1. Survey on
Working academic
conditions, academic time
usage perception and
academic performance
during the Covid-19
lock-down
María Bustelo, Paula de Dios & Lorena Pajares
(UCM SUPERA team)
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under grant agreement No. 787829.

2. Survey on Working academic conditions, academic time usage
perception and academic performance during the Covid-19 lock-down
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under grant agreement No. 787829.
➔ Survey to all Faculty staff at the UCM (approx.
6000). Responses from almost 27% of the
population (1.690 responses). June 2020
➔ Adaptation from a previously planned academic
time usage survey at the UCM in the SUPERA
framework
➔ Academic time usage… perception, as it was
impossible with Covid-19 lockdown to follow the
methodology for time usage surveys

3. Survey on Working academic conditions, academic time usage
perception and academic performance during the Covid-19 lock-down
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under grant agreement No. 787829.
Preliminary results UCM
In general female faculty staff
have experienced a much harder time
during the lockdown
than their male colleagues
➔ worse working conditions
➔ increased time both domestic & caring and academic work
➔ gender roles confirmed and aggravated during lockdown
○ women teaching and management
○ men research and publishing
➔ this has consequences in academic performance

4. Survey on Working academic conditions, academic time usage
perception and academic performance during the Covid-19 lock-down
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under grant agreement No. 787829.
Working conditions
Have a room of her/his own where to
work:
Have a good computer equipment:

5. Survey on Working academic conditions, academic time usage
perception and academic performance during the Covid-19 lock-down
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under grant agreement No. 787829.
Working conditions
Have felt sadness, preoccupation, anxiety and stress, feeling overwhelmed, and of
losing control:
Men
Women
A lot / Extremely
A little / Nothing at all
A lot / Extremely
A little / Nothing at all

6. Survey on Working academic conditions, academic time usage
perception and academic performance during the Covid-19 lock-down
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under grant agreement No. 787829.
Time usage perception: dedication to housework (during lock-down)
Men
Women

7. Survey on Working academic conditions, academic time usage
perception and academic performance during the Covid-19 lock-down
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under grant agreement No. 787829.
Time usage perception: dedication to academic work
Before lockdown female
claimed to devote
slightly less weekly time
than men to academic
work.
But during lockdown
figures reverse*
* This reported weekly time is the general mean, taking into account that part-time faculty staff was also
included. Figures of weekly time reported by full-time Faculty staff were all over 40 hrs per week

8. Survey on Working academic conditions, academic time usage
perception and academic performance during the Covid-19 lock-down
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under grant agreement No. 787829.
Time usage perception: dedication to academic work
Before lockdown During lockdown

9. Survey on Working academic conditions, academic time usage
perception and academic performance during the Covid-19 lock-down
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under grant agreement No. 787829.
Academic performance & Satisfaction at work
In general, how satisfied are you
with your academic work during
lockdown ?

10. Survey on Working academic conditions, academic time usage
perception and academic performance during the Covid-19 lock-down
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under grant agreement No. 787829.
I have often worked
at unusual time
(night/weekends)
It has often been
difficult to work
without
interruptions
Concentrating on
work helped me
deal with the
situation
Men
Women
Very/totally agree
Barely/Not agree
Very/totally agree
Barely/Not agree
Academic performance & Satisfaction at work

11. Survey on Working academic conditions, academic time usage
perception and academic performance during the Covid-19 lock-down
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under grant agreement No. 787829.
Academic performance & Satisfaction at work
I have taken the opportunity to catch up on delayed issues

12. Survey on Working academic conditions, academic time usage
perception and academic performance during the Covid-19 lock-down
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under grant agreement No. 787829.
Men
Women
Totally affected
Not at all
Totally affected
Not at all
Academic performance & Satisfaction at work:
Circumstances affecting academic work

13. Survey on Working academic conditions, academic time usage
perception and academic performance during the Covid-19 lock-down
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under grant agreement No. 787829.
Academic performance & Satisfaction at work:
Academic production before the pandemic (2019)

14. Survey on Working academic conditions, academic time usage
perception and academic performance during the Covid-19 lock-down
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under grant agreement No. 787829.
Academic performance & Satisfaction at work:
Academic production during the pandemic and lockdown

15. Survey on Working academic conditions, academic time usage
perception and academic performance during the Covid-19 lock-down
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under grant agreement No. 787829.
To be continued….
➔ Still a lot of information to be analysed and
variables to be crossed-analysed (e.g. differences
between people with/without family duties)
➔ Replication of the survey in other Universities
(Cagliari and Coimbra)
➔ Sharing and thinking together

16. Survey on Working academic conditions, academic time usage
perception and academic performance during the Covid-19 lock-down
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under grant agreement No. 787829.
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THANK YOU!
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under grant agreement No. 787829.
María Bustelo, Paula de Dios and Lorena Pajares.
October 2020