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- Good to work via different ways: representatives, unions, action groups
- good practice: survey during corona about research delay, ...
- universities didn't support researchers that much

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#3 INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES TO ISSUES + UNIONIZATION

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#3 INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES TO ISSUES + UNIONIZATION

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Some thoughts on institutional responses

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Some thoughts on institutional responses

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- almost everything put on the individual's responsibilty (vs. collective/institutional responsibility), although we do not always have the power to act/adapt
- problem of the fragmentation inside universities (faculties, bodies, type of contracts,..) => makes it difficult to implement global responses (does the risk of inequity prevent institutions to apply global measures ?)
- competitive environment does not encourage solidarity + solidarity is not valued or really encouraged)
- impact of the pandemic on research capacity and diversity will only be observable in a few years => need to act now
- inconsistency between the institution's discourse (take care of yourselves and your families) and the measures taken to help us stay on track for research or careers
- global measures are possible ! (volvo example)
- finding new solutions and adapting the university to post-covid and the future challenges (climate change) should be done at every level and instance. creating a working group on post-covid is not enough

(and a final personal note : finding the right solutions implies first to find the right problems)

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Internet quality and surveillance issues (intrusiveness of job, overload of emails, misuse of alternative channels of communication...)

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Internet quality and surveillance issues (intrusiveness of job, overload of emails, misuse of alternative channels of communication...)

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Difficulty of having to work and life in the same place, without clear separation between work and personal life. 

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Difficulty of having to work and life in the same place, without clear separation between work and personal life. 

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Universities should offer guidelines to switch to digital learning (screen time, digital working hours, zoom fatigue, recognize rising mental and physical workloads, what's acceptable? ) - responses so far have relied on individual flexibility rather than on guiding principles

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Universities should offer guidelines to switch to digital learning (screen time, digital working hours, zoom fatigue, recognize rising mental and physical workloads, what's acceptable? ) - responses so far have relied on individual flexibility rather than on guiding principles

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Recognition of work being done outside usual working hours (night /weekend shifts), especially for parents

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Recognition of work being done outside usual working hours (night /weekend shifts), especially for parents

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Differences in the approaches to COVID-related safety in different laboratories

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Differences in the approaches to COVID-related safety in different laboratories

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University should support working conditions at home and the offices (e.g. chairs, expenses, ergonomics...) 

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University should support working conditions at home and the offices (e.g. chairs, expenses, ergonomics...) 

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What extra topic would you like to add to the 7 topics that have been proposed? Click on the + sign above to create a new post-it and write a title or a few key words 

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What extra topic would you like to add to the 7 topics that have been proposed? Click on the + sign above to create a new post-it and write a title or a few key words 

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Alterations in PhD aim under pressure of pandemic (e.g. lack of data collection possibilities)

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Alterations in PhD aim under pressure of pandemic (e.g. lack of data collection possibilities)

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implications of hightened biases (racism, queer, gender, ...)

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implications of hightened biases (racism, queer, gender, ...)

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Starting out with a PhD during the pandemic

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Starting out with a PhD during the pandemic

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Yes, quite a specific topic that is a new precarity!

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Guidance concerning best research practices .

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Drag your name (alphabetically by first name) under the topic of your choice

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keywords:
- disembeddednes, isolation, loneliness, disconnection from others, homesickness
- intersectionality: racialized & gendered
- people of color & mental health + global campuses (e.g. South Korea for UGent): much more exposure
- taboo around asking for medical leave
- impact of competition
- lack of access to support (3 sessions UA, 1 session KULeuven - not enough, also not enough support to seek help outside academia)
- shame & guilt: not living up to a certain standard
- fear: racialized emotions
- light reponse > trivializing
- individualism + self-responsabilisation

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professors with too many PhD students

people in precarious positions taking over some of the work

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Feedback is not a luxury, it is ok to ask for it

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Idea to ask the doctoral schools to take over: it would be interesting to have an annual evaluation of the supervising procedure

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bottom-up initiatives?
Lack of mental support
End of PhD/online PhD defenses/people quitting PhD's?

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PhD circle/formal meetings: technical/broad interest
Sometimes in between formal/informal -> people can linger on

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semi-technical lunch discussions/hallway discussions

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Not for everyone, we're not really feeling like it can be used for extra community-building

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Limited, mostly bottom-up

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No space to address this, situations get more easily blown up
Are we 'unlearning' how to discuss?
Email is not an ideal channel

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Commuters vs. non-commuters/living out of the city: harder to see each other, harder to go to the office

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Overview of how you could reach out, more support (based on different needs!) -> bundled
Do not assume that a coffee break is enough
Nothing can replace the usual campus life
Normal office life will have to be revived

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Lots of responsibilities from the start, skills you develop but still doubt about them.

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Impossibility to travel for fieldwork/research purposes

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Impossibility to travel for fieldwork/research purposes

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Especially for short-term contracts, need to adjust to new conditions within a fixed (and often non-negotiable) deadline.
Digital methods of data collection are possible alternatives but not for every case (e.g. access to archives) + they impact on the kind of knowledge which is produced
Limited institutional support/flexibility for fieldwork disruptions (e.g.: extension of scholarships)
Need to envisage the possibility to work unpaid after scholarship ends to cope with research delays

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On building relationships with peers and coworkers, on experiences (e.g., conferences)

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Not knowing the procedures, "you should have done this beforehand"

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Figuring out things like printing, badges, ... - a welcome would be nice for social contact, but to fix the 'bureaucratic' aspects as well

Information: how to spend your budget? IBL? "Ask your promotor", but they don't know. More (informal) contact with PI and coworkers

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Less support for international colleagues due to lack of social network - especially when starting the PhD/ research stay etc.

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Less support for international colleagues due to lack of social network - especially when starting the PhD/ research stay etc.

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No separation, and no way to measure how much you 'should' be working

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Regular or informal contact with PI/promotor

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Regular or informal contact with PI/promotor

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Hurdle of e-mailing for 'stupid questions', regular check-ins would be helpful. An alternative for just 'hopping in' the office? More informal contact (Teams, phone call, or other applications)

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Pro's and cons.
Lack of social interaction, but also has benefits: ability to attend more meetings; conferences tend to be very elitist, now there have been more "open" sessions where a lot of people could attend.
Also environmentally positive, it enables people to meet without having to travel around the globe.
We also wondered about post-covid: will online meetings stay, or will academia "go back to normal". Talked about the benefits of "hybrid" settings, w