“Jobs that Really Matter”: Critical Reflections on Changes in Academic Life during/after the Covid-19 Pandemic

The prioritisation of the coronavirus pandemic in public sphere has resonated field sciences, with Covid-19 occupying interest many researchers various disciplines. This article aims to analyse features interpersonal and institutional discourses, published data, author’s observations reflect critically upon impact on academic life sketch some trends sciences. analysis demonstrates that serves as an accelerator for science; this process, however, is asynchronous across countries, disciplines, research streams. “Covid-isation” systems reinforces instrumentalisation projectification science creates intra-institutional hierarchies. crisis amplifies existing inequalities prompts double movement acceleration versus deceleration. In potential social morphogenesis science, role humanities sciences scholars asking critical questions facilitating meta-reflexivity becomes paramount.