Coexisting with Coronaviruses: Rethinking the Emergence of the Pandemic
- Funded by Australian Government: Australian Research Council
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Grant number: FT220100769
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Key facts
Disease
COVID-19Start & end year
20222026Known Financial Commitments (USD)
$1,482,013.02Funder
Australian Government: Australian Research CouncilPrincipal Investigator
A/Prof. Eben KirkseyResearch Location
AustraliaLead Research Institution
Deakin UniversityResearch 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.