Archives for 2020

How COVID-19 is Changing the World: Views from Monash University
Insights
April 15, 2020

How COVID-19 is Changing the World: Views from Monash University

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Coronavirus UK – Models or Crystal Balls?
News
April 15, 2020

Coronavirus UK – Models or Crystal Balls?

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How Researchers, Instructors, and Students Can Practice Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Insights
April 14, 2020

How Researchers, Instructors, and Students Can Practice Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Mark Carrigan Asks If We’re All Digital Scholars Now?
Higher Education Reform
April 13, 2020

Mark Carrigan Asks If We’re All Digital Scholars Now?

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Technological Considerations for Training Human Service Professionals in Light of COVID-19: Opportunity for Appropriation

Technological Considerations for Training Human Service Professionals in Light of COVID-19: Opportunity for Appropriation

The appropriate training of human service professionals in digital platforms — entailing retrospection, revisions, and appropriation of the curriculum and training frameworks with an emphasis on the integration of technology with practice — can ensure the quality of services to the clients during emergencies like COVID-19.

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Behavioral Science Proves its Worth in Tackling Viruses

Behavioral Science Proves its Worth in Tackling Viruses

The World Health Organization’s Outbreak Communications Planning Guide suggests behavior changes can reduce the spread or a viral disease by as much as 80 percent. This can mean the difference between healthcare sectors being overwhelmed or continuing to function.

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Bringing Realism to Criminology: Roger Matthews, 1948-2020

Bringing Realism to Criminology: Roger Matthews, 1948-2020

Roger Matthews, one a group of influential British criminologists who challenged both the dominant rightist “administrative” conception of law and order and what they viewed an idealistic perspective of crime from the left, has died from the effects of the coronavirus.

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Congress Seeks Immediate Research Ideas for Stimulus Legislation

Congress Seeks Immediate Research Ideas for Stimulus Legislation

mmittee of the U.S. House of Representatives wants to make sure that all sciences continue to play a role in fighting the coronavirus, and asks for ideas on how the next economic stimulus package in the United States can support research.

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Our Crisis Fatigue Crisis and the Politics of Coronavirus

Our Crisis Fatigue Crisis and the Politics of Coronavirus

After two decades that have almost been defined by wave upon wave of crises, argues Matthew Flinders, it’s possible that the public has simply become immune to warnings from politicians and habitually distrustful of their claims.

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An Open Letter on the COVID-19 Crisis to Young Social Science Scholars

An Open Letter on the COVID-19 Crisis to Young Social Science Scholars

‘I think,’ writes Damon J. Phillips, ‘ that this suggests that you happen to be coming along in a new era that will be stressful to live through, but also one that will fuel the best of our scholarship. In the coming years and decades there will be an urgency around different questions framed by our current crises.’

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You Might Be Feeling Tired on Lockdown. Here’s Why.

You Might Be Feeling Tired on Lockdown. Here’s Why.

A lot of people have been posting on social media saying they have been feeling tired earlier than usual while on lockdown. […]

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Here’s Four Weird Artifacts of Video Conferencing

Here’s Four Weird Artifacts of Video Conferencing

People have long noticed, however, that some peculiar things happen in videoconferencing. Norm Friesen, and educational technology researcher, has explored this and presents four odd things that happen when you’re engaged in a videoconference.

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