The Dawn of a New Common: How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Transforming Society

Aarts, Emile H.L.; Fleuren, Hein; Sitskoorn, Margriet; Wilthagen, Ton

The Dawn of a New Common: How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Transforming Society

Aarts, E., Fleuren, H., Sitskoorn, M. & Wilthagen, T. (eds.) (2020). The New Common: How the Covid-19 Pandemic is Transforming Society. Tilburg: Tilburg University.

14 Pages Posted: 16 Dec 2020 Last revised: 27 Jan 2021

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Hein Fleuren

Tilburg School of Economics and Management Studies

Margriet Sitskoorn

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Ton Wilthagen

Tilburg University

Date Written: December 15, 2020

Abstract

This paper coins and explains the concept of The New Common, as the quest for and transition towards a stronger and more inclusive togetherness following the COVID-19 crisis. It explores how a New Common could overcome the flaws of the Old Common by benefiting from the digital transformation and enhancing the role of the region in the political, economic, and social governance of society (“glocalisation”), taking the human measure and scale as the point of departure.

Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19 crisis; new common; inclusion; exclusion; transformations; transitions

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Aarts, E.H.L. (Emile) and Fleuren, Hein and Sitskoorn, Margriet and Wilthagen, Ton, The Dawn of a New Common: How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Transforming Society (December 15, 2020). Aarts, E., Fleuren, H., Sitskoorn, M. & Wilthagen, T. (eds.) (2020). The New Common: How the Covid-19 Pandemic is Transforming Society. Tilburg: Tilburg University., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3749120