LPRN members Ivana Dobrotic and Sonja Blum have published a new article that presents a fuzzy-set ideal-type analysis of pandemic childcare-policy responses in 28 European countries and explores the complex empirical variety of these policies across Europe. The findings reflect how (continued) provision of early childhood education and care/schools became a highly contested issue, especially as the pandemic evolved and public-health concerns were increasingly weighted against the implications for work–care balance and educational outcomes.

Dobrotić, I., & Blum, S. (2023). ‘Sorry, we’re closed’: a fuzzy-set ideal-type analysis of pandemic childcare-policy responses in 28 European countries, European Journal of Politics and Gender (published online ahead of print 2023). Retrieved Jun 8, 2023, from https://doi.org/10.1332/251510821X16812994360871