How can diversity create better science?

In the second episode of the Diversity in Science podcast series - produced in partnership with Nature - we look at how including multiple perspectives can create better science.

Jayati Ghosh argues that a lack of diversity in economics has made the discipline less able to actually understand the economy.

Dan Inkoom discusses how so-called “ordinary people” in Ghana have much to contribute to his field of urban planning.

And Simone Athayde explains how working with indigenous communities in the Amazon helped researchers to discover new things.

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This series will highlight all aspects of diversity in science – asking why diversity matters, why diversity makes for better science, how to integrate diverse voices and different perspectives in research, and how to promote inclusion of less well represented or marginalized groups in science settings, including women, people of colour, LGBTQI people, people with disabilities, and people who take a non-traditional route into science.​

It will ask what practical steps can be put in place to improve diversity in science workplaces and ways of working, and how organizations such as the ISC can be ‘better allies for better science’.​

Learn more: https://council.science/podcast/nature-working-scientists/