No. 112/2021

27 HUMBOLDT KOSMOS 112/2021 mood in the crisis – and some of the results are surpris- ing: Contrary to popular belief, the majority of young adults claim to observe the recommended precautions to protect against infection. The image of young people as thoughtless super-spreaders is thus refuted according to Hoeffler and her colleagues. Less surprising is the finding that women, in particular, say they are affected by the additional strains within the family caused by the crisis. “It is also interesting that, glob- ally speaking, most people say a vaccine should be made available in every country at the same time,” Anke Hoeffler reports. “It’s only in the United States that the majority is in favour of a vaccine being used there first.” In this research project, too, the economist has main- tained a focus on violence. Many things suggest that the case numbers for domestic violence are increasing during the pandemic, she says. And again, it is probably women and children who are worst affected. Hoeffler wants to use a second questionnaire to investigate this aspect further. Amongst other things, she would like respondents to tell her how safe they feel at home during the pandemic in contrast to outside. Here, too, Hoeffler is tenacious. Even a world- wide crisis can’t throw her off course. PROFESSOR DR ANKE HOEFFLER has been a Hum- boldt Professor at the University of Konstanz since 2019. She was previously a research officer at the Centre for the Study of Afri- can Economies at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Hoeffler has received financial support for her research from institutions like the World Bank and the European Commission. She is a member of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) and the International Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). effects of the global pandemic. Together with research- ers in Helsinki and Berlin she developed an online study surveying people all over the world on how they were experiencing the pandemic. Within the first six months, nearly 12,000 people from more than 130 countries took part in the survey. It is the first assessment of the global Photo: Humboldt Foundation/Elbmotion