University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Perceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology Who conducts biological research, where they do it and how results are disseminated vary among geographies and identities. Identifying and documenting these forms of bias by research communities is a critical step towards addressing them. We documented perceived and observed biases in movement ecology, a rapidly expanding sub-discipline of biology, which is strongly underpinned by fieldwork and technology use. We surveyed attendees before an international conference to assess a baseline within-discipline perceived bias (uninformed perceived bias). We analysed geographic patterns in Movement Ecology articles, finding discrepancies between the country of the authors’ affiliation and study site location, related to national economics. We analysed race-gender identities of USA biology researchers (the closest to our sub-discipline with data available), finding that they differed from national demographics. Finally, we discussed the quantitatively observed bias at the conference, to assess within-discipline perceived bias informed with observational data (informed perceived bias). Although the survey indicated most conference participants as bias-aware, conversations only covered a subset of biases. We discuss potential causes of bias (parachute-science, fieldwork accessibility), solutions and the need to evaluate mitigatory action effectiveness. Undertaking data-driven analysis of bias within sub-disciplines can help identify specific barriers and move towards the inclusion of a greater diversity of participants in the scientific process. en TEXT journal article Wissenschaftlicher Artikel Articolo di rivista Text journal article Testo Articolo di rivista Text Wissenschaftlicher Artikel Academic Conference Diversity Equity Journal Authorship Parachute Science Representation 2025 2025 Allison K. Shaw (Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota Twin Cities) Dongmin Kim (Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota Twin Cities) Nilanjan Chatterjee (Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota Twin Cities) David Wolfson (Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota Twin Cities) Briana Abrahms (Department of Biology, University of Washington) Nina Attias (Instituto de Conservação de Animais SIlvestres) Christine E. Beardsworth (School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University) Roxanne S. Beltran (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz) Sandra A. Binning (Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal) Kayla M. Blincow (College of Science and Mathematics, University of the Virgin Islands) Ying-Chi Chan (Swiss Ornithological Institute) Emanuel A. Fronhofer (ISEM, University of Montpellier-CNRS-IRD) Arne Hegemann (Department of Biology, Lund University) Edward R. Hurme (Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior) Fabiola Iannarilli (Center for Biodiversity and Global Change, Yale University) Julie B. Kellner (Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) Karen D. McCoy (MiVEGEC, University of Montpellier-CNRS-IRD) Kasim Rafiq (Department of Biology, University of Washington) Marjo Saastamoinen (Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki) Ana M. M. Sequeira (Division of Ecology and Evolution, Australian National University) Mitchell W. Serota (Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California Berkeley) Petra Sumasgutner (Konrad Lorenz Research Center (KLF), University of Vienna) Yun Tao (Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia) Martha Torstenson (Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota Twin Cities) Scott W. Yanco (Center for Biodiversity and Global Change, Yale University) Kristina B. Beck (Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre) Michael G. Bertram (Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) Larissa T. Beumer (Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre) Maja Bradarić (Institute for biodiversity and ecosystem dynamics, University of Amsterdam) Jeanne Clermont (Département de biologie, Université de Sherbrooke) Diego Ellis-Soto (Center for Biodiversity and Global Change, Yale University) Monika Faltusová (Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences) John Fieberg (Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota Twin Cities) Richard J. Hall (Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia) Andrea Kölzsch (Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior) Sandra Lai (Department of Biology, University of Oxford) Larisa Lee-Cruz (UMR TETIS, French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development) Matthias-Claudio Loretto (Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, Department of Interdisciplinary Life Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna) Alexandra Loveridge (The Marine Biological Association) Marcus Michelangeli (Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) Thomas Müller (Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre) Louise Riotte-Lambert (CEFE, CNRS, University of Montpellier-EPHE-IRD) Nir Sapir (Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology and Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa) Martina Scacco (Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior) Claire S. Teitelbaum (NASA Ames Research Center) Francesca Cagnacci (Animal Ecology Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach) Leila Fouda Stefano Mezzini Royal Society of London