Covid Conferences

The aim of the project is to understand how participation in scientific conferences and events influences the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. For this purpose, participants of different events will be surveyed anonymously. The survey will ask whether a COVID-19 infection occurred during conference participation. In addition, questions about participants' behaviour (e.g. wearing masks, staying indoors, attending dinners, vaccinations, etc.) will be asked to establish a link between event parameters and relative risk of infection. In addition, we will investigate how social psychological characteristics relate to individual protective behaviour. The results will help to understand how conferences can be made safer for participants and society. The resulting findings will inform policy advocacy.