Table 3.

Participants from the Scientific Community: method, demographic distribution and fulfillment of the selection criteria.

Type of activity and demographic distribution	Participatory method employed	Participant selection criteria
Focus Group Discussion Total 18 Gender: Female 10; Male 8; other 0 Field of expertise: Biomedical sciences 2; Business and Innovation 1; Educational Sciences 1; Engineering and Computational Sciences 3; Environmental Sciences 7; Physics 1; Social and Political Sciences 3 Geographical location: Asia 2; Oceania (incl. Australia) 0; Central America 3; Europe 6; North America 4; South America 3 Semi-structured interviews Total 19 Gender: Female 12; Male 7; other 0 Field of expertise: Biomedical sciences 5; Business and Innovation 1; Educational Sciences 1; Engineering and Computational Sciences 5; Environmental Sciences 4; Physics 1; Social and Political Sciences 2 Geographical location: Asia 3; Oceania (incl. Australia) 1; Central America 1; Europe 7; North America 7; South America 0	Online Focus Group Discussion 6 focus groups with different numbers of participants fitting the criteria selection (Group [G] 1:5, G2:4, G3:2, G4:2, G5:3, G6:2). Average duration 60 min Semi-structured interview One-to-one interviews with an average duration of 45 min	Trajectory 1. early career 2. mid-career and 3. established career