SolPan Blog

On this site you will find findings from the SolPan project in a series of blog posts from different country teams.

The SolPan study examines how people in ten European countries deal with the restrictions and challenges during the pandemic. In two interview phases (phase 1: April 2020; phase 2: October 2020), the SolPan team spoke to the same people from different social groups in each country on the phone to hear about their everyday life, and their views on the pandemic containment measures. The third interview phase took place in October 2021.

The latest findings from the study are regularly presented in the blog posts listed below.

22.05.2023
 

“I find the discussion of this crisis very intriguing, because it affects so many areas of life, yes? Because everything has to be maneuvered...

02.03.2023
 

During 2021, vaccines against COVID-19 became available to the general population (at least in industrialized nations). In the fall of 2021, we -...

10.11.2022
 

A paper describing the methodological approach of the SolPan (Solidarity in Times of a Pandemic) project was just published in Social Science &...

05.05.2022
 

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, much research has gone into the use of protective masks. Most studies focus on their epidemiological...

17.02.2022
 

Vaccine uptake is critical to managing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, an important part of the population in some countries are hesitant to...

07.12.2021
 

Early in 2020, media coverage emphasized the “unprecedented” nature of the pandemic. Memes depicted humanity, caught in a single boat out at sea, amid...