WhatCOVID-19 does to Society

A webinar in the framework of the Policy seminar “TheCOVID-19 crisis and its effects on Society”, with:

• Emanuele Ferragina, Associate Professor of Sociology at Sciences Po
• Ettore Recchi,Full Professor of Sociology at Sciences Po.

Organized in the framework of the Politics & Public Policy Policy Stream of the Sciences Po School of Public Affairs, the Policy seminar aims to shed expert light on a current issue by combining approaches and points of view. The objective is to give students different reading skills on these topics and to let them question the issues and challenges that affect our societies.

The theme selected this year is COVID-19 crisis and its effects on society. By crossing practitioners, researchers and academics’ points of view, the 4 sessions offered this semester will examine how the current health crisis has deeply affected society, politics, economics and communication.

The first conferencewill deal with the Social Effects of the COVID-19 crisis.Emanuele Ferragina and Ettore Recchi,bothProfessors of Sociology at the Observatoire sociologique du changement (OSC-Sciences Po),will present their work on Social Inequalities and Transformations during the COVID-19 crisis; building on some of their latest research, they will particularly analyse the effects of lockdown on Society.

The moderation will becarried out bya group of students of the Politics and Public PolicyStream, Sciences Po School of Public Affairs.

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