When academics support refugee scholars, everyone benefits. Scholars who are refugees face complex challenges, including bureaucratic, cultural, linguistic and academic barriers. Ahmad Al Ajlan discusses key steps that academic communities can take to support and integrate their refugee colleagues.
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Al Ajlan, A. How academia should support scholars fleeing war and persecution. Nat Hum Behav 6, 1188–1190 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01428-1
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