Mitigating losses: how scientific organisations can help address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on early-career researchers
Authors
López-Vergès, Sandra
Urbani, Bernardo
Fernández Rivas, David
Kaur-Ghumaan, Sandeep
Coussens, Anna K.
Bhattarai, Suraj
Siciliano, Velia
Molnar, Andreea
Weltman, Amanda
Dhimal, Meghnath
Arya, Shalini S.
Cloete, Karen J.
Awan, Almas Taj
Sharma, Chandra Shekhar
Shimpuku, Yoko
Ganle, John
Nzweundji, Justine G.
Publication Date
2021-11-19Journal Title
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Volume
8
Issue
1
Language
en
Type
Other
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VoR
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López-Vergès, S., Urbani, B., Fernández Rivas, D., Kaur-Ghumaan, S., Coussens, A. K., Moronta-Barrios, F., Bhattarai, S., et al. (2021). Mitigating losses: how scientific organisations can help address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on early-career researchers. [Other]. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00944-1
Abstract
Scientific collaborations among nations to address common problems and to build international partnerships as part of science diplomacy is a well-established notion. The international flow of people and ideas has played an important role in the advancement of the ‘Sciences’ and the current pandemic scenario has drawn attention towards the genuine need for a stronger role of science diplomacy, science advice and science communication. In dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, visible interactions across science, policy, science communication to the public and diplomacy worldwide have promptly emerged. These interactions have benefited primarily the disciplines of knowledge that are directly informing the pandemic response, while other scientific fields have been relegated. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientists of all disciplines and from all world regions are discussed here, with a focus on early-career researchers (ECRs), as a vulnerable population in the research system. Young academies and ECR-driven organisations could suggest ECR-powered solutions and actions that could have the potential to mitigate these effects on ECRs working on disciplines not related to the pandemic response. In relation with governments and other scientific organisations, they can have an impact on strengthening and creating fairer scientific systems for ECRs at the national, regional, and global level.
Keywords
Comment, /4014/4045, /4007/4043, comment
Identifiers
s41599-021-00944-1, 944
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00944-1
This record's DOI: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.78359
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