Work, Precarity and COVID-19

The anthology presents the social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in the field of work and gainful employment from a multidisciplinary perspective of social and economic sciences. Specifically, it deals with the analysis of changes in work processes and relations in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Different facets of the discussion are taken up, and the topic of 'work, precarity and COVID-19' is discussed along a wide range of diversity categories (age, gender, disability, social origin, ethnicity, religion, etc.) and their intersections (intersectionality). At the same time, the focus is on discussing alternative models and ways of dealing with the current crisis that (re)establish social justice and inclusion through work.

The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.

The editors

Dr. Christine Pichler is Professor of Sociology at the Disability and Diversity Studies (DDS) programme at the Carinthian University of Applied Sciences and head of the ISAC - Intergenerational Solidarity, Activity and Civil Society Department at IARA - Institute for Applied Research on Ageing.

Carla Küffner holds the professorship for fields of action in Disability and Diversity Studies at the Carinthian University of Applied Sciences.