Everyday Life in a Pandemic. An international comparative sociological study

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted everyday life in over 200 other countries. In attempts to contain the virus outbreak, governments have restricted the freedom of movement of citizens. There is no lack in news on COVID-19 but there is certainly a need for more social research surrounding it.

This project is directed by Dr. Mary Green (Wageningen University) in association with Sophie Dubuisson-Quellier.

The aim is to uncover social and cultural differentiation in impacts of the pandemic on citizens’ everyday lives.

This project is being led and coordinated by the Environmental Policy Group (Wageningen University) and involves an international collaboration with consumption scholars across Europe, Asia and the USA. 

This international comparative sociological study aims to uncover social and cultural differentiation in impacts of the pandemic on citizens’ everyday lives.

Focusing on everyday food and mobility practices, it seeks to :

(1) capture cultural and social variance in the impact of the pandemic on everyday household practices, and

(2) identify opportunities and challenges for (re-)building inclusive systems of provision to support resilient and sustainable lifestyles.

In seeking to address the differential exposure and impact of the new invisible health risk in society, a sociological approach is adopted that explores the social dynamics of the pandemic in terms of the interaction between systems of provision and dynamics of agency and resilience in people’s everyday lives.

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