Term: 2012-2023
Parnering organisations: IEFSEM-BAS (project leader), IPHS-BAS, IPS-BAS, University of
Iceland
Funding: The project is financed under the program “Funding of fundamental research projects on public challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic – 2020” of Bulgarian National Science Fund, Ministry of Education and Science. Implementation period: 24 months. Leading organization IPHS-BAS. Implementation period: 24 months.
Team members: Assoc. Prof. Elya Tzaneva (IEFSEM-BAS, project leader), Asst. Asst. Prof. Ilina Nacheva, PhD (project coordinator for IPHS-BAS); Prof. Antoineta Hristova, PhD (IPHS-BAS), Assoc. Prof. Sofiya Zahova, PhD (University of Iceland), Assoc. Prof. Albena Nakova, PhD (IPS-BAS), Assoc. Prof. Mila Maeva, PhD (IEFSEM-BAS), PhD Asst. Аsst. Prof. Yelis Ahmedova, PhD (IEFSEM-BAS), Stamen Kanev, PhD student (IEFSEM-BAS).
Scope, purpose, results and application: The project aims to identify culturally determined behavioral patterns of different categories of the population towards the crisis, related to Covid-19, its passage and containment. The theme of the challenges posed by the pandemic situation and their parameters is developed as a three-pronged study drawn from leading texts on community-disaster relations:

1. The attitudes of the communities to face and perceive the pandemic;

2. The strategies that these groups have in terms of historical layering and preparedness to meet and manage disaster;

3. Reactions to proposed official measures, as well as expectations, coping procedures, and evaluations of imposed standards of behavior.