#Academia in the time of #Covid19: Our chance to develop an #ethics of #care. We share and invite to sign the following manifesto by Esteve Corbera.

"This crisis has made it clear that we must deepen our care for others, becoming more attentive to the emotions and life experiences of our students, PhD candidates, co-authors, and colleagues." We welcome ongoing efforts to slow down the pace of academia, prioritize importance over urgency, collective rather than individual goals, and contribute to public debates not necessarily in the form of academic articles but through our teaching or public outreach (e.g. blogs, TV and radio appearances, student-led debates, etc.). Also, career and evaluation expectations must change. Covid-19 can and should lead us to prioritize those areas and tasks where we can really make a difference, which may involve writing less but better, and engaging more seriously with knowledge transfer and policy change activities. When the Covid-19 crisis fades away, which it will, we have a chance to make academia a more ethical, empathetic, and thus rewarding profession. Sign the Manifesto here: http://estevecorbera.com/academia-in-the-time-of-covid-19-our-chance-to-develop-an-ethics-of-care/?fbclid=IwAR0DcuwO7iylW6cc71C78n39ZxZCk2g-oa_5B4EkR31svCGaYF6cp0t4QRE