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Coexisting with Coronaviruses: Rethinking the Emergence of the Pandemic

  • Funded by Australian Government (Australian Research Council)
  • Total publications:0 publications

Grant number: FT220100769

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2022
    2026

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $1,482,013.02

  • Funder

    Australian Government (Australian Research Council)

  • Principal Investigator

    A/Prof. Eben Kirksey

  • Research Location

    Australia

  • Lead Research Institution

    Deakin University

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Animal and environmental research and research on diseases vectors

  • Research Subcategory

    Animal source and routes of transmission

  • 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

Coexisting with Coronaviruses: Rethinking the Emergence of the Pandemic. Before COVID-19 disrupted modern life, benign coronaviruses were circulating among people and animals in Southeast Asia. As medical researchers work to control the spread of this infectious disease, multispecies ethnography has a special role to play in generating basic knowledge about coronaviruses. This project aims to understand how interactions between people and multiple animal species generated a virus with pandemic potential. Approaches from science studies and the environmental humanities will generate conceptual innovations related to three themes: viral visibility, coexistence, and pathogen emergence. Innovations in multispecies methods should produce knowledge about viruses with broad benefits that may safeguard future health.