Our paper on parenthood in science is out!

In this work leaded by the student Sheila Pindado Sanz-Cruzado, we evaluate the perception of the impact of motherhood and fatherhood on the development of the scientific career in Life Sciences in Spain through a survey carried out with 324 researchers.

We find that most researchers perceive that parenting has a negative effect on their careers, particularly on women and when the children are young. Moreover, female researchers with children have displaced more of their time dedicated to work for activities related to childcare than their male colleagues.

You will find several mitigation strategies proposed by researchers to improve the balance between parenting and scientific career!

You can access the complete text at: https://doi.org/10.7818/ECOS.1991