Dr Koula Asimakopoulou, Reader in Health Psychology, and Dr Sasha Scambler, Senior Lecturer in Sociology from King's College London share their research on the relationship between risk perceptions around COVID-19, and how UK adults display a kind of optimism for these risks.

Spotlight reporter Laura Shepherd hears about their international survey across 11 countries and 8 languages that looked at people’s risk perceptions around COVID-19, amongst other psychosocial constructs. The team presents their their recently analysed UK data, testing the hypothesis that UK adults display comparative optimism for a range of COVID-19 -related risks.