There's a very interesting report that has come out recently titled "Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Working Practices of Analytical Facilities", coming out of the Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium which helps to shed light on some of the questions raised by the ongoing work that CNI has been doing on developments in research resilience.
You can find a summary of the paper, and a link to download the full report, at
Paper: Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Working Practices of Analytical Facilities II - Ceric
COVID-19 has a substantial impact on the operations of analytical facilities that serve external users.At the end of April 2020, only a third of the surveyed research infrastructures (RIs) reported that they maintained such user access activities; however, several had set up specific COVID-19 services and responded to travel limitations with a strong shift towards remote...> Find out more
Clifford Lynch Director, CNI
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