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Navigating equity and justice in international collaborations

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Collaborations between psychology researchers in high-income countries and those in low- and/or middle-income countries often involve unstated imbalances of power and privilege. The outcomes of these imbalances present a scientific, ethical and moral threat to psychological science.

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Singh, L. Navigating equity and justice in international collaborations. Nat Rev Psychol 1, 372–373 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-022-00077-5

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