Editorial introduction: women in land science.

The researchers expect that while some households will be able to cushion the impacts of the pandemic in the short term, many will have difficulties doing so in the long term. Accordingly, these researchers found the expectation that COVID-19 will result in a more land intensive expansion of agriculture in the future, although obviously context matters and there are likely to be large variations in land-use across different smallholders. These researchers look at patterns of gender and authorship in urban land science which is a relatively new field and therefore one which they felt may be less likely to be impacted by gender bias. Ideally, the academic community can facilitate this review at the same time as reviewing overall practices and work conditions for all members of the academic community from students, researchers, faculty, and staff to produce more equitable work conditions and result in a happier academic community. While we have highlighted a multitude of mechanisms and techniques to improve the academic and work environments of women within the field of land change science, we also agree with these authors that a review and an understanding of work-life balance by all researchers within the field of land change science would possibly produce more good than any of these other mechanisms. [Extracted from the article]