KATEDRA SOCIOLÓGIE, FILOZOFICKÁ FAKULTA, UNIVERZITA KONŠTANTÍNA FILOZOFA V NITRE

The present report summarizes the proceedings of the International Conference “Risks in the Risk Society: Old and new vulnerabilities in the age of Covid-19”, that was held virtually on February 23, 2021. The one-day conference had been co-organized by the Social Research Centre for Religion and Culture (SRCRC), Dept. of Ethics and Sociology, Faculty of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia. The hosting contributions examined the economic, social, psychological and ethical-anthropological effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic, with a special focus on the emergent social reality of the most vulnerable population groups, along with the way the concept of ‘vulnerability’ is renegotiated in an era of global risk and uncertaintyUlrich Beck, Second Modernity, World Risk Society, Manufactured Uncertainty, Global Risks, Covid-19 pandemic, Vulnerability

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