The Covid-19 pandemic (2020 to 2023) presented the world with a previously unknown, potentially life-threatening challenge. National governments endeavored to implement protective measures to save lives and safeguard the right to health. The pandemic in the sense of a global crisis is over. We are now in the phase of coming to terms with the crisis.

One starting point for this is the evaluation of the coronavirus policy and the protective measures taken by governments during the Covid-19 pandemic, some of whose consequences are still having an impact today. People accepted and followed the measures so that lives could be successfully saved and protected.

Nevertheless, the coronavirus policy:

• restricted fundamental rights (freedom of assembly, education, etc.),
• interrupted life courses (children, young people),
• promoted isolation (e.g. older people),
• exacerbated injustices in the performance of unpaid work (women) and
• omitted political legitimization (parliaments).

The event aims to examine the measures taken by politicians to combat the pandemic in terms of their impact on democracy. Thus, it follows the "Report on the work of the Interdisciplinary Commission for Pandemic Research of the German Research Foundation (DFG) 2020 to 2023". The conference will offer contributions from various academic perspectives (economics, nursing science, philosophy, disability studies, sociology, literature).

Participation is free of charge for everyone. The program and details on the contents can be found here.