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Understanding Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Challenges Within the Research Software Community

Authors : Neil P. Chue Hong, Jeremy Cohen, Caroline Jay

Published in: Computational Science – ICCS 2021

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Research software – specialist software used to support or undertake research – is of huge importance to researchers. It contributes to significant advances in the wider world and requires collaboration between people with diverse skills and backgrounds. Analysis of recent survey data provides evidence for a lack of diversity in the Research Software Engineer community. We identify interventions which could address challenges in the wider research software community and highlight areas where the community is becoming more diverse. There are also lessons that are applicable, more generally, to the field of software development around recruitment from other disciplines and the importance of welcoming communities.

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Title: Understanding Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Challenges Within the Research Software Community
Authors: Neil P. Chue Hong
Jeremy Cohen
Caroline Jay
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Computational Science – ICCS 2021
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-77979-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-77980-1

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77980-1_30

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