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The impact of pandemic-driven acceleration and lockdown on the independence of biomedical research

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • start year

    2020

  • Funder

    Volkswagen Stiftung

  • Principal Investigator

    Prof Dr Klaus Lieb

  • Research Location

    Germany

  • Lead Research Institution

    Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Other secondary impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

The key question of this project is: How do the acceleration of pandemic-relevant research and the simultaneous forced interruption of all other research affect the independence of research communities and researchers? The applicants will identify changes in communication practices of accelerated research and their consequences for the reliability of results and changes in (community-level and individual-level) research trajectories caused by the acceleration or large-scale interruptions of research. Science studies, biomedical research communities and science policy will gain knowledge about the effects of different 'acceleration measures' on the reliability of research results, and will be able to ascertain the short-term and mid-term consequences of large-scale interruptions for research trajectories and careers.