Project Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a wide range of societal impacts. Our interdisciplinary team is conducting research on two related topics -- (1) how governments have responded to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 through policies that seek to modify behavior and limit person-to-person transmission (2) how food security of US households has changed as a result of economic and other hardships caused by the pandemic, either directly or indirectly.
Governments across the world have implemented policies to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. We are developing a one-of-a-kind database of mitigation measures implemented in the U.S. at the state, county and city level.
The impact of COVID-19 on food security is particularly complex. We are analyzing impacts on household food security, employment disruptions, school lunch programs, and exacerbated racial inequities across the U.S.
Find more information about these projects here and we encourage you to check back as we publish future policy briefs and research results. If you have any questions or would like to use our data - connect with our team!