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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30981-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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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.