Reform scientific elections to improve gender equality

Zhengyang Bao and Difang Huang ()
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Zhengyang Bao: Xiamen University
Difang Huang: Monash University

Nature Human Behaviour, 2022, vol. 6, issue 4, 478-479

Abstract: Women are underrepresented in prestigious science roles in many countries. This is also true in China, where they are less likely to succeed in election to the Chinese Academies of Sciences and Engineering — for reasons unrelated to scientific merit. Reform of election procedures is needed to foster gender balance.

Date: 2022
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