2021, issue 46, Marta Soler-Gallart: This new issue of The European Sociologist had to be released with some delay, due to technical issues in the Office and with our web provider. Notwithstanding, ESA members’ contributions to this special issue are still relevant and timely, amid changing scenarios of the Covid-19 pandemic, in which all citizens are expectant of how the pandemic will evolve, the effectiveness of the vaccines, with lots of uncertainties and hopes mixed all together.