This article, drawing on data from an international survey – distributed in the summer of 2020 – explores the experiences and concerns of academic staff (n = 167) working in universities in Ireland and their perceptions of their institutions’ early response to the pandemic. Concerns related to transitioning to remote online working, impact on research productivity and culture, and work intensification, as intersected by enhanced managerialism, are ubiquitous to their accounts. As some respondents wrote of potential positive changes, particularly in the delivery of teaching, we conclude by suggesting potential avenues for building on successes in coping with the pandemic with some recommendations for mitigating some of the harms.

本文利用 2020 年夏季发布的一项国际调查的数据，探讨了在爱尔兰大学工作的学术人员 ( n  = 167)的经历和担忧，以及他们对所在机构对大流行的早期反应的看法。与过渡到远程在线工作、对研究生产力和文化的影响以及工作集约化相关的担忧，以及与增强的管理主义相交的问题，在他们的账户中无处不在。正如一些受访者所写的潜在的积极变化，特别是在教学交付方面，我们最后提出了一些潜在的途径，以在应对大流行的成功基础上再接再厉，并提出一些减轻一些危害的建议。