The Campbell Collaboration is working on a range of initiatives to help researchers, policymakers and other decisionmakers in the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making
Campbell is a member of COVID-END. Watch the webinar on “Supporting the evidence synthesis response to the COVID-19 pandemic – the COVID-END network” led by Jeremy Grimshaw, President of the Campbell Board on 9 February 2021.
Covid-19 virtual issues of the Campbell journal
As the world continues to respond to the Covid‐19 crisis, the policy community needs rigorous evidence on options and alternatives. This virtual issue contains evidence from 50 Campbell systematic reviews which show what is known on social and economic policies and programmes. Read the editorial here.
The Campbell International Development Coordinating Group has put together a virtual issue focusing on Covid-19-relevant systematic reviews published by the group. Read the editorial here.
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ummaries of Campbell reviews
Evidence Aid’s ‘Covid-19 Evidence Collection‘ contains summaries of Covid-19-relevant Campbell reviews on the short-term, immediate and long-term social and economic response.
Campbell Coordinating Groups’ Covid-19 activities
- International Development Coordinating Group (IDCG)
Panel discussion on impact evaluation in the time of a pandemic with the participation of IDCG Co-chair Marie Gaarder, chaired by Campbell CEO Howard White
Expert panel discussion on evidence production and use in the context of Covid-19 chaired by IDCG Co-chair Marie Gaarder, with presentations by IDCG Editor Birte Snilstveit and others - Crime & Justice Coordinating Group (CJCG)
Webinar on Social distancing in the pandemic: Policing & Compliance (scroll down on this page for links to the slides and an audio recording) presented by CJCG Co-chair Peter Neyroud
On the Campbell blog
Special blog series on responses to Covid-19:
- Reshaping education: evidence-based options for a post-Covid-19 world
- Evidence from Campbell reviews on the immediate response
- Evidence from Campbell reviews on social policy responses
- Evidence from Campbell reviews on the economic response
- Reflections and opportunities for using evidence to combat Covid-19
The blog series contains links to relevant Campbell systematic reviews, organised by topic. Summaries of these reviews are included in the Evidence Aid collection (see link above).
An interactive map
Campbell UK & Ireland maintains a living map and database of all Covid-19 research from around the world. This map includes any Covid-19-related resources: all aspects of clinical research, public health, economics, social aspects, etc. It does not include news articles, nor resources about other coronaviruses. Click here to read more about this project.
Fast-track journal editorial processing available
Given the global health, social, and economic impacts of the pandemic, Campbell Systematic Reviews will provide fast-track editorial processing for Covid-19-relevant content. This fast-track process will include high-quality editorial and methods checks and external peer review with an accelerated timeline. Click here to read more.
Campbell South Asia EGMs
Campbell South Asia is supporting the production of two evidence and gap maps (EGMs) that will have a filter for Covid-19 relevance.