Journal
ONE EARTH
Volume 5, Issue 6, Pages 687-708Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.05.006
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Funding
- CNPq [301592/2017-9, 301515/2019-0]
- European Research Council-ERC [804599 -538 MARIPOLDATA -ERC-2018STG]
- United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) [NE/P021107/1]
- Universiti Malaya [IF052-2017]
- Norwegian Research Council [288192]
- Romanian Ministry of Education and Research, CNCS -UEFISCDI, within PNCDI III [PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-1444]
- project T4BS [EASME/EMFF/2019/863621]
- European Union [639 862428]
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Interdisciplinary marine research presents unique challenges for women leaders, compounded by existing gender-specific issues. This study provides concrete measures to promote and support women's leadership in academic interdisciplinary marine research.
Interdisciplinary research is paramount to addressing ocean sustainability challenges in the 21st century. However, women leaders have been underrepresented in interdisciplinary marine research, and there is little guidance on how to achieve the conditions that will lead to an increased proportion of women scientists in positions of leadership. Here, we conduct in-depth qualitative research to explore the main barriers and enablers to women's leadership in an academic interdisciplinary marine research context. We found that interdisciplinarity can present unique and additional barriers to women leaders (e.g., complexity and lack of value attributed to interdisciplinary research) and are exacerbated by existing gender-specific issues that women experience (e.g., isolation and underrepresentation and stereotyping). Together these barriers overlap forming the glass obstacle course''-which is particularly challenging for women in minoritized groups. Here, we provide a list of concrete, ambitious, and actionable enablers that can promote and support women's leadership in academic interdisciplinary marine research.
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