Orders of Feeling and Economies of Solidarity: Understanding the relationship between work, health systems, and well-being in five European countries during Covid-19 (OFES-19)
The interrelation between key concepts and dimensions developed durig the first OFES-19 workshop in October 2021
Una Europa Seed Funding Project
April 2021 – March 2022
Prof. Dr. Thomas Stodulka, Dr. Lauren Cubellis
Social and Cultural Anthropology, FU Berlin
This collaboration examines the relationship between changing work and labor conditions, psychological well-being, the provision of mental health services, and social solidarity initiatives during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany, Scotland, Finland, Spain, and Poland. New constellations of employment, differential access to services and support, and the toll for the mental health of populations reflects changing “orders of feeling” (how are we supposed to feel through the pandemic?) and “economies of solidarity” (what are we supposed to do in the pandemic?) in the wake of Covid-19. The five institutions included here represent countries in which the experience of the pandemic has put radically different strains on local institutions and populations, revealing significant differences in the reliability of work, the consequences of unemployment, the availability of health care, and the experience and treatment of mental illness.
Consortium partners:
University of Edinburgh, Prof. Jessica Cooper & Cristina Moreno Lozano
Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie, Prof. Marek Pawlak & Katarzyna Słaby
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Prof. Marta Pérez & Madalina Crisbasianu
Helsingin yliopisto, Prof. Minna Ruckenstein & Sonja Trifuljesko
