📢 What can schools learn from the COVID-19 pandemic? Join the closing conference of the #NRP80 project Digitising educational practice on 2 Sept in St. Gallen. 🎟️ Free, but registration is required by 9 Aug: shorturl.at/DLbLS #Education #Research

📢 How can we better support young people in future crises? Join the closing conference of the #NRP80 project ‘The Covid generation’ on 1 Sept. 2026 in Bern. 📅 Register by 15 Aug: shorturl.at/r8glA Programme: shorturl.at/kuKhv #Youth #Research #FNS

🆕 New on DeFacto: NGOs supported an estimated 𝟏.𝟕 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 during the Covid-19 pandemic, providing vital financial, material and psychological support. Read how civil society helped bridge critical gaps in crisis response. 📖 shorturl.at/2Ck62 📷 Getty Images #DeFacto #NRP80

📢 Our latest #NRP80 e-newsletter is out! Discover news on COVID-19 in society, including urban essential workers, the revision of the Epidemics Act, innovation in VET, and NGOs' role during the pandemic. 📬 Read 👉 shorturl.at/H4ONu 🔔 Subscribe for future editions: shorturl.at/MsMep

📢 They Are Not Just Victims — A new NRP 80 article on migrant domestic workers in Switzerland explores precarity, resilience and resistance during COVID-19. 🏠💪 🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/4WCAk #NRP80 #Migration #Research

🏠 NRP 80 study highlights the essential role of domestic workers during COVID-19 in Switzerland. Many were migrant women facing precarious conditions while sustaining daily life for others. Findings call for greater recognition and protection. 📖 shorturl.at/rQS7D 🎥 shorturl.at/L2a5a

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐴𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛: 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝐶𝑂𝑉𝐼𝐷-19 𝑁𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝐿𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑠’ 🧠 Analysis of news & social media highlights need for information literacy and strengthening journalistic standards. 🔗 shorturl.at/6OeR9 📷 diana.grytsku

📖 𝐍𝐑𝐏 𝟖𝟎 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: ‘𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠’ 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙-𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑂𝑉𝐼𝐷-19’ 🏫 School closures led pupils into distance learning requiring high self-organisation 🧠 Self-regulation strongly predicts success & well-being 🔗 shorturl.at/RKGr0

📖 𝐍𝐑𝐏 𝟖𝟎 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: ’𝐼𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔’🇨🇭 The cost of living is often missing in inequality research. 📊 Swiss admin data shows it significantly increases disposable income inequality Key drives include housing, taxes & health insurance 🔗 shorturl.at/1AOIy

📖 𝐍𝐑𝐏 𝟖𝟎 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: ‘‘𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑂𝑉𝐼𝐷-19’ 🏫 School closures should be kept short 💻 A “digitalisation surge” highlights need for better pedagogical frameworks 🧠 Focus on well-being & self-directed learning 🔗 shorturl.at/HDxD7 #Education #DigitalLearning

📖 𝐍𝐑𝐏 𝟖𝟎 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: ‘𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠’ 💻 ICT can reduce loneliness among older adults – but also increase exclusion risks 📚 Explores impacts on social inclusion 🔗 shorturl.at/FjezQ #Digitalisation #Loneliness #Ageing

📍 Four years after its creation, the Observatory of Precariousness (HETSL/HES-SO) continues to strengthen research and action on social vulnerability in Switzerland. Linked to the NRP 80 project ‘Fit for Crisis?’. 📰 shorturl.at/LaC61 #NRP80 #SocialCohesion #FNS

New study from NRP 80 ‘Covid-19 in Society’: Swiss families maintained strong intergenerational ties during Covid-19 despite distancing measures. Solidarity, mutual support, and personal contact proved essential for resilience 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 📰 shorturl.at/2BttH #NRP80 #Resilience

📖 NRP 80 publication: ‘Social services crisis management practices towards poor foreign nationals’ 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Covid-19 increased migrants’ reliance on social support ⚖️ Social workers faced political pressure, raising ethical questions on fairness & client selection 🔗 shorturl.at/zdEed

📢 Closing conference: NRP 80 ‘Effects of Covid-19 on VET’ Did COVID-19 create lasting changes in dual vocational education & training? 📊 Findings from SFUVET & FHNW 🎤 Panel with apprentices, trainers & experts 🗓 19 June 2026 | Zollikofen 🔗 shorturl.at/HUAAE ⏳ Register by 12 June #VET #NRP80

📖 𝐍𝐑𝐏 𝟖𝟎 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: ‘𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑙𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑎’ examines lessons from Covid-19 school closures. Pupils’ success in distance learning depended on well-being, social ties & self-regulation. 🧠 💡 Highlights implications for future crisis preparedness in schools. 🔗 shorturl.at/CMsnW #Education #NRP80

🏛️ 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 – 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐡𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 How can social isolation be addressed, and how can research shape policy? These questions were discussed at a parliamentary event in Bern. Insights from NRP80 ‘Loneliness prevention’. 👉 shorturl.at/JNUUc

🔍 New article: Living space for all COVID-19 revealed how protective measures affected people unequally—especially young people and essential workers, whose everyday living realities were often overlooked. Read the new NRP80 article on DeFacto by @UrsHafner: 👉 shorturl.at/05myN #NRP80 #COVID19

📢 Our e-newsletter is out! Highlights: • Loneliness & politics – interview with Annika Rohrmoser • Programme Conference 2026 insights • New #DeFacto article by Urs Hafner 📬 Read: shorturl.at/VbzZp 🔔 Subscribe: shorturl.at/DFi1E #COVID19 #NRP80 #SocialImpact

Who keeps Zurich running? 👥 Discover ‘systemrelevant!’—an interactive tool revealing the daily lives, challenges, and resilience of essential workers. Step into their routines and hear the voices behind the city. 👉 Explore: lnkd.in/epb6zpGe #EssentialWorkers #Zurich #UrbanResearch

How can we reduce loneliness? 🤝 Discussed in Bern with policymakers, researchers & practitioners. It’s rising, harming health & the economy. Solutions: act at individual, community & societal levels, from care training to urban planning. #prosenectute #sajv #leavingcare

🔬 Conference 2026 – NRP80 Covid-19 & Society On 5–6 March in Bern, ~100 researchers from 25 projects shared findings and reflected on societal lessons from the pandemic. Keynote by Anne Lévy (FOPH) and a federal panel linked research with policy. Next step: the programme’s synthesis phase. #NRP80

🇨🇭Public consultation launched on restructuring extra-parliamentary commissions, including the planned dissolution of the Federal Commission for Pandemic Preparedness 🦠 Implications for science–policy interfaces & #PNR80. Open until 28 April 2026 📄 shorturl.at/vlYtz 📸 © Parliament Services 2025

📊 In a new article, the NRP 80 group ‘Swiss coronavirus policy and companies’ compiled a dataset of 1,330 COVID-19 fiscal support measures in Switzerland (Feb 2020–Feb 2021)🇨🇭. It provides insights into policy timing, types, and political decision-making. 🔎 shorturl.at/owTDz #NRP80

Teachers & parents: an increasingly challenging collaboration. #NRP80 researcher Dr Valentin Unger spoke on SRF1 about rising tensions, teacher training, and how COVID-19 made these issues more visible. 🎧 shorturl.at/zr4KV #TeacherEducation #DigitisingEducation #SRF

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⚖️ How did Swiss law perform during Covid-19—and how can crisis governance improve? These questions closed #NRP80 “Swiss pandemic governance” group on 30 Jan in Fribourg. Four panels tackled resilience, human rights, democracy & federalism. 👉 shorturl.at/lJp2W #UNIFR #Covid-19 #Law #Governance

✨ At the Caritas Forum 2026 in Bern, researchers from #NRP80 shared their work. The “Fit for Crisis?” and “Poverty and Social Security” teams shared first insights on crisis policies, social assistance, and NGO data as early warning systems. 🎉

📖 New article from NRP 80: how digital agencies shape both individual and collective visibility of domestic care workers, using moralising narratives to impact recognition and working conditions. 🔗 shorturl.at/f3BNX #DomesticWork #CareWork #NRP80

📖 New article from NRP 80’s 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐰 group: COVID-19 pushed Swiss family courts toward digitalisation—but exposed major gaps. The study shows how courts adapted and what’s needed for fair access to justice. 🔗 shorturl.at/tFeNn #NRP80 #DigitalJustice

📢 Registration is open for the 2026 NRP 80 Programme Conference! 🗓 5–6 Mar 2026 | 📍 Kursaal Bern 25 research groups present findings on Covid-19 & society across 7 thematic areas. Opened by Anne Lévy (FOPH). 🔗 Register: shorturl.at/S2b2c #NRP80 #Covid19 Picture: © Marco Finsterwald