Robust Governance during Turbulence: Overview of the Data from 35 Case Studies on Children's Wellbeing During COVID-19

Abstract

This report from the ROBUST project analyzes 35 public value solutions across 18 European localities aimed at safeguarding children’s wellbeing during COVID-19. It examines governance factors - multi-level governance, hybridity, and societal intelligence - and actor-centered strategies like distributed networks and accountable autonomy. Findings show local actors and NGOs played key roles, lifeworld knowledge was crucial, and network-based governance dominated. Public value solutions were largely legitimate, effective, and adaptive, though innovativeness declined over time. The dataset supports further configurational analysis of robustness in crisis governance.