The COVID-19 pandemic has markedly change the world not only in the healthcare dimension but also in the political, economic and social spheres. Spatial extent, the number of infected and deceased people, duration as well as the long-term effects elicited by the pandemic – comparable to the Great Depression in the years 1929-1933 – justify talking about the pandemic as a macrosystemic event.

The University of Business and Entrepreneurship in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski and its Partners in order to meet the research needs concerning the multiplanar analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic phenomenon, wish to kindly invite all interested academics, analysts, experts particularly in the fields of medicine, sociology, economics, political science, security science to attend the interdisciplinary International Academic Conference New „Great Depression”. Faces, Course and Ramifications of the COVID– 19 Pandemic.