Childcare and academia: An intervention

Authors
Hope, J 
Lemanski, Charlotte  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0982-2329
Bastia, T 
Moeller, N 
Meth, P 

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Abstract

In this Viewpoint, we engage with the everyday politics of academia – specifically, how caring for young children continues to affect academic work and career trajectories in ways that could be better mitigated. This viewpoint piece collates the personal accounts of six development scholars who discuss their experiences of negotiating both academia and childcare, covering fieldwork, funding, career trajectories, sharing parental responsibilities and challenges for family life. Though charting different experiences, all these contributions argue for better recognition of both the gains and persistent inequalities in how care responsibilities impact academic work and careers and the need to better mitigate these with concrete changes to policy and practice.

Publication Date
2020
Online Publication Date
Acceptance Date
2019-10-10
Keywords
care, pregnancy, childcare, universities, career progression, gender inequality
Journal Title
International Development Planning Review
Journal ISSN
1474-6743
1478-3401
Volume Title
42
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
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All rights reserved