Global science faces persistent geographic disparities

by Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences
May 5, 2025

There is an increasing awareness and understanding in global science about a troubling and persistent research imbalance, where studies overwhelmingly originate from economically developed countries, particularly those in Europe and North America. However, a new study published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment argues that despite growing efforts within the scientific community to promote inclusivity, such initiatives often fail to address, or even perpetuate underlying regional biases that continue to shape research collaborations. In reality, research collaborations and consortia claiming to be based on global involvement are regionally mostly skewed to a few particular countries within the continent.

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Read the Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment paper: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fee.2851