This Working Group aims to generate innovative, problem-focused research addressing social, technical, policy issues related to COVID-19, vulnerable populations, and wellbeing. Problematizing extant considerations about social networks, epidemiological, and informational transmission in a highly heterogeneous vulnerable population, it integrates methodologies and analytical frameworks to understand social-technical linkages in wellbeing and informational flows.
CONVERGE is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, Program on Humans, Disasters, and the Built Environment (Award #1841338). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.