We talk to Farieha Altaf about why someone might choose to leave academia, and her personal experience of diversity, inclusivity, and belonging within and without STEM. 

References for this episode:

Diversity Landscape of the chemical sciences report, RSC 2018, https://www.rsc.org/globalassets/02-about-us/our-strategy/inclusion-diversity/cm-044-17_a4-diversity-landscape-of-the-chemical-sciences-report_web-2.pdf ; 

Is Gender Diversity Profitable? Evidence from a Global Survey, Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2016 https://www.piie.com/system/files/documents/wp16-3.pdf ; 

Women In Healthcare Leadership, Results Healthcare, 2019, https://resultshealthcare.com/insight/women-in-healthcare-leadership/ ; 

Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, Caroline Criado Perez, 2019 ; 

How Lilly is getting more women into leadership positions, Joy Fitzgerald, Harvard Business Review, 2018, https://hbr.org/2018/10/how-lilly-is-getting-more-women-into-leadership-positions .

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