Researchers, policy makers and science communicators have become increasingly been
interested in factors that affect public's trust in science. Recently, one such potentially …

The COVID-19 pandemic created extraordinary challenges for governments to safeguard
the well-being of their people. To what extent has leaders' reliance on scientific advice …

Populists and the Pandemic examines the responses of populist political actors and parties
in 22 countries around the globe to the COVID-19 pandemic, in terms of their attitudes …

This article introduces a special issue of West European Politics on the COVID-19 crisis. It
first sets out the dual challenge to democratic principles and democratic performance that …

Objectives: To explore and evaluate the impact of factors including public risk perceptions
on COVID-19 protective behaviors across the UK and Germany. Methods: We used survey …

In many countries, the COVID-19 pandemic led to increased public support for societal
institutions including science, a phenomenon described as “rally-round-the-flag” dynamic …

Objective: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, public health experts have faced the challenge
of convincing people to change their everyday habits. This study aims to evaluate the impact …

Governments exercise power over the public in many ways. One clear example is during
societal crises when government agencies engage in purposeful strategic communication …

This study investigates how the negative economic prospects of the COVID‐19 pandemic
affect local government politicians' policy preferences in the Netherlands, the United …

The implementation of unprecedented crisis management policies in response to the spread
of COVID-19 has attracted the attention of scholars interested in exploring the link between …