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The consequences of COVID pandemic on the productivity of GD community 1

Survey Results The past two years we are conducing the Graph Drawing conference under very unusual conditions of the COVID global pandemic. The number of paper submissions showed a significant drop this year. In order to get a glimpse on the role of the pandemic in this drop, as well as in order to raise the awareness on the well-being and on the possibly new conditions under which our community continues to teach and research, we have conducted a survey.

The can for participation in the survey was announced during the Graph Drawing conference , sent by email to the registered participants and advertised at gdnet 2 3

mailing list. The survey was completed by 64 individuals, spanning all academic levels with majority (50%) being assistant/associate/full professors and 30% PhD students and postdocs. Regarding gender, 71.3% participants were male, 23.8% female and the 4.9% prefer not to say. The results of the survey show that the overall influence of the pandemic on the academic productivity and well being of the community is quite strong. Thus, only 7.8% report that their productivity showed no drop, while 34% experienced drop between 1-25% and the same amount reported drop between 25-50%. Notably, there is a non-negligible percentage of individuals (23%) for whom the drop is above 50%. We would like to draw attention to the striking number of ~70% that state that their psychological condition was one of the reasons of the drop in their productivity. The most important aspect that influenced the productivity seems to be the lack of possibility to meet and work with colleagues in real life (80% agreed and strongly agreed). Finally, and most important, we have learned that 6 out of the survey participants have lost their close relative as a result of health complications caused by Corona virus. We express them our condolence.

The detailed statistics on the multiple choice questions can be found below. Additionally to these, there were three open text questions. In the first question we asked to report additional factors that influenced the academic productivity negatively. The answers of the participants are summarised below:• The lack of and the barrier in communication with colleagues regarding work

aspects, research and teaching• The sudden urge to use unfamiliar technology• The lack of in-person research workshops

The survey was conducted by Tamara Mchedlidze. For further questions please contact the author at [email protected]

https://algo.inf.uni-tuebingen.de/gd2021/2

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• Psychological reasons: absence of joy, no boundaries between private and professional life, uncertainty

• Private life aspects became more complex, such as caring of ageing parents, complications in moving house, lack of sports

• The mental state of the students• The suddenly increased teaching load

The second open question asked to share any positive change in life caused by the pandemic. The participants mentioned the following:• More family time• More time alone, more time for reflection on well-being, social aspects• New ways to socialise• Healthier life-style• Possibility to participate in remote events The third open question asked how we can support each other in this situation in the future. The participants mentioned the following:• More online events• Better integration of online and offline events• Small local offline events• Take special care of starting PhD students, as it is easiest for them to get lost,

being isolated in the beginning of their research career

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In 2021 I have sent in average fewer papers to Graph Drawing conference.

64 responses

In 2021 I have sent in average fewer papers to conferences in general.

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In 2021 I have sent in average fewer papers to journals.

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My research productivity has dropped by (choose the percentage).

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My research productivity was in!uenced by the increased teaching load asa result of a sudden transfer to online teaching.

61 responses

Working from home I am not as productive as when being in the o"ce.

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My psychological condition due to the pandemic and caused by itconditions was not as good as usual and this in!uenced my productivity.

63 responses

Increased child care due to home schooling or closed child care loweredmy productivity.

59 responses

During the day, I felt much more o#en a necessity to inform myself aboutthe world news and this in!uenced my productivity.

63 responses

The lack of possibility to meet and work with colleagues in real lifein!uenced my research productivity negatively.

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We all have transferred some of our research activity online. Please ratethe productivity of the online research meetings. (5-very productive, 1-totally unproductive)

63 responses

Myself or my close relatives have su$ered from Corona virus.

64 responses

I have lost a close relative as a result of health complications caused byCorona virus.

63 responses

If the pandemic would end today, how long do you think it would take youto return to your usual levels of academic productivity.

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What were other factors that in!uenced your productivity negatively?

30 responses

Would you like to share any positive change in your life caused by the pandemic?

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How do you think we can suppo% each other in the future? (Maybe organisingmore online research events, organising online or local meet-ups on academicand social topics, etc)

20 responses

At which stage of the academic career are you?

64 responses

Please specify your gender

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lack of research workshops

Taking care of my elderly parents

lack of in-person workshops and meetings in general

anxiety, uncertainty, confusing information, politicizing of healthcare actions, generalloss of faith in humanity...

care of aging parent

Too little sport

long-term chronic illness

Absence of exchanging ideas, absence of workshops, etc.

NA

This form suggests subliminally that there are only negative effects, e.g. on researchproductivity. I for myself must say that the absence of students and oMce hours allowedme to Nnish off some projects, leading to factually increased submission numbers.

more family time

adopting a pet just before the pandemic struck

we can learn to Py less and decrease our impact on global warming

the pandemic made me (and people around me) to think about the non-pandemic lifepatterns/habits

Things that were not possible due to the pandemic made more room for myself, myresearch, and people that are important to me. That increased my well-being overall.

NA

Open access to talks at scientiNc conferences! Just stream it. No need to enable remotequestions, feedback or any other kind of interaction. For the time, it would help thepoorer if they could simply watch the talks.

NO MORE ONLINE EVENTS, PLEASE!

How about local meetings concurrent with conferences? A group could join theconference online and have in-person discussions. We need to explore new ways to dothings.

Small local o`ine research events, meet-ups at (online) conferences to discuss andrePect on the situation

All of the above, but it's diMcult to say. The transformation is still at the beginning.

Keeping online access to conferences

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