This open access book presents the scientific views of some fifty experts on how they believe
the COVID-19 pandemic is currently affecting society and how it will continue to do so in the
years to come. Using the concept of a common (in the sense of common values common places
common goods and common sense) they elaborate on the transition from an Old Common to a New
Common. In carefully crafted chapters the authors address expected shifts in major fields like
health education finance business work and citizenship applying concepts from law
psychology economics sociology religious studies and computer science to do so. Many of the
authors anticipate an acceleration of the digital transformation in the forthcoming years but
at the same time they argue that a successful shift to a new common can only be achieved by
re-evaluating life on our planet strengthening resilience at an individual level and assuming
more responsibility at a societal level.
