interviewed 72 DC-based nuclear threat reduction professionals to gather diverse perspectives on the state of the field and hopes for its future. Our new report, “Greater Than: Nuclear Threat Professionals Reimagine the Field,” shares the findings of this research. It offers candid insight into barriers to and enablers of innovation and the acceleration of new ideas—along with significant reflections from colleagues about the day-to-day experience of working in this field and their aspirations for improvement. Our hope is that this work shoots a flare across the field, illuminating the contours of a new, collaboratively developed future along with ideas about how we might collectively begin to get there.

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