The COVID-19 pandemic has had a variety of biological, social and economic impacts. However, it is not impacting everyone equally. Today, on International Women’s Day, we want to shed light on the concept of gender and the experiences of women during disasters such as the...
We are currently living through a pandemic that feels unprecedented and unique in its nature. However, it is not. It is neither something unique nor unusual, as pandemics have occurred throughout human history. And so did the well-known measures applied worldwide - wearing face masks,...
On 22 January 2021, COVINFORM partners attended a meeting for projects funded under the European Commission (EC) call for innovative solutions to tackle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, in particular, those addressing behavioural, social and economic impacts of the outbreak response. The call was a part...
The mass scale roll-out of vaccination programs across Europe brought us a glimmer of hope that the end of the pandemic might be in sight. However, with hope came new challenges. By the end of January, COVINFORM will publish the first bi-monthly report combining information...
Since its emergence in 2019, COVID-19 has become a topic of daily conversation due to its wide-scale impact on all areas of our lives. Much of the language around the coronavirus is anchored around the word ‘risk’. Medical and Governmental authorities have provided us with copious...
The COVINFORM project kicked off with a two-day virtual meeting on 5 and 11 November 2020. Bringing together 16 partners from 11 countries (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, and the UK) in a highly ambitious research and innovation project,...
