We are researchers. Researchers are people. People sometimes have children. These are three simple statements (and fundamental truths) that are often overlooked by institutional and funding policies, leading to a disconnect between the demands of research and the responsibilities of parenthood. Especially in field-based research, which is typical in the geosciences, rigorous expectations of long h ...[Read More]
Hold my Baby: Improving Institutional Policies of Parenting and Field-based Research
Feature image credit: Christine Liang.
Description: Rather than celebrating with cake and gifts, the author’s baby marked their first birthday by bravely embracing the chilly Arctic as they joined in fieldwork studying marine and coastal pollution.