I would like to recommend the reading of a thought-provoking blogpost about how time constraints - or "publish or perish" approach - in academic/research environments are detrimental to the quality of social science research *in particular*. The author is dr. Madiha Tariq.
From the beginning of the post:
" [...] The current academic environment leaves little room for patience. Research must show immediate results and individuals must publish or perish. [...] Yet much of what matters in the social sciences depends on the opposite: unstructured, seemingly idle time. The social sciences, more than hard sciences, have methodologically and philosophically depended on forms of work that unfold slowly. Ethnographers observe and absorb. Sociologists return to the same sites until patterns emerge. These rhythms define scholarship that requires patience and openness to the uneventful. The disappearance of extended time from the university changes the texture of intellectual life. It narrows how we think and what we are able to notice." If interested, you can read the whole post at https://shorturl.at/5N245 Regards, Monica Marra -- Dr. Monica Marra, technologist INAF - OAS Bologna via Gobetti 93/3 40129 Bologna, Italy https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Monica_Marra Teleworker Working days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday