So I think you are pointing to something real here, although even then I don’t think it actually constitutes a great defence of the status quo of ERS. If we are to get people with preexisting experience in the disciplines we want, as most disciplines are far from equal, and if you are straying into an interdisciplinary soace like this job security and lack of mentorship may mean being more senior is very benefiical, we are likely to not get the sorts of demographic diversity we may want. However, ERS at present also rarely included and reaches out to people with deep expertise in these fields as well, so in some ways it feels we get the worst of both worlds; we bring in relatively young and inexperienced people and yet churn out people who broadly think very similarly and have the ability to influence very similar spaces . Sure, I’m not saying juggling all this is easy, nor that it will be perfect, but this status quo seems really suboptimal
So I think you are pointing to something real here, although even then I don’t think it actually constitutes a great defence of the status quo of ERS. If we are to get people with preexisting experience in the disciplines we want, as most disciplines are far from equal, and if you are straying into an interdisciplinary soace like this job security and lack of mentorship may mean being more senior is very benefiical, we are likely to not get the sorts of demographic diversity we may want. However, ERS at present also rarely included and reaches out to people with deep expertise in these fields as well, so in some ways it feels we get the worst of both worlds; we bring in relatively young and inexperienced people and yet churn out people who broadly think very similarly and have the ability to influence very similar spaces . Sure, I’m not saying juggling all this is easy, nor that it will be perfect, but this status quo seems really suboptimal