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Who Cares? An Investigation of the Compatibility of Research and Care Work in the Time of COVID-19 and Beyond

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • start year

    2020

  • Funder

    Volkswagen Stiftung

  • Principal Investigator

    Prof Dr and Prof Dr and Priv-Doz Dr Barbara Schaff, Christine Bratu, Victoria Hegner

  • Research Location

    Germany

  • Lead Research Institution

    Universität Göttingen

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Economic impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

This project will analyse the current contentious public discourse on the compatibility of work and family responsibilities of German researchers as it is shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic. It will investigate the experience of researchers at Göttingen University in regard to the multiple requirements of research and care work, and document it with a film. We will analyse how far the current discourse and practices are consistent with core democratic commitments such as gender justice and develop a philosophical theory of compatibility. As the significant push in digitisation caused by the pandemic will have long lasting effects on the organization of research, teaching and care work in the future, the findings will provide a valuable tool to critically assess public gender policies proposed both in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.