This is the tenth in a series of blog posts that bring together PASTRES work from 2018-2023 around a number of themes. In this post, we discuss the theme of pandemics. To read through our archive on this theme, click on the link at the end of this post.
The COVID-19 pandemic occurred right in the middle of the PASTRES programme. It massively disrupted our research plans and influenced how we were able to engage in the field. It also provided an important opportunity to reflect on how uncertain events – the focus of our research explorations – were played out in pastoral settings, and whether there were any wider lessons we could draw.
This article is from PASTRES, a research programme that aims to learn from pastoralists about responding to uncertainty and resilience, with lessons for global challenges. PASTRES is co-hosted by IDS.