COVID-19 and Fieldwork: Challenges and Solutions

Peter Krause, Ora Szekely, Mia Bloom, Fotini Christia, Sarah Zukerman Daly, Chappell Lawson, Zoe Marks, Aidan Milliff, Kacie Miura, Richard Nielsen, William Reno, Emil Aslan Souleimanov, Aliyu Zakayo

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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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)264-269
Number of pages6
JournalPS - Political Science and Politics
Volume54
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2021

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Sociology and Political Science

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