Science Works Better with Equity in Research Funding
Scientists get funded if they are published in peer-reviewed journals, but to get published in peer-reviewed journals one must have well-funded projects. Whether certain communities are deliberately excluded from this cycle or simply victims of unquestioned habitual colonialism, either way the sum total of human knowledge is lesser. Dr. Belhabib makes a illustrates her point with vital Malaria research, and parallels abound. She sets an example in her own work, by choosing equatorial climate science researchers for the upcoming Shackleton2022 expedition.