Researchers on ice? How the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Antarctic researchers
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic and pandemic-related measures have impacted the lives and work-related activities of Antarctic researchers. To explore these impacts, we designed, piloted and disseminated an online survey in English, Russian, Spanish and Chinese in late 2020 and early 2021. The survey...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0954102023000020 2024-03-03T08:38:23+00:00 Researchers on ice? How the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Antarctic researchers Liggett, Daniela Herbert, Andrea Badhe, Renuka Charnley, Gina E.C. Hudson, K.P.C. Kelman, Ilan Lee, Won Sang Lorenzo, Cristian Marques-Quinteiro, Pedro Nash, Meredith Pickett, Jennifer Yermakova, Yelena Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Trans-Antarctic Association 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102023000020 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102023000020 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Antarctic Science volume 35, issue 2, page 141-160 ISSN 0954-1020 1365-2079 Geology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Oceanography journal-article 2023 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102023000020 2024-02-08T08:27:12Z Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic and pandemic-related measures have impacted the lives and work-related activities of Antarctic researchers. To explore these impacts, we designed, piloted and disseminated an online survey in English, Russian, Spanish and Chinese in late 2020 and early 2021. The survey explored how the pandemic affected the productivity of Antarctic researchers, their career prospects and their mental wellbeing. Findings exposed patterns of inequities. For instance, of the 406 unique responses to the survey, women appeared to have been affected more adversely than men, especially in relation to mental health, and early-career researchers were disadvantaged more than their mid- or late-career colleagues. Overall, a third of the research participants reported at least one major negative impact from the pandemic on their mental health. Approximately half of the participants also mentioned that the COVID-19 pandemic had some positive effects, especially in terms of the advantages that working from home brought and opportunities to attend events, network or benefit from training workshops online. We conclude with a series of recommendations for science administrators and policymakers to mitigate the most serious adverse impacts of the pandemic on Antarctic research communities, with implications for other contexts where scientific activities are conducted under extreme circumstances. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Science Cambridge University Press Antarctic Antarctic Science 35 2 141 160 |
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Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic and pandemic-related measures have impacted the lives and work-related activities of Antarctic researchers. To explore these impacts, we designed, piloted and disseminated an online survey in English, Russian, Spanish and Chinese in late 2020 and early 2021. The survey explored how the pandemic affected the productivity of Antarctic researchers, their career prospects and their mental wellbeing. Findings exposed patterns of inequities. For instance, of the 406 unique responses to the survey, women appeared to have been affected more adversely than men, especially in relation to mental health, and early-career researchers were disadvantaged more than their mid- or late-career colleagues. Overall, a third of the research participants reported at least one major negative impact from the pandemic on their mental health. Approximately half of the participants also mentioned that the COVID-19 pandemic had some positive effects, especially in terms of the advantages that working from home brought and opportunities to attend events, network or benefit from training workshops online. We conclude with a series of recommendations for science administrators and policymakers to mitigate the most serious adverse impacts of the pandemic on Antarctic research communities, with implications for other contexts where scientific activities are conducted under extreme circumstances. |
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Liggett, Daniela Herbert, Andrea Badhe, Renuka Charnley, Gina E.C. Hudson, K.P.C. Kelman, Ilan Lee, Won Sang Lorenzo, Cristian Marques-Quinteiro, Pedro Nash, Meredith Pickett, Jennifer Yermakova, Yelena |
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Liggett, Daniela Herbert, Andrea Badhe, Renuka Charnley, Gina E.C. Hudson, K.P.C. Kelman, Ilan Lee, Won Sang Lorenzo, Cristian Marques-Quinteiro, Pedro Nash, Meredith Pickett, Jennifer Yermakova, Yelena |
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Researchers on ice? How the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Antarctic researchers |
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Researchers on ice? How the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Antarctic researchers |
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