Early career researchers in the pandemic-fashioned ‘new scholarly normality’voices from the research frontline

  1. Nicholas, David 1
  2. Herman, Eti 1
  3. Boukacem-Zeghmouri, Cherifa 2
  4. Watkinson, Antony 1
  5. Sims, David 3
  6. Rodríguez-Bravo, Blanca 4
  7. Świgoń, Marzena 5
  8. Abrizah, Abdullah 6
  9. Xu, Jie 7
  10. Serbina, Galina 8
  11. Jamali, Hamid R. 9
  12. Tenopir, Carol 3
  13. Allard, Suzie 3
  1. 1 CIBER Research Ltd
  2. 2 University of Lyon System
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    University of Lyon System

    Lyon, Francia

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  3. 3 University of Tennessee
  4. 4 Universidad de León
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    Universidad de León

    León, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02tzt0b78

  5. 5 University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
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    University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

    Olsztyn, Polonia

    ROR https://ror.org/05s4feg49

  6. 6 University of Malaya
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    University of Malaya

    Kuala Lumpur, Malasia

    ROR https://ror.org/00rzspn62

  7. 7 Wuhan University
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    Wuhan University

    Wuhan, China

    ROR https://ror.org/033vjfk17

  8. 8 Tomsk State University
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    Tomsk State University

    Tomsk, Rusia

    ROR https://ror.org/02he2nc27

  9. 9 Charles Sturt University
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    Charles Sturt University

    Bathurst, Australia

    ROR https://ror.org/00wfvh315

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Revista:
El profesional de la información

ISSN: 1386-6710,  1699-2407

Año de publicación: 2022

Título del ejemplar: Digital audio communication

Volumen: 31

Número: 5

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.3145/EPI.2022.SEP.10 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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Resumen

Después de dos años de entrevistar a alrededor de 170 jóvenes investigadores, tanto de ciencias experimentales como de sociales, de China, España, Estados Unidos, Francia, Malasia, Polonia, Reino Unido y Rusia sobre su vida laboral y comunicación académica durante la pandemia, el proyecto Harbingers-2 está en posesión de una montaña de datos textuales. El propósito de este documento es resaltar los tipos de comentarios que generan los ECRs, los cuales brindan una visión particularmente interesante y esclarecedora de sus experiencias en tiempos difíciles. Comentarios, por ejemplo, que podrían desafiar el orden establecido de las cosas o que presagian grandes cambios en el futuro. La selección de comentarios presentados aquí fue realizada por los entrevistadores nacionales poco después de completar la última de las tres rondas de entrevistas (dos en el caso de Rusia). Las ideas, apreciaciones y sugerencias planteadas por los ECRs son esclarecedoras y constructivas, que es lo que podríamos haber esperado de esta cohorte que está en la primera línea investigadora y constituye la mayor fuerza de trabajo de la investigación. Dieciséis temas académicos amplios quedan representados por testimonios y comentarios, con el enfoque principal en el desempeño y evaluación de la investigación, transformaciones de la comunicación académica, creación de redes y colaboración, redes sociales, y acceso a información/bibliotecas, los cuales sugieren, quizá, donde radican principalmente la acción, las inquietudes y los intereses.

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