Hidden Beneath Aggregated Statistics: Mining Dissent in Nordic COVID-19 Restriction Policies

Split view of an iceberg at the waterline: a small part rises above the sea under a cloudy sky, while a much larger mass lies hidden beneath the surface in dark blue water.

This blog post is based on an article published in the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy by Therese Sefton, Johan Nordensvärd, and Therese Dokken. When crises strike, governments ask people to make sacrifices. During the COVID-19 pandemic, those sacrifices included restrictions on mobility, work, education, and family life. Such measures were difficult for… Continue reading Hidden Beneath Aggregated Statistics: Mining Dissent in Nordic COVID-19 Restriction Policies