Abstract

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and measures taken to mitigate its spread have presented numerous challenges for academia. Conferences are one challenge for academia in a COVID-19 environment. The present study discusses the purpose of academic conferences and provides a case study of a virtual conference in criminology and criminal justice (CCJ) that occurred in November 2020. We extracted data from the virtual conference program, from data publicly available through CrimCon, and from a sample of 53 of the 96 panels that occurred. Using these data, we present information about conference attendance and participation. We found that there were 558 unique presenters across 318 presentations and roundtable discussions, and a total of 1,629 unique attendees over the course of the three conference days. While virtual conferencing solves some problems, it presents unique others. Important comparisons between virtual conferencing and in-person conferencing are provided.

摘要

持续的 COVID-19 大流行以及为减轻其传播而采取的措施给学术界带来了许多挑战。会议是 COVID-19 环境中学术界面临的一项挑战。本研究讨论了学术会议的目的，并提供了 2020 年 11 月举行的犯罪学和刑事司法 (CCJ) 虚拟会议的案例研究。我们从虚拟会议计划、通过 CrimCon 公开提供的数据以及从发生的 96 个小组中的 53 个样本。使用这些数据，我们提供有关会议出席和参与的信息。我们发现在 318 场演讲和圆桌讨论中有 558 位独特的演讲者，在三天的会议期间共有 1,629 位独特的与会者。虽然虚拟会议解决了一些问题，它呈现出独特的他人。提供了虚拟会议和面对面会议之间的重要比较。