Nomad scientists and the ones left behind

Elife. 2017 Jul 11:6:e30183. doi: 10.7554/eLife.30183.

Authors

Maya Bar¹, Barak Rotblat², Oded Rechavi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel.
² Department of Life Sciences and the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
³ Department of Neurobiology, Wise Faculty of Life Sciences and the Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Abstract

To improve the diversity of the scientific workforce, we should not penalize researchers who are unable to move abroad for long periods.

Keywords: careers in science; diversity; mobility; point of view; postdocs; women in science.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research*
Career Mobility*
Scholarly Communication*
Social Mobility*

Grants and funding

335624/ERC_/European Research Council/International