TY - JOUR
AU - Schadeberg, Amanda
AU - Ford, Eleanor
AU - Wieczorek, Alina M
AU - Gammage, Louise C
AU - López-acosta, María
AU - Buselic, Ivana
AU - Turk Dermastia, Timotej
AU - Fontela, Marcos
AU - Galobart, Cristina
AU - Llopis Monferrer, Natalia
AU - Lubośny, Marek
AU - Piarulli, Stefania
AU - Suaria, Giuseppe
PY - 2022
DA - October
TI - Productivity, pressure, and new perspectives: impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on marine early-career researchers
JO - ICES Journal of Marine Science 
EP - 2310 
VL - 79 
IS -  8
DO - https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac167
AB - The worldwide disruption caused by the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted the activities of marine scientists working towards the goals of the UN Ocean Decade. As in other disciplines, marine early-career researchers (ECRs) are essential contributors to the development of novel and innovative science. Based on a survey of 322 of our peers, we show that the pandemic negatively impacted marine ECRs in ways that further exacerbate existing structural challenges such as social isolation, job insecurity, and short-term contracts, competitive funding, and work pressure. Furthermore, we find that the success and wellbeing of marine ECRs depends heavily on networking opportunities, gaining practical experience, collecting data, and producing publications, all of which were disrupted by the pandemic. Our analysis shows that those in the earliest stages of their careers feel most vulnerable to long-term career disadvantage as a result of the pandemic. This paper contributes to the empirical body of work about the impacts of the pandemic on marine science and offers recommendations on how marine ECRs should be supported to achieve the UN Ocean Decade’s goal of producing “the science we need for the ocean we want”.
PB - Oxford University Press
UR - https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/cfaafbea-f29f-4ad6-8647-b11457d0eb97
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
ER