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Why scientific conferences must mitigate structural barriers

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Marginalized scholars are often excluded from key scientific conferences owing to visa and travel restrictions, which increases inequity among academics.

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    Omid V. Ebrahimi

  2. Modum Bad Psychiatric Hospital and Research Center, Vikersund, Norway

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Ebrahimi, O.V. Why scientific conferences must mitigate structural barriers. Nat Hum Behav 6, 1032–1033 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01417-4

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