COVID-19 and Fieldwork: Challenges and Solutions
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Author(s)
Krause, Peter
Szekely, Ora
Bloom, Mia
Christia, Fotini
Daly, Sarah Zukerman
Lawson, Chappell
Marks, Zoe
Milliff, Aidan
Miura, Kacie
Nielsen, Richard
Date Issued
January 2021
Journal
PS - Political Science and Politics
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Citation
Krause, Peter, Szekely, Ora, Bloom, Mia, Christia, Fotini, Daly, Sarah Zukerman et al. 2021. "COVID-19 and Fieldwork: Challenges and Solutions." PS - Political Science and Politics, 54 (2).
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Abstract
This reflection article presents insights on conducting fieldwork during and after COVID-19 from a diverse collection of political scientists - from department heads to graduate students based at public and private universities in the United States and abroad. Many of them contributed to a newly published volume, Stories from the Field: A Guide to Navigating Fieldwork in Political Science (Krause and Szekely 2020). As in the book, these contributors draw on their years of experience in the field to identify the unique ethical and logistical challenges posed by COVID-19 and offer suggestions for how to adjust and continue research in the face of the pandemic's disruptions. Key themes include how contingency planning must now be a central part of our research designs; how cyberspace has increasingly become the field for the time being; and how scholars can build lasting, mutually beneficial partnerships with field citizens, now and in the future.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
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https://doi.org/10.1017/s1049096520001754
