Conclusion: Towards a Sociological Understanding of Layered Resilience

This chapter supports the claim that the interplay between ‘state capacity’ and the ‘capacity to aspire’ finds its Archimedean Point in the fuzzy field of ‘layered resilience’. The conclusion also provides suggestions for future research within the matrix of migrant population/local state/pandemic/integration. After outlining some insights from our research, that might contribute to a sociological understanding of the concept of ‘layered resilience’, this chapter concludes with a brief view about continuity and difference between COVID-19 and previous pandemics that shaped world history.