Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. General perspectives

The psychology of pandemic conspiracy theories / Roland Imhoff

Leak or leap? Evidence and cognition surrounding the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus / Stephan Lewandowsky, Peter H. Jacobs, Stuart Neil

Part 2. Asia

Covid origins, nationalism, and diasporic heterogeneity : China, Chineseness, and Covid-19 / Carwyn Morris, Andy Hanlun Li, Lotus Ruan

Dis-spiracy theory : why corona rhymes with corruption in Indonesia / Nils Bubandt

Covid-19, conspiracy narratives, and the Arab State / Johannes Sauerland

Conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 pandemic in Turkey / Türkay Salim Nefes

Part 3. Africa

Covid-19-related rumors and conspiracy theories : a case study from Cameroon / Martina Drescher

“Complòóót?” Theorizing about Covid-19 conspiracies in côte d'ivoire / Oumarou Boukari, Joschka Philipps

A disease of the rich and a disease of the poor
comparing rumors about the coronavirus and ebola in Guinea / Joschka Philipps, Saïkou Oumar Sagnan

The constitutional crisis and the coronavirus : conspiracies and deep politics during South Africa's pandemic / Nicholas Abrams, Mongezi Bolofo

Africa out of the shadows : authoritarian anti-imperialism, transnational pentecostalism, and Covid-19 “conspiracy theories” / Laura A. Meek

“The truth is not known” : Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy as a failure of biomedicine's moral legitimacy in Zambia / Justin Lee Haruyama

Part 4. Europe

Covid-19-related conspiracy theories in the Baltic States / Mari-Liis Madisson, Andreas Ventsel

Covid-19 conspiracy theories in France / Julien Giry

Covid conspiracy theories in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland / Michael Butter

Conspiracy entrepreneurs, fringe movements, and the pervasive style of conspiracy during the coronavirus pandemic : the case of Hungary / Lili Turza

Italian uprising from Covid skepticism to societal polarization / Cecilia Vergnano

The proliferation of alternative media : how corona conspiracy theories in the Netherlands fostered new social movements / Jaron Harambam

Covid, conspiracy theories, and the Nordic countries / Asbjørn Dyrendal

The usual suspects? Conspiracy theories and the Covid-19 pandemic in Poland / Olivia Rachwol

A (cold) war for vaccines : retro-conspiracism in kremlin-aligned Russian discourse on Sputnik V / Boris Noordenbos

A communist coup by lockdown : Covid conspiracy theories in Spain / Alejandro Romero-Reche

Part 5. North America

Anti-colonialism meets anti-vax suspicion : the case of Guadeloupe / Nicole Simek

A perfect storm : Covid-19 conspiracy theories in the United States / Clare Birchall, Peter Knight

Part 6. South America

Vulnerability and conspiracy theories : Latin America in the time of Covid-19 / Luis Roniger, Leonardo Senkman

“The communavirus is here” : anti-communist conspiracy theories in Brazil's response to the Covid-19 pandemic / Katerina Hatzikidi

Part 7. Oceania

Covid-19 in aotearoa New Zealand : the darker side of paradise / M R. X. Dentith