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Challenges and Opportunities for Academic Parents During COVID-19
Frontiers in Psychology, Vol.12, pp.1-24
2021
Abstract
Parents in academic careers face notable challenges that may go unrecognized by university management and/or policy makers. The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on some of these challenges, as academic parents shifted to working from home while simultaneously caring for children. On the other hand, many parents found that the shift to working from home offered new opportunities such as working more flexible hours, development of digital skillsets, and increased involvement in the education of their children. In this article we explore the work-related challenges and opportunities experienced by academic parents as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and offer potential long-term solutions for academic parents and their universities. We use the following methods: (1) a literature review focused on identifying the work-related challenges academic parents faced prior to the pandemic, as well as the impact of the pandemic on scientists and working parents and (2) administer a worldwide survey with the goal of identifying the challenges and opportunities associated with parenting and academic work through the COVID-19 lockdown (304 total responses; 113 complete). Moving forward these findings have enabled conclusions to be drawn in order to shape a new normal. Our aim is to offer university administrators, policy makers, and community service providers with ways to provide additional support for academic parents as well as provide tools for academic parents to learn successful strategies directly from their peers.
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- Title
- Challenges and Opportunities for Academic Parents During COVID-19
- Authors
- Eva O. L. Lantsoght (Author) - Universidad San Francisco de QuitoYvonne Tse-Crepaldi (Author) - Nanyang Technological UniversitySilvia Tavares (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietyKathleen Leemans (Author) - Vrije Universiteit BrusselErin M. W. Paig-Tran (Author) - California State University, Fullerton
- Publication details
- Frontiers in Psychology, Vol.12, pp.1-24
- Publisher
- Frontiers Research Foundation
- Date published
- 2021
- DOI
- 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.645734
- ISSN
- 1664-1078
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2021 Lantsoght, Tse Crepaldi, Tavares, Leemans and Paig-Tran. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License(CCBY).The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
- Organisation Unit
- Bioclimatic and Sociotechnical Cities Lab; Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99563208802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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