A plea for global sociology in the times of coronavirus

Abstract

Social scientists have shown that the CoVID-19 pandemic is not only a sanitary crisis. It is also a social and political crisis, and should be treated as a moment of rupture that will bring major changes into our lives, our societies and our world. While often sidelined by policymakers, social sciences' contributions in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic have been as important as, and in many ways complementary to, those of the hard sciences.