Gender equity at scientific events

Evolution Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 148-158

  Debarre F ^a   Rode, N O ^b   Ugelvig, L V ^c  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Academic conferences; diversity; equal opportunity; evolutionary biology; gender discrimination; implicit bias; invited speakers; women in STEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 85090162651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20563744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evl3.49     Document Type: Letter

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