Changing workplace geographies in the COVID-19 crisis. Issue 2 (July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Reuschke, Darja; Felstead, Alan
• Is Part Of: Dialogues in human geography. Volume 10:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 208
• Page End: 212
• Publication Date: 2020-07
• Subjects: COVID-19 -- flexible working -- homeworking -- productivity -- well-being; Human geography -- Periodicals; Human ecology -- Periodicals; Environmental ethics -- Periodicals; 304.205
• DOI: 10.1177/2043820620934249
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2043-8206

Abstract

COVID-19 has fundamentally changed workplace geographies with large proportions of people working at home during the 'Great Lockdown'. This commentary argues that working at home has emerged as a key policy response and one in which inequalities are embedded. We outline the nature of these social and spatial inequalities by examining existing evidence and data for the Global North, and consider some of the economic and policy challenges ahead.