Online academic conferences showing wide benefit

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Has the pandemic changed research culture – and is it for the better?

Covid-19 has prompted an explosion in preprints but has curtailed networking and underlined the extra pressures on women and junior academics. Simon Baker asks whether the pandemic era is a dark blip or a bright new dawn

By Simon Baker

15 April

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In-person academic conferences must resume this autumn

Some people will still prefer virtual conferences, but a hybrid approach would allow part of the in-person synergy to return, says Sheldon Jacobson

By Sheldon H. Jacobson

14 June

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World Academic Summit: pandemic ‘frees’ scholars from ‘hampering’ travel habit

Nottingham vice-chancellor insists international collaboration can become ‘even better’ using digital communication

By Jack Grove

1 September

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Move to online conferences ‘a great equaliser’

African researchers say meeting digitally overcomes cost, distance, social discomfort and environmental damage – but even online, inequalities remain

By David Matthews

7 July

Online academic conferences showing wide benefit

Ending in-person conferences during Covid tied to substantial gains in equity, sustainability and inclusiveness, US team finds in broad data analysis

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Online academic conferences showing wide benefit

Ending in-person conferences during Covid tied to substantial gains in equity, sustainability and inclusiveness, US team finds in broad data analysis

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Related articles

Has the pandemic changed research culture – and is it for the better?

In-person academic conferences must resume this autumn

World Academic Summit: pandemic ‘frees’ scholars from ‘hampering’ travel habit

Move to online conferences ‘a great equaliser’

Related universities

University of Southern California

University of Texas at Austin

Arizona State University (Tempe)

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