1. Exploring Social Exclusion Perceptions Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from Europe • Elena Ambrosetti , La Sapienza, University of Rome; Marina Zannella, ISTAT; James R. Edwards, SINUS Institute.

2. Life Satisfaction during the Second Lockdown of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Germany: The Effects of Local Restrictions and Respondents’ Perceptions about the Pandemic • Lisa Schmid , Gesis - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences; Pablo Christmann, Gesis - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences; Anne-Sophie Oehrlein, Gesis - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences; Annika Stein, Gesis - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences; Carolin Thönnissen, University of Cologne.

3. Health Behaviors – Changes over Time and Patterns within Couples. Preventive Behaviors among Elderly during Different Stages of COVID-19 Pandemic • Marta Styrc , SGH Warsaw School of Economics; Martin Piotrowski, University of Oklahoma.

4. Inequalities in Regional Excess Mortality and Life Expectancy during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Europe • Csaba G. Tóth , Centre for Economic and Regional Studies and Corvinus University of Budapest; Tamás Hajdu, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies; Judit Krekó, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies.

5. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer mortality and socioeconomic disparities in Belgium during 2020 • Yasmine Khan , Ghent University; Laura Van den Borre, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Katrien Vanthomme, Universiteit Gent; Brecht Devleesschauwer, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium; Nick Verhaeghe, Ghent University; Delphine De Smedt, Ghent University; Sylvie Gadeyne, Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

6. Recovering from the COVID-19 Mortality Crisis: Are Brazilian States Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels and Causes of Death Structure? • Raphael Villela Almeida, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA); Angelita Alves de Carvalho, Escola Nacional de Ciências Estatísticas (ENCE/IBGE); Ana Carolina Bertho, National School of Statistical Sciences (ENCE), Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE); César Augusto Marques Silva, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP); Marília Nepomuceno , Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR).