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These labs are remarkably diverse — here’s why they’re winning at science

Being inclusive gives research groups a competitive edge. It also happens to be the right thing to do.
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Anne-Marie Jackson is integrating Maori culture with science. Credit: Sharron Bennett

Chanel Phillips tried hard to keep her nerves in check last year as she prepared to present her research at an international meeting on drowning prevention. Phillips, a doctoral student at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, was in Vancouver, Canada, discussing water-safety strategies that she had been developing with indigenous Maori communities back home. It struck her that she and a colleague were perhaps the only indigenous presenters at the meeting.

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Nature 558, 19-22 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05316-5

See Editorial Science benefits from diversity and Career Feature What does it take to make an institution more diverse?

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