This brief shares four key lessons from the experiences of project researchers exploring the drivers of metal ill-health and well-being of adolescents in Viet Nam and Tanzania during Covid-19.

With a team based across five countries, four continents and four different time zones, research was immediately affected by the rapid spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

This short lessons brief explores the main takeaways from the team's response to implementing and adapting their research project to new constraints. Ways of working and plans had to be adapted quickly as international travel was cancelled, and national public health guidelines forced the project researchers to change their approach, particularly in relation to the design and testing of data collection methods.

Report by the Overseas Development Institute