In the surveys, researchers at the Cluster and its associated departments have covered multiple topics that are of central relevance to the Cluster's overall research agenda. The surveys are therefore made up of thematically focused modules, each of which was created by one researcher or a small team bringing their blocks of question into the surveys.
Solidarity
Support of Transnational Redistributive Measures
The modules investigates public opinion of medicinal and financial aid within Europe based on factors like the kind of aid rendered, cost expectations, and inhowfar receivers of aid are responsible for their plight.
Participants:
Jun. Prof. Dr. Sebastian Koos
Prof. Dr. Dirk Leuffen
You can find more information on the module here.
Trust in the Welfare State
In this module we investigate perceptions of the German healthcare system during the Corona pandemic and citizens’ trust in it, as well as the degree to which inequalities in health care provision might be mitigated or reinforced during the pandemic.
Participants:
Prof. Dr. Marius R. Busemeyer
Nona Bledow
You can find more information on the module here.
Gender Inequalities
The module investigates the pandemic's effects on burden-sharing in the household, and how the income and workplace situation of women and men is affected.
Participants:
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Luna Bellani
Prof. Dr. Susanne Strauss
Nevena Kulic, Ph.D.
You can find more information on the module here.
Inequality in Giving and Receiving Help
In this module we investigate whether the need for help many citizens are now experiencing for the first time has resulted in a new form of local solidarity, and who gives and receives help.
Participants:
Jun. Prof. Dr. Sebastiaan Koos
You can find more information on the module here.
Adverse Effects of Privacy Violations and Spying
The module investigates how people react to intrusions into their privacy, and under what conditions they are ready to accept them if it contributes to better infection prevention.
Participants:
Dr. Katrin Schmelz
Dr. David Dohmen
You can find more information on the module here.
Interventions
Government-Sponsored Corona Aid for Business: Sensible and Fair?
The module looks into the general public's view of government sponsored aid for businesses, taking into consideration the effects of factors like business size and the kind of aid rendered.
Module members:
Jun. Prof. Dr. Luna Bellani
You can find more information on the module here.
The Debate About Loosening the Emergency Measures
The module aims to describe and explain political preferences for or against the loosening of emergency measures and their grounding in individual interests and civic engagement.
Module members:
Prof. Dr. Claudia Diehl
You can find more information on the module here.
Compliance with Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions
This module employs list experiments to test the truthfulness of frequently reported results of survey studies on compliance.
Module members:
Prof. Dr. Peter Selb
Simon Munzert
You can more information on the module here.
Reactions to Control in East and West Germany
The module investigates the readiness of the general population to comply with containment measures; most importantly, the module is interested in whether compliance with compulsory or with vonluntary measures is more pronounced.
Module members:
Dr. Katrin Schmelz
You can more information on the module here.
Work
Risk of Infection at the Workplace, Operational Safety Measures, and Stress
In this module, we look into the perceived risks of a COVID-19 infection at the workplace, into the protective measures taken by employers, and into economic and stress level consequences for employees.
Participants:
Jun. Prof. Dr. Sebastian Koos
You can find more information on the module here.
Working from Home
In this module we aim to provide a foundation in empirical data for discussing remote work during and after the COVID-19 crisis, and inhowfar it may lead to a sustained transformation of working conditions.
Participants:
Prof. Dr. Florian Kunze
Sophia Zimmermann, M. Sc.; M.A.
Kilian Hampel, M.A.
You can find more information on the module here.