ERD Reports and Publications
Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Foreign Service partners: stress, burnout and MFA support
The ERD’s survey of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic from January 2021 found that levels of personal burnout among foreign service partners and spouses was very high, and resilience low; some measures of MFA support were found to be correlated with better outcomes.
Supporting diplomatic partners and spouses during a crisis – lessons from Covid-19
Based on the ERD’s 2020/2021 research on burnout and resilience among partners and spouses during the pandemic, EUFASA has produced a policy paper on how to support partners and spouses during crises.