COVID-19: What has changed?
EPFL researchers, teachers, and students give their perspectives in this new video series © 2020 EPFL
In a new video series, launched in May, 2020 on the initiative of the College of Humanities, EPFL researchers, teachers, and doctoral students talk about what effects COVID-19 and the related containment measures have had on research and teaching. Interviewees discuss the impacts these measures have had on ongoing research, how they have adapted to the situation, and what traces these events will leave in different fields of research and ways of working.
As with any crisis, the coronavirus pandemic has shaken up daily life. It has forced the EPFL community to review priorities and schedules, and even to change research directions or launch new projects to meet the needs of the situation. Disturbing, and even stressful, these periods are also opportunities to take a step back and think about the meaning of one's work and one's role as a scientist. In this video series, 14 EPFL researchers, teachers and doctoral students respond to the following questions.
What impact has COVID-19 had on your field of research or study? Containment measures have meant that ways of working, alone and/or in a team, have had to be rethought overnight. Most researchers and doctoral students have had to resort to telework -- for better or for worse?
What lessons have you drawn from this experience? What changes will you maintain going foward? This crisis has highlighted society's high expectations of scientific research, which it has reiterated that society wants clear answers to deal with the uncertainty created by the virus.
What about you? EPFL researchers, students and teachers are invited to complete the series with your testimony. If you would like to help enrich the reflection on this unique period at EPFL, please contact CDH journalist Anne Laure Gannac: [email protected].