BMJ Global Health (Jul 2021)
Building a multisystemic understanding of societal resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Claudine Burton-Jeangros,
- Nikola Biller-Andorno,
- Fabrizio Tediosi,
- Karl Blanchet,
- Kelley Lee,
- Antoine Flahault,
- Keiji Fukuda,
- Didier Wernli,
- Chantal M Morel,
- Nicolas Levrat,
- Philip D Jaffe,
- Mia Clausin,
- Nino Antulov-Fantulin,
- John Berezowski,
- Lucas Böttcher,
- Gérard Escher,
- Dirk Helbing,
- Peter Søgaard Jørgensen,
- Yuliya Kaspiarovich,
- Jaya Krishnakumar,
- Roderick John Lawrence,
- Anaïs Léger,
- Romain Martischang,
- Maxime Stauffer,
- Flore Vanackere,
- Jean-Dominique Vassalli,
- Gaélane Wolff,
- Oran Young
Affiliations
- Claudine Burton-Jeangros
- Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Nikola Biller-Andorno
- Institute for Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Fabrizio Tediosi
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- Karl Blanchet
- Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
- Kelley Lee
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
- Antoine Flahault
- Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
- Keiji Fukuda
- School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People`s Republic of China
- Didier Wernli
- Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Chantal M Morel
- Geneva Transformative Governance Lab, Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Nicolas Levrat
- Geneva Transformative Governance Lab, Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Philip D Jaffe
- Interfaculty Center for Children`s Rights Studies, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Mia Clausin
- Geneva Transformative Governance Lab, Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Nino Antulov-Fantulin
- Computational Social Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- John Berezowski
- Vetsuisse Faculty, Veterinary Public Health Institute, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Lucas Böttcher
- Computational Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Gérard Escher
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Dirk Helbing
- Computational Social Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Peter Søgaard Jørgensen
- Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm, Sweden
- Yuliya Kaspiarovich
- Geneva Transformative Governance Lab, Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Jaya Krishnakumar
- Institute of Economics and Econometrics, Geneva School of Economics and Management, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Roderick John Lawrence
- Institute for Environmental Sciences, Geneva School of Social Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Anaïs Léger
- Geneva Transformative Governance Lab, Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Romain Martischang
- Infection Control Programme, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
- Maxime Stauffer
- Geneva Science Policy Interface, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Flore Vanackere
- Geneva Transformative Governance Lab, Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Jean-Dominique Vassalli
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Gaélane Wolff
- Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Oran Young
- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006794
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 6,
no. 7
Abstract
The current global systemic crisis reveals how globalised societies are unprepared to face a pandemic. Beyond the dramatic loss of human life, the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered widespread disturbances in health, social, economic, environmental and governance systems in many countries across the world. Resilience describes the capacities of natural and human systems to prevent, react to and recover from shocks. Societal resilience to the current COVID-19 pandemic relates to the ability of societies in maintaining their core functions while minimising the impact of the pandemic and other societal effects. Drawing on the emerging evidence about resilience in health, social, economic, environmental and governance systems, this paper delineates a multisystemic understanding of societal resilience to COVID-19. Such an understanding provides the foundation for an integrated approach to build societal resilience to current and future pandemics.
