Covid-19’s Impact on Research & Innovation Careers
Join us to hear EDICa researchers discussing findings from our survey of the sector looking at Covid-19’s impact on careers. We’ll hear the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Date: 7th May 2025 14:30-15:30
The EDI Caucus has been conducting research to better understanding how the Covid-19 pandemic and the associated lockdowns impacted the careers of different people in the UK’s research & innovation sector. Specifically, we looked at the impact it had on inequalities in the sector. The pandemic had an unequal impact on people, depending on their career, their institution, their line manager, their health, their family situation, and their personal circumstances.
In autumn 2023, EDICa conducted a wide-ranging survey, receiving 600 responses from across the UK and across a broad range of disciplines.
Join us on Zoom on 7 May from 14:30-15:30 as we go through the results of our findings. Some people’s careers were helped by the pandemic; some disabled people and parents & carers finally had the flexibility to work from home that they’d always needed and thrived. Some people suffered badly and ended up dropping out of their career path. And some people experienced worse bullying and harassment. We’ll be reviewing the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Panellists:
- Dr Siddhartha Saxena, EDICa Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Dr Jos Collins, EDICa Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Prof James Richards, EDICa Workstream 3 Lead, Professor of Employment Relations
chaired by - Prof Kate Sang, EDICa Principal Investigator, Professor of Gender & Employment Studies
The seminar will be recorded and published on our YouTube channel and on our website. Let us know as soon as possible if you require a BSL interpreter. edicaucus@hw.ac.uk
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Report of Findings
Read our published findings of our survey of Covid-19’s impact on careers.
Check out EDICa’s resources
EDICa hosts a regular blog and seminars, as well as collecting a library of resources of equality, diversity & inclusion practices in research & innovation.
The Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the career progress of disabled researchers in intersection with race, gender and caring responsibility
Date: 6 March 2025
Flexible Funded project report on the impact Covid-19 had on career progress of disabled researchers in intersection with race, gender and caring responsibility.
Delphi Study report
Date: 26th Nov 2024
Report on key EDI issues for the UK’s sector that EDICa should regard as core themes for research.
Report on Feeding the research & innovation pipeline – Covid-19 and closing the awarding gap
Date: 3 March 2025
Flexible Funded project report on the degree awarding gap and Covid-19’s impact.
