Universidad, pandemia y desigualdadel “ser-para-sí” y el “ser-para-otros” en la Academia

  1. Gómez Suárez, Agueda 1
  2. Vázquez Silva, Iria 1
  1. 1 Universidade de Vigo
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    Universidade de Vigo

    Vigo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05rdf8595

Journal:
Investigaciones feministas

ISSN: 2171-6080

Year of publication: 2022

Issue Title: Monográfico: Retos de la era Covid desde una perspectiva feminista

Volume: 13

Issue: 1

Pages: 13-25

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5209/INFE.77735 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Introduction and Objectives. This article aims to examine how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted on the already existing gender gap in the field of research and in the academic trajectory of researchers and university professors. Methodology. To examine this impact, the exploitation of an investigation carried out on teaching and research personnel during the pandemic at the University of Vigo is presented. Results. The results obtained at different levels indicate that confinement has increased or maintained scientific production and the quality of men's working conditions, while women have been left behind and precarious in both scenarios. One of the main causes points to a greater burden of care on women, which has increased in the context of confinement. Conclusions and Discussion. This study concludes that the pandemic situation is increasing gender inequality in academia. In the medium term, this reality will become a slowdown in their scientific and academic careers, as a result of the decrease in their scientific production, which will further increase the already existing gender pay gap in our universities.

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