The world is in the grip of a crisis that stands unprecedented in living memory. The COVID-19 pandemic is urgent, global in scale, and massive in impacts. Following Harold D. Lasswell’s goal for the policy sciences to offer insights into unfolding phenomena, this commentary draws on the lessons of the policy sciences literature to understand the dynamics related to COVID-19. We explore the ways in which scientific and technical expertise, emotions, and narratives influence policy decisions and shape relationships among citizens, organizations, and governments. We discuss varied processes of adaptation and change, including learning, surges in policy responses, alterations in networks (locally and globally), implementing policies across transboundary issues, and assessing policy success and failure. We conclude by identifying understudied aspects of the policy sciences that deserve attention in the pandemic’s aftermath.

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COVID-19 和政策科学：初步反应和观点

世界正处于一场在人们记忆中前所未有的危机之中。COVID-19 大流行是紧急的、全球性的、影响巨大的。遵循 Harold D. Lasswell 的政策科学目标，即为正在展开的现象提供洞察力，本评论借鉴政策科学文献的经验教训，以了解与 COVID-19 相关的动态。我们探索科学和技术专长、情感和叙述影响政策决策和塑造公民、组织和政府之间关系的方式。我们讨论了适应和变化的各种过程，包括学习、政策响应的激增、网络（本地和全球）的改变、跨界问题实施政策以及评估政策的成败。