Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on animal behaviour and welfare researchers

Camerlink, Irene; Nielsen, Birte L.; Windschnurer, Ines; Vigors, Belinda

doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2021.105255

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“…A pause in the tenure and promotion clock was suggested as an effective mitigating policy by over 80% of assistant professors, including men; however, the authors point out that such policies could inadvertently increase inequalities by affecting tenure rates of women more than that of men. Similar results were evident in the study of the experiences of animal behaviour and welfare ECRs around the world (Camerlink et al, 2021). Authors reported that doctoral students and ECRs (those up to seven years after obtaining their PhD degree) had lower self-perceived productivity than senior researchers, which was associated with higher self-perceived stress.…”

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confidence: 69%

“…Across all articles reviewed, online questionnaires were the most commonly applied method of data collection. Online questionnaires were used (a) as a single datacollection method in eight studies (Adarmouch et al, 2020;Aubry et al, 2021;Camerlink et al, 2021;Guintivano et al, 2021;Kappel et al, 2021;Myers et al, 2020;Ramvilas et al, 2021;Stamp et al, 2021) and (b) in conjunction with other data sources in two studies that included email exchanges, mentor's notes, and papers co-authored by the mentor and doctoral researchers, as well as their perceptions of the effectiveness of the mentoring programme or website analytics and post-conference surveys (Raby and Madden, 2021). One of the papers involved data collection in the form of documents posted to an openaccess preprint repository for social sciences (Cui et al, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The number of participants per study varied from small (e.g., 11 participants in and medium (e.g., 55 participants in Adarmouch et al, 2020) to large (e.g., 4535 in Myers et al, 2020). The majority of the authors drew on data that were collected from researchers at different academic ranks but emphasising the experiences of ECRs (Aubry et al, 2021;Camerlink et al, 2021;Guintivano et al, 2021;Kappel et al, 2021;Stamp et al, 2021). Other papers were focused on a specific group of participants.…”

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on early career researcher activity, development, career, and well-being: the state of the art

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Castelló

Lambrechts

et al. 2022

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Purpose This paper aims to identify the documented effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on early career researcher (ECR) activity, development, career prospects and well-being. Design/methodology/approach This is a systematic literature review of English language peer-reviewed studies published between 2020 and 2021, which provided empirical evidence of the impact of the pandemic on ECR activity and development. The search strategy involved online databases (Scopus, Web of Science and Overton); well-established higher education journals (based on Scopus classification) and references in the retained articles (snowballing). The final sample included 11 papers. Findings The evidence shows that ECRs have been affected in terms of research activity, researcher development, career prospects and well-being. Although many negative consequences were identified, some promising learning practices have arisen; however, these opportunities were not always fully realised. The results raise questions about differential effects across fields and possible long-term consequences where some fields and some scholars may be worse off due to priorities established as societies struggle to recover. Practical implications There is a need for revised institutional and national policies to ensure that sufficient measures are implemented to support ECRs’ research work in a situation where new duties and chores were added during the pandemic. Originality/value This paper provides insights into the impacts of the initial societal challenges of the pandemic on ECRs across disciplines that may have long-lasting effects on their academic development and well-being.

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on early career researcher activity, development, career, and well-being: the state of the art

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Lambrechts

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“…However, the concern with researchers is scarce ( 40 – 42 ) and it is urgent to cover this gap. Some studies, just prior to COVID-19, have been reported that researchers present high levels of stress ( 40 , 43 , 44 ). This shows that this problem existed even before COVID-19 and needs to be addressed.…”

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Anxiety and Coping Stress Strategies in Researchers During COVID-19 Pandemic

Batista

Afonso

Lopes

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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The current COVID-19 pandemic has affected the whole world, leading to changes in one's personal and working life. Researchers have undergone extensive changes in their roles, mainly in the area of health care, with research into the virus now the priority.AimTo assess the anxiety, depression, stress, fears, and coping strategies of Portuguese researchers during the COVID-19 pandemic.Participants and MethodsA total of 243 researchers, with an average age of 37.9 ± 9.6, participated in an online questionnaire. The study was performed between 1 June 2021 and 11 August 2021. The questionnaire included depression, anxiety, and stress (DASS-21), fear of COVID-19 scale (FCV-19S), and coping inventory for stressful situations (CISS).ResultsThe findings suggest being female and younger seem to be related to more significant fears. Singles and younger researchers showed higher values of stress, depression, and anxiety. Research areas, such as medical and health sciences, presented higher levels in the DASS-21 depression and stress scale (p < 0.05). Also, the results showed a moderate or moderate strong significant positive linear relationship between the scales (p < 0.001): DASS-21 stress, DASS-21 anxiety, and DASS-21 depression (r > 0.70); CISS-21 emotional-oriented with DASS-21 stress (r = 0.683), DASS-21 depression (r = 0.622), and DASS-21 anxiety (r = 0.557); and emotional fear and cognitive fear (r = 0.652).ConclusionThe findings of this study support the growing concern for the psychological well-being of researchers and the need for intervention with more extensive and diverse studies.

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“…Two companion papers focused on human behaviour and well-being rather than animal behaviour. Kappel et al (2021) and Camerlink et al (2021) both conducted a survey among researchers to assess the impact of the pandemic on researchers and their research, with a focus on animal behaviour and welfare researchers. They both concluded that some groups faced more difficulties in their research work than others due to the pandemic, and these are especially early career researchers (notably PhD students) and caretakers of children.…”

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