Abstract

FRANCA, Thais et al. Articulation between personal, family and professional life in the context of higher education and scientific institutions: The experience of women researchers and professors during the Covid-19 pandemic in Portugal. Forum Sociológico [online]. 2021, n.39, pp.43-52.  Epub Dec 07, 2021. ISSN 0872-8380.  https://doi.org/10.4000/sociologico.10100.

Gender inequalities in higher education and scientific institutions in the neoliberal context have been approached from different perspectives: articulation between private, family and professional lives; unequal division of faculty work; dissimilar expectations regarding emotional work; moral harassment and etc. The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated these inequalities while posing new challenges for teachers and researchers women. The implementation of the remote work model in higher education and scientific institutions, simultaneous to the suspension of face-to-face classes in day care centers and schools and the interruption of support services for the care of dependent adults, imposed new setbacks for the articulation of personal, family and private lives work-life balance for academic women. Using a mixed methodology comprising an online survey (n = 607), 17 in-depth interviews with women teachers and researches and two mixed focus groups, we analyze how, in the context of Portuguese higher education and scientific institutions, teachers and researches women experienced and negotiated the transition to remote work with regard to the demands personal, family and professional lives.

Keywords : gender inequality; Covid-19; academia; articulation between personal; family and work lives.

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