Professor Alita Nandi has co-authored a new book, Social Life during COVID-19 in France, Germany, Italy and the UK presenting a thorough examination of how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted social life across four major European countries—France, Germany, Italy, and the UK.
Drawing on high-quality longitudinal data, it investigates how personal, work, and political lives evolved during and after the pandemic, with particular focus on inequalities based on gender, age, and socio-economic status. The book offers unique insights into both short-term disruptions and longer-term resilience in society, highlighting changes in remote work, family life, and mental health. The book will appeal to scholars and students of sociology, political science, demography, and social policy seeking to understand the pandemic’s complex social consequences.
The study offers a comprehensive comparative analysis of COVID-19’s societal impacts across France, Germany, Italy, and the UK
The research focuses on inequalities, in gender, age, socio-economic status, and family roles, to reveal pandemic experiences and used two years of longitudinal panel data to examine changes in personal life, work life, and political life