What are Lockdowns Good for?
2020-10-19
Research suggests that the only way to avoid the massive costs associated with the Covid-19 pandemic is through the timely development of a vaccine (and an optimally set lockdown policy until its arrival), or the successful implementation of a TTQ program that can effectively curtail community transmission.
IIES COVID Research published in BMJ Global Health
2020-09-24
In a new paper a team of researchers from IIES at Stockholm University, Aceso Global and Center for Global Development provide new predictions of the infection fatality rate (IFR) for COVID-19 for each country in the world.
COVID-19 Death Tolls Could Be Higher than Predicted
2020-08-31
New research shows that predicted death rates in developing countries could be as much as eight times higher than previously predicted by the WHO.
Flight shaming: how to spread the campaign that made Swedes give up flying for good
2020-07-28
Europe’s major airlines are likely to see their turnover drop by 50% in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, while European airports expect to welcome 700 million fewer passengers. It’s a brutal shock to a global industry, writes Avit K Bhowmik in a new article in The Conversation.
Why a 17% emissions drop does not mean we are addressing climate change
2020-05-22
The global COVID-19 quarantine has meant less air pollution in cities and clearer skies. But these relatively small and temporary changes should not be mistaken for the COVID-19 pandemic actually helping to fix climate change.
The art of working at home
2020-05-13
Working from home can be useful for being able to focus on certain tasks, however one runs the risk that work and non-work activities will merge together.
New mapping shows which cells SARS-CoV-2 can infect
2020-04-30
Scientists have identified which cells in the body that the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) can infect. The results could lead to better treatment of the virus.
The experts’ best book tips for corona times
2020-04-30
Are you tired of the world being limited? It doesn't have to be. Four literature experts from Stockholm University give their best book tips for the time of corona.
Children's fears in the time of Covid-19
2020-04-23
At the present time many children see the future as frightening and very uncertain. Helena Hörnfeldt, Associate Professor of Ethnology, has recently completed a research project about children’s fears.
On the hunt for a Covid-19 treatment
2020-04-22
Immunologist Anna-Lena Spetz is leading the "Fight–nCoV" project at Stockholm University. Her team has been granted 2.8 million euros from the EU to develop an antiviral treatment for Covid-19.