Factors Influencing Scientific Activity of University Faculty Members in Peaceful Pre-COVID-19, COVID-19, and War Periods

Abstract

The article analyzes the scientific activity of university faculty members over the past five years in the context of three periods: before COVID-19, during COVID-19, and during the war in Ukraine. The study was conducted among 26 university faculty members of Berdyansk State Pedagogical University, which is temporarily relocated due to the occupation of the city of Berdyansk. The results show that the most effective period of scientific activity over the past five years was the period of 2021, specifically the second year of COVID-19. The factors that hindered this process during peacetime were analyzed, including excessive workload with organizational and methodological work, and during wartime, emotional exhaustion due to war. The results demonstrate that young university faculty members with less than 10 years of experience are the most active in the field of scientific activity, which did not change and even tended to increase, despite the objective circumstances that affected more experienced colleagues. The alarming dynamics of factors that hinder the scientific activity of university faculty members both in peacetime and in wartime indicate the need to review strategies for university faculty members at the national and university levels.