Scientific experts have never been more involved in crisis management than Covid-19. Every day on the media, scientific experts are informing the general public about the state of pandemic and sharing their research results. They are also providing advice to politicians.

What role do scientific experts play in crisis management? How qualify their relations with the public, the press and the politicians? Have they become key players in meeting the challenges of the social issues, or were they already before the Coronavirus pandemic?

This special issue of the University of Namur´s Omalius magazine addresses those questions and many others related to the Coronavirus.