EUCLID

The survey initially began as a study by students as part of the two seminars "Risk perception and risk communication" in the winter semester 2019/20 and "Risk perception and risk communication - part II" in the summer semester 2020. 

EUCLID quickly developed into a large-scale representative study with more than 120,000 participants. The repeated data collections took place not only in Germany, but also in 10 other countries through co-operation with partners.

The project aims to track the following aspects over the course of the pandemic:

1. Subjective health & symptoms
2. Perceived risk & outbreak related perceptions
3. Protection motivation & behavior
4. Expected future developments of the current outbreak

Key publications produced as part of EUCLID:

• Koller, J. E.*, Villinger, K.*, Lages, N. C., Absetz, P., Bamert, M., Branquinho, C., Chaves-Avilés, L., Dimitropoulou, P., Fernández-Fernández, A. L., de Matos, M. G., Griskevica, I., Gutiérrez-Doña, B., Hankonen, N., Inauen, J., Peshevska, D. J., Kassianos, A. P., Kolsenikova, J., Lavrič, M., Mitanovska, T., … Renner, B. (2022). Individual and collective protective responses during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in 10 different countries: Results from the EUCLID online-survey. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 122, 356-364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.06.012 *authors contributed equally
• Cátia Branquinho, Marta Reis, Julia Koller, Catarina Noronha, Karoline Villinger, Gina Tomé, Harald Schupp, Fábio Botelho Guedes, Britta Renner, Ana Cerqueira, Susana Gaspar, Adriano Almeida, Tania Gaspar, & Margarida Gaspar de Matos (2021).  Viver sob a pandemia COVID-19: Destaques do estudo internacional EUCLID em Portugal. Revista Psicologia, Saúde & Doenças, 22(3), 802-815. https://doi.org/10.15309/21psd220303