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Double Fragility: The Care Crisis in the Corona Crisis

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • start year

    2020

  • Funder

    Volkswagen Stiftung

  • Principal Investigator

    Priv-Doz Dr and Dr Alexandra Scheele, Helene Schiffbänker, Nadja Bergmann

  • Research Location

    Germany

  • Lead Research Institution

    Universität Bielefeld

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Social impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

This theoretical and empirical project investigates how parents in so-called system-relevant jobs requiring on-site deployment have organised childcare during the lockdown of childcare institutions. Following the assumption that the corona crisis not only revealed an already existing structural crisis in childcare, but also created a double fragility for parents with caring responsibilities. It will use the concept of antifragility to develop perspectives for a more resilient childcare system in the future.