Reducing barriers and inequality by hosting conferences in developing countries

Brett Buttliere

No 5dnjc, MetaArXiv from Center for Open Science

Abstract: The academic community can promote equality and reduce exclusionary forces by intentionally choosing to host conferences in less well developed and expensive venues. This has the double benefit that those from developing nations do not suffer (as much) from the currency exchange rates, and it actually makes that ‘currency tax’ into a ‘currency benefit’, such that the money’s power is multiplied, providing more for the same money. This simple practice lowers the economic barrier especially for students and scientists in developing nations, it injects stimuli into those developing economies, and it provides high quality foreign experience for everyone, reducing xenophobia and increasing the love of science in especially those places where it is needed most. A proposal that is better for everybody involved should be easily implemented.

Date: 2020-01-05
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