Workshop Covid Stories: Narratives and Worldviews in the Covid-19 Pandemic, December 11–12, 2025

On December 11, 2025, ZeMKI member Kerstin Radde-Antweiler will give a lecture at the University of Bern on “RECOV-19: The Changing Role of Religion in Societies Emerging from Covid-19”. The Covid19 pandemic has revealed how diverse worldviews shape responses to crises.

This workshop concludes the National Research project “How Worldviews Shape Social Responsibility” (NRP80) and explores how religious and secular narratives framed understandings of health, authority, risk, and solidarity during the crisis. Through interdisciplinary perspectives, we examine the narratives, worldviews, and the pandemic’s crisis context. In what ways do pandemic narratives reflect moral values and fears, and how do they reshape visions of future pathways in response to uncertainty, vulnerability, and global interconnection?

Click here for the program.