Mitigating losses: how scientific organisations can help address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on early-career researchers

Sandra López-Vergès, Bernardo Urbani, David Fernández Rivas, Sandeep Kaur-Ghumaan, Anna K. Coussens, Felix Moronta-Barrios, Suraj Bhattarai, Leila Niamir, Velia Siciliano, Andreea Molnar, Amanda Weltman, Meghnath Dhimal, Shalini S. Arya, Karen J. Cloete, Almas Taj Awan, Stefan Kohler, Chandra Shekhar Sharma, Clarissa Rios Rojas, Yoko Shimpuku, John Ganle, Maryam M. Matin, Justine G. Nzweundji, Abdeslam Badre and Paulina Carmona-Mora ()
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Sandra López-Vergès: Sistema Nacional de Investigación SNI del SENACYT
Bernardo Urbani: Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research
David Fernández Rivas: University of Twente
Sandeep Kaur-Ghumaan: University of Delhi
Anna K. Coussens: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Felix Moronta-Barrios: International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Suraj Bhattarai: Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies
Leila Niamir: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Velia Siciliano: Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Andreea Molnar: Swinburne University of Technology
Amanda Weltman: University of Cape Town
Meghnath Dhimal: Nepal Health Research Council
Shalini S. Arya: Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World
Karen J. Cloete: Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World
Almas Taj Awan: University of Sao Paulo
Chandra Shekhar Sharma: Indian National Young Academy of Sciences
Clarissa Rios Rojas: Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge
Yoko Shimpuku: Hiroshima University
John Ganle: University of Ghana
Maryam M. Matin: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Justine G. Nzweundji: Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plants Studies
Abdeslam Badre: Mohammed V University in Rabat
Paulina Carmona-Mora: University of California-Davis

Palgrave Communications, 2021, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Scientific collaborations among nations to address common problems and to build international partnerships as part of science diplomacy is a well-established notion. The international flow of people and ideas has played an important role in the advancement of the ‘Sciences’ and the current pandemic scenario has drawn attention towards the genuine need for a stronger role of science diplomacy, science advice and science communication. In dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, visible interactions across science, policy, science communication to the public and diplomacy worldwide have promptly emerged. These interactions have benefited primarily the disciplines of knowledge that are directly informing the pandemic response, while other scientific fields have been relegated. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientists of all disciplines and from all world regions are discussed here, with a focus on early-career researchers (ECRs), as a vulnerable population in the research system. Young academies and ECR-driven organisations could suggest ECR-powered solutions and actions that could have the potential to mitigate these effects on ECRs working on disciplines not related to the pandemic response. In relation with governments and other scientific organisations, they can have an impact on strengthening and creating fairer scientific systems for ECRs at the national, regional, and global level.

Date: 2021
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