COSEE has sought to increase diversity within the ocean sciences through Network, Council, and Center activities. Diversity is part of the COSEE strategic business plan, the Diversity Working Group is one of several committees of the COSEE Network, and diversity has been a topic in COSEE Council and Network meetings.
Four COSEE Centers - Ocean Systems, West, Networked Ocean World, and California - held concept mapping collaborative workshops to help scientists mentor graduate students to improve their teaching and research. Formative and summative evaluation results indicate that the workshops promoted more peer to peer interactions between faculty and graduate students and more familiarity with Ocean Literacy and Climate Literacy principles.
