In March 2020, the UK Research and Innovation announced an emergency call for research
to inform policy and practice responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. This call implicitly and …

The Rapid Evidence Review synthesises evidence available in academic publications from
2020 with the aim of charting how social research methods have been successfully adapted …

Social scientists have a robust history of contributing to better understandings of and
responses to disease outbreaks. The implementation of qualitative research in the context of …

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected social life. In efforts to reduce the spread
of the virus, countries around the world implemented social restrictions, including social …

A novel human coronavirus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) was identified in late 2019 in Wuhan, China, resulting in a pandemic [1]. Due to the …

For many social science scholars, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to re-think our
approaches to research. As a result of new social distancing measures, those of us who …

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus,
has had unprecedented impacts on health systems, public health, societies and individuals …

Rapid qualitative research (RQR) studies are increasingly employed to inform decision-
making in public health emergencies. Despite this trend, there remains a lack of clarity …

ABSTRACT COVID-19 has required researchers to change methods to better reflect the new
realities of social distancing, sheltering in place, and the use of extended quarantines to …

This research note explores the pressing ethical challenges associated with increased
online platforming of sensitive research on conflict-affected settings since the onset of Covid …