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Improving Interdisciplinary Knowledge Integration in Public Health Crisis Management

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • start year

    2020

  • Funder

    Volkswagen Stiftung

  • Principal Investigator

    Dr. Simon Lohse

  • Research Location

    Germany

  • Lead Research Institution

    Universität Hannover

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Policies for public health, disease control & community resilience

  • Research Subcategory

    Approaches to public health interventions

  • 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 project uses the case of the Corona pandemic to investigate the role of the social sciences in managing public health threats. The expected key results of this project are a deep understanding of sociological and epistemological inhibitors for interdisciplinary knowledge integration in this context and strategic starting points for improvement of the status quo. The project output will not only explore uncharted territory in integrated science studies but will also foster better informed and more balanced future policy-making for society as a whole.