Covid Border Accountability Project (COBAP)

Michael Clemens summarized our latest research better than we did 👇 Next up: "The Politics of Pandemic Border Closures" Email the PI, mshiraef@nd.edu, if you're interested in contributing and/or want a project update.

Total or partial border closures have caused no decline in Covid incidence, on average, relative to countries that did not close the border. Important new research by @MaryShiraef @Paul_Freezy, Feddern, & @MarkA_Weiss @COBAPteam —> doi.org/10.1038/s41598…

In our newest Data Brunch episode we talk with the COVID Border Accountability Project (@COBAPteam) about tracking international border closures. How countries reacted, how they didn't, and how a dog helped fund it all. myumi.ch/ICPSRDataBrunch #DataBrunch #COVID #GoodDog

New Data Brunch episode! We talk with the COVID Border Accountability Project (@COBAPteam) about tracking international border closures and policies. How countries reacted, how they didn't, and how a dog helped fund it all. myumi.ch/ICPSRDataBrunch #DataBrunch #COVID #GoodDog

Meaningful to see our research covered in a great @elpasotimes long-form piece on the costs of border closures! @COBAPteam @MaryShiraef @MarkA_Weiss @lukas_feddern elpasotimes.com/in-depth/news/…

Did border closures slow SARS-CoV-2? Check out the new article by @MaryShiraef and @COBAPteam. The authors focus on border closures as a response to #COVID19 pandemic @NotreDame @KelloggInst More here ➡️ buff.ly/3GZxiYr #WomenAlsoKnowStuff

Great news coverage of my @COBAPteam’s recent publication. I have so much respect for journalists like @Ashley_LizWelch, covering science news. Thank you for your great questions. healthline.com/health-news/di…

Another @EmoryOxford alum to thank for our recent publication. @MarkA_Weiss joined as a founding team member of the @COBAPteam database. He monitored our data on Russia and several autocratic regimes. (1/5) nature.com/articles/s4159…

The second publication of @COBAPteam is live! I'm very excited to have been part of this great team! nature.com/articles/s4159…

Second publication w/ the @COBAPteam is live! nature.com/articles/s4159… @SciReports

Spoiler alert: WHO's recommendation jives with our forthcoming paper voanews.com/a/who-recommen…

as a student of political theory, it thrills me that the first peer-reviewed reference to my highly empirical project (rdcu.be/cEgIT) is in an applied ethics journal! this is exactly the range of scholarship I hoped to see using the @COBAPteam data. (1/3)

In light of Omicron-induced travel bans, @MaryShiraef looks at how the Schengen area uniquely responded to COVID-19 Check out the article here: go.nd.edu/4e9438

For EITW, @MaryShiraef writes about the COVID Border Accountability Project (COBAP), border closures aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19, and how this played out in the EU’s Schengen Area, a region ordinarily defined by freedom of movement. go.nd.edu/4e9438

Lukas led a report on the nuances of coding EU+ countries: covidborderaccountability.org/eumanual.html and additionally co-authored a report overviewing the EU and Schengen area's COVID-19 induced border policies: covidborderaccountability.org/euschengenrepo… Thank you Lukas!

RAs are at the backbone of COBAP, and today we give a very special thank you to @lukas_feddern for his incredible work! You can see Lukas' work on our @ScientificData article here: nature.com/articles/s4159… But we'd be remiss to not mention his COBAP-hosted work! (1/2)

Hey @BrownUniversity @BrownEduDept, did you see this project which one of your undergraduates, @nikolasclazar, coauthored this semester in the @NaturePortfolio? --> nature.com/articles/s4159… It's a database to see whether 2020 border closures reduced spread of SARS-CoV-2.

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ICYMI -- One of our #EmoryNursing undergraduate students, William Yu, scored a major publication this semester as part of the Covid Border Accountability Project COBAP) @COBAPteam. Way to go, William! Read more here: nature.com/articles/s4159…

@emorycollege @NaturePortfolio @EmoryUniversity and an additional shoutout to our Emory coauthors on Twitter: @brynwalker10, @rachel_musetti, and @MarkA_Weiss, and beyond: Cora Hirst, Cayleigh Jackson, Sarah Naseer, Elizabeth Beling, Noah Taylor, Aadya Bhaskaran, Layth Mattar, and Amalia Gradie!

A big thanks to @EmoryCollege for 11 of the student coauthors of our piece on COVID-19 border closures, just published in @NaturePortfolio's Scientific Data rdcu.be/czrRV. And thanks esp. to @EmoryUniversity for helping us live up to its motto w/ #OpenScience support!