Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the survey: Part 2- The shutdown and your work.
| Questions | VALID | Responses |
|---|---|---|
| Q7. How long have you been affected by the shutdown and unable to perform normal climate change research at your institution? | 417 | Between 1–2 months (33.1%) |
| Between 2 weeks to 1 month (32.9 %) | ||
| Not at all (19.2 %) | ||
| More than two months (9.6 %) | ||
| Between 1–2 weeks (5.3 %) | ||
| Q8. To which extent do you agree with the actions taken by your organisation to cope with the shutdown of the operations during this period? | 417 | Agree (85.2 %) |
| Disagree (9.3 %) | ||
| I neither agree nor disagree (5.5 %) | ||
| Q9. During the crisis, you are/have: | 418 | Working regularly at “home office” (only) (82.3 %) |
| Regularly shuttling between home and office/laboratory (10.3 %) | ||
| Stopped working (4.3) | ||
| Working regularly from office/laboratory (3.1 %) | ||
| Q10. Which tools, apart from e-mail, have you used for communication during the shutdown? | 407 | Zoom (35.0 %) |
| Skype (34.0 %) | ||
| Microsoft Teams: (15.0 %) | ||
| WebEx (5.0 %) | ||
| Other (11.0 %) | ||
| Q11. Considering the challenges of working away from your office, how do you evaluate the available infrastructure to perform your research activities on climate change from home? | 418 | Good (42.8 %) |
| Acceptable (38.0 %) | ||
| Insufficient (19.1 %) | ||
| Q12. How do you evaluate the support given by your organisation to your research work during the shutdown? | 418 | Good (44.8 %) |
| Acceptable (34.2 %) | ||
| Insufficient (21.0 %) | ||
| Q13. To what extent has the shutdown influenced your research and/or your project work on climate change? | 417 | Affected (50.6 %) |
| To some extent (28.1 %) | ||
| Not affected (21.3 %) | ||
| Q14. During the shutdown, which problems have you experienced in your climate change research? | 406 | Delays (17.0 %) |
| Project meetings were cancelled (16 %) | ||
| Project schedules had to be substantially adjusted (11.0 %) | ||
| Unable to collect data (15.0 %) | ||
| Difficulty in combining research work with family (14.0 %) | ||
| Communication was disrupted (11.0 %) | ||
| Others (15.0 %) | ||
| Q15. How do you rate the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on your research workload? | 417 | Increased (51.8 %) |
| No impact (25.7 %) | ||
| Decreased (23.3 %) | ||
| Q16. How do you evaluate the impact of COVID-19 in your climate change research content-wise? | 297 | Negative (40.0 %) |
| Positive (30.0 %) | ||
| Little change (17.0 %) | ||
| Not clear yet (8.0 %) | ||
| Others (5.0 %) | ||
| Q17. Which are/were the main challenges of COVID-19 to your climate change research? | 371 | Lack of personal interactions/dialogues with colleagues/staff (50.1 %) |
| Lack of materials/resources (21.3 %) | ||
| Lack of interest/motivation from fellow researchers (11.9 %) | ||
| Lack of support from the administration (8.6 %) | ||
| Lack of expertise regarding new technologies (8.1 %) | ||
| Q18. Has the shutdown led to new ideas or new orientation for your research? | 412 | Yes (67.5 %) |
| No (32.5 %) | ||
Note: N = 501. The most relevant(s) response(s) are in bold.