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Precarity and the Social, Political, and Economic Effects of COVID-19. (additional Corona-related funding)

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Funder

    Volkswagen Stiftung

  • Principal Investigator

    Prof Dr and Dr and Dr Norbert Kersting, Carlo D'Ippoliti, Andre Krouwel

  • Research Location

    Germany

  • Lead Research Institution

    Universität Münster

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Policies for public health, disease control & community resilience

  • Research Subcategory

    Policy research and interventions

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

This study charts citizens' psychological and social well-being (anxieties), economic precarity, their trust in government, health authorities and democratic institutions under the impact the pandemic has had on their political beliefs and issue stances. This longitudinal and cross-national dataset also allows for gauging within-person change of political trust and policy stances due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will reveal to what extent opinions have polarised due to aspects of economic precarity caused by the consequences of the pandemic. The key impact will be to highlight the immediate and long-term processes of polarisation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic for policymakers, the media and the public. Also the project intends to develop roadmaps for strategies to be used as a means of mitigating polarisation and distrust.