Impact of COVID-19 pandemic

Resources on the impact of COVID-19

A 2021 Reading list:

  1. Higginbotham, E. and Dahlberg, M.L.; The Impact of COVID-19 on the Careers of Women in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Study report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine of USA; Available from: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/26061/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-the-careers-of-women-in-academic-sciences-engineering-and-medicine

  2. Duncanson, K., Weir, N., Siriwardhane, P., Khan, T; How COVID is widening the academic gender divide. The Conversation. [Accessed on 1 Jun 2021] Available from: https://theconversation.com/how-covid-is-widening-the-academic-gender-divide-146007

  3. Gewin, V; Pandemic burnout is rampant in academia. Nature – career feature [Accessed on 1 Jun 2021] Available from: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00663-2

  4. Langin, K; ‘On the verge of a breakdown.’ Report highlights women academics’ pandemic challenges. Science Magazine, doi:10.1126/science.caredit.abh4450 Available from https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2021/03/verge-breakdown-report-highlights-women-academics-pandemic-challenges

  5. Langin, K; Pandemic hit academic mothers especially hard, new data confirm. Science Magazine, doi:10.1126/science.caredit.abh0110 Available from: https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2021/02/pandemic-hit-academic-mothers-especially-hard-new-data-confirm?utm_campaign=news_daily_2021-02-09&et_rid=553933509&et_cid=3660931

  6. Deryugina, T., Shurchkov, O., Stearns, J.E.; COVID-19 Disruptions Disproportionately Affect Female Academics. National bureau of economic research; [working paper] DOI 10.3386/w28360, Available from: https://www.nber.org/papers/w28360

  7. Maestripieri, L; The Covid-19 Pandemics: why Intersectionality Matters. Front Sociol. DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2021.642662 Available from: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2021.642662/full#B8

  8. McCoy, H., Lee, MY; Minority academics face dual pandemics of Covid-19 and racism. Times Higher Education. [Accessed 18 May 2021]. Available from: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/minority-academics-face-dual-pandemics-covid-19-and-racism

  9. Staniscuaski, F. et al; Gender, race and parenthood impact academic productivity during the COVID-19 pandemic: from survey to action. [preprint]. DOI: 10.1101/2020.07.04.187583 [Accessed on 18 May 2021] Available from https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.04.187583v1

  10. Witteman, H.O., Haverfield, J., Tannenbaum, C; COVID-19 gender policy changes support female scientists and improve research quality. PNAS. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2023476118. Available from: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/6/e2023476118

  11. Fulweiler, R. et al.; Rebuilding the Academy: Strategies for Supporting Academic Mothers during the COVID-19 Global Pandemic and Beyond. [preprint]. DOI: 10.20944/preprints202009.0632.v1. [Accessed on 18 May 2021]. Avaialble from: https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202009.0632/v1

  12. Sarah Arrowsmith. 2021. Mind the academic gender gap: How COVID-19 is skewing an already uneven playing field for female academics and what we can do collectively to respond. https://mrc.ukri.org/news/blog/mind-the-academic-gender-gap-how-covid-19-is-skewing-an-already-uneven-playing-field-for-female-academics-and-what-we-can-do-collectively-to-respond/

  13. Henrika McCoy & Madeline Y. Lee. 2021. Minority academics face dual pandemics of Covid-19 and racism.https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/minority-academics-face-dual-pandemics-covid-19-and-racism


Resources on the impact of COVID-19