Caroline Viola Fry

I am an Associate Professor in the Management and Industrial Relations department, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawai’i at Manoa. I am also an invited researcher at JPAL’s Science for Progress Initiative. I received my PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

My research focuses on diversity in science and innovation. Despite the rapid expansion of science and innovation and the resulting improvements in health and productivity in recent decades, certain groups of scientists and innovators still face structural disadvantages. These barriers hinder the diversity of the global innovation ecosystem, limiting society’s access to a wider range of potential solutions, exacerbating existing social and economic inequalities.

My research aims to identify how these disadvantages arise, and explores the roles of institutions, global networks and programs and policies in either perpetuating or mitigating them. I tend to focus my research on the individuals who are traditionally disadvantaged, predominantly in the context of scientists in low-income countries.

Building on my research, I am committed to fostering diversity within the scientific community. As an Academy of Management Representative-at-Large, a JPAL invited researcher, and through my collaborations with global organizations supporting global science, I frequently coordinate events aimed at promoting inclusion in science.