The Company of Biologists celebrates its first Global South Workshop.

Abstract

In March 2024, The Company of Biologists hosted the first Global South Workshop, dedicated to supporting a wider selection of research communities around the world. The Workshop was hosted at the Skukuza Conference Centre, Kruger National Park, South Africa, by Andrea Fuller, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and Kênia Bicego, São Paulo State University, Brazil. It was attended by 19 early-career researchers from Central and South America, Africa and India, in addition to invited speakers from across the globe. Covering topics from the history and importance of comparative physiology to how to integrate knowledge from different levels of biological organisation, the Workshop also dealt with the practical issues of funding and networking within the Global South. With opportunities to break out into discussion groups, the Workshop allowed early-career researchers, who were the focus of the meeting, to learn directly from the experiences of established researchers within their community.