The special issue welcomes research articles on any topic involving the social effects of the pandemic of COVID-19 in countries and regions of Southern Europe.

The Spanish Journal of Sociology (RES) in collaboration with the Research Network “Southern European Societies” of the European Sociological Association (ESA RN27) has joined this effort by putting together a special issue focused on investigating the wide range of social effects in southern European societies.

• Submission of extended abstracts: 15 March 2021
• Pre-selection and invitation to submit manuscripts: 1 April 2021
• Submission of full manuscripts: 1 July 2021