DistantButClose

DistantButClose studies the public health implications of loneliness and social isolation amid the COVID-19 pandemic and explores how the pandemic has influenced these experiences across various sociodemographic groups. DistantButClose is a collaboration, funded by BELSPO, between Ghent University and the University of Antwerp, the Free University of Brussels and Sciensano. It is part of BELSPO's POST-COVID research programme. The project aims to contribute to pandemic preparedness and tackle the loneliness and social isolation, both by sharing new scientific insights and by developing policy recommendations for structural interventions.