Childcare and academia: An intervention
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Publication Date
2020-10Journal Title
International Development Planning Review
ISSN
1474-6743
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Volume
42
Issue
4
Pages
391-405
Type
Article
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Hope, J., Lemanski, C., Bastia, T., Moeller, N., Meth, P., & Williams, G. (2020). Childcare and academia: An intervention. International Development Planning Review, 42 (4), 391-405. https://doi.org/10.3828/idpr.2019.40
Abstract
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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.</jats:p>
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.3828/idpr.2019.40
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/299899
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