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EXCEPTIUS Exceptional powers in time of Sars-CoV-2 crisis

  • Funded by Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW)
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Grant number: 1.043E+13

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020
    2022

  • Funder

    Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW)

  • Principal Investigator

    Dr CM. Egger BSc MSc PhD

  • Research Location

    N/A

  • Lead Research Institution

    Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

  • 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

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

Although public support for emergency measures was initially strong, it has eroded. Across Europe, citizens are increasingly critical of the democratic costs of containing COVID-19. Moreover, exceptional measures can have a lasting effect on democratic governance. If left unchecked, this decline in public trust could reduce citizens' compliance with public health measures and threaten the stability of democracy. This requires urgent research into the modalities, effects and determinants of emergency decisions in times of crisis. To meet this need, EXCEPTIUS analyzes exceptional decision-making in 32 European countries. The project contributes to the study of democratic resilience by examining why some democratic systems are more resilient to crises and which political reforms increase that resilience. More information about this project can be found on the EXCEPTIUS website .