How restrictive do people find the cautionary measures imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic? Has the closure of schools and nurseries increased parental stress? What about the health of parents? What effects did the protective measures have on conventional forms of social engagement? These types of questions are being addressed by three of the twelve research projects funded by the Berlin University Alliance as part of the initiative named Special Call: Pandemic Research. Freie Universität Berlin highlighted these projects in its current supplement published by the Tagesspiegel newspaper.