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Potential solutions for discrimination in STEM

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  • Luisa Maria Diele-Viegas

    (Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
    University of Maryland)

  • Tábata Elise Ferreira Cordeiro

    (Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
    Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto)

  • Tatiana Emmerich

    (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)

  • Juliana Hipólito

    (Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
    Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
    National Institute of Science and Technology in Inter and Transdisciplinary Studies in Ecology and Evolution - INCT IN- TREE)

  • Caren Queiroz-Souza

    (Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
    National Institute of Science and Technology in Inter and Transdisciplinary Studies in Ecology and Evolution - INCT IN- TREE
    Universidade Federal da Bahia)

  • Erilda Sousa

    (Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
    Universidade Federal do Pará)

  • Alianna Cardoso Vançan

    (Universidade Federal de Pelotas
    Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso
    500 Mulheres Cientistas Cuiabá)

  • Luciana Leite

    (Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
    Universidade Federal da Bahia
    Oregon State University)

Abstract

Science is still an enterprise in which positions of power are mainly held by white, cis-gender, male academics. We discuss how the legacy of science’s exclusionary past still persists in scientific structures and propose concrete changes to open the system to a more diverse future.

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  • Luisa Maria Diele-Viegas & Tábata Elise Ferreira Cordeiro & Tatiana Emmerich & Juliana Hipólito & Caren Queiroz-Souza & Erilda Sousa & Alianna Cardoso Vançan & Luciana Leite, 2021. "Potential solutions for discrimination in STEM," Nature Human Behaviour, Nature, vol. 5(6), pages 672-674, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nathum:v:5:y:2021:i:6:d:10.1038_s41562-021-01104-w
    DOI: 10.1038/s41562-021-01104-w
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    1. Luisa Maria Diele-Viegas & Thamara Santos Almeida & Iris Amati-Martins & Christine D. Bacon & Cibele Cassia-Silva & Rosane G. Collevatti & Jéssica Fenker & Tabata Elise Ferreira Cordeiro & Giuliana Ca, 2022. "Community voices: sowing, germinating, flourishing as strategies to support inclusion in STEM," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-5, December.

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