Nature Communications (Jun 2022)
Community voices: sowing, germinating, flourishing as strategies to support inclusion in STEM
- Luisa Maria Diele-Viegas,
- Thamara Santos de Almeida,
- Iris Amati-Martins,
- Christine D. Bacon,
- Cibele Cassia-Silva,
- Rosane G. Collevatti,
- Jéssica Fenker,
- Tabata Elise Ferreira Cordeiro,
- Giuliana Caldeira Pires Ferrari,
- Ana Clara Sampaio Franco,
- Luiza Flores Gasparetto,
- Juliana Hipólito,
- Camila Hohlenwerger,
- Beatriz Hörmanseder,
- Priscila Barreto de Jesus,
- Suzana dos Santos Matos,
- Daniela Pareja-Mejía,
- Beatriz Moraes Murer,
- Carla Brunner Pavone,
- Flávia B. Pilecco,
- Caren Queiroz-Souza,
- Alice Reis,
- Pamela Cristina Santana,
- Fernanda Dias-Silva,
- Lucy Souza,
- Mariana P. C. Telles,
- Jemilli Viaggi,
- Flávia Virginio
Affiliations
- Luisa Maria Diele-Viegas
- Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
- Thamara Santos de Almeida
- Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
- Iris Amati-Martins
- Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
- Christine D. Bacon
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg
- Cibele Cassia-Silva
- Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas
- Rosane G. Collevatti
- Genetics and Biodiversity Lab, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Goiás
- Jéssica Fenker
- Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
- Tabata Elise Ferreira Cordeiro
- Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
- Giuliana Caldeira Pires Ferrari
- Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
- Ana Clara Sampaio Franco
- Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
- Luiza Flores Gasparetto
- Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
- Juliana Hipólito
- Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
- Camila Hohlenwerger
- Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
- Beatriz Hörmanseder
- Federal University of Espírito Santo
- Priscila Barreto de Jesus
- Center of Natural and Human Sciences, Federal University of ABC
- Suzana dos Santos Matos
- Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
- Daniela Pareja-Mejía
- Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
- Beatriz Moraes Murer
- Science and Conservation Research Group, Ecology Department, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo University
- Carla Brunner Pavone
- Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
- Flávia B. Pilecco
- Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
- Caren Queiroz-Souza
- Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
- Alice Reis
- Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
- Pamela Cristina Santana
- Graduate Program in Ecology, Ecology Department, Biology Institute, São Paulo University
- Fernanda Dias-Silva
- Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
- Lucy Souza
- Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
- Mariana P. C. Telles
- Genetics and Biodiversity Lab, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Goiás
- Jemilli Viaggi
- Ecology Department, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
- Flávia Virginio
- Kunhã Asé Network of Women in Science
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30981-6
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 5
Abstract
Understanding gaps in academic representation while considering the intersectionality concept is paramount to promoting real progress towards a more inclusive STEM. Here we discuss ways in which STEM careers can be sown and germinated so that inclusivity can flourish.