Coronavirus Impacts

Coronavirus UK – Could We Live With a ‘Second Influenza’?
News
June 22, 2020

Coronavirus UK – Could We Live With a ‘Second Influenza’?

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They Don’t Want You to Know That Not All Conspiracy Theories Should Be Treated the Same
Communication
June 17, 2020

They Don’t Want You to Know That Not All Conspiracy Theories Should Be Treated the Same

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Anthropology Webinars Explore Fieldwork, Public Health, & Coronavirus
Industry
June 9, 2020

Anthropology Webinars Explore Fieldwork, Public Health, & Coronavirus

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COVID-19 UK: How Do Pandemics Come to an End?
News
June 8, 2020

COVID-19 UK: How Do Pandemics Come to an End?

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Coping with COVID-19 as a Research Community: The Sussex Hive Experience

Coping with COVID-19 as a Research Community: The Sussex Hive Experience

When COVID-19 came around, an obvious joke went around in academic circles: PhD students are already isolated, so nothing will change for them. But nothing could be further than the truth. COVID-19 lockdown and university closures mean a big aggravation to the isolation already experienced by researchers.

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Deconstructing ‘Plandemic’: Seven Traits of Conspiratorial Thinking

Deconstructing ‘Plandemic’: Seven Traits of Conspiratorial Thinking

As scholars who research how to counter science misinformation and conspiracy theories, we believe there is also value in exposing the rhetorical techniques used in the viral video Plandemic. There are seven distinctive traits of conspiratorial thinking. Plandemic offers textbook examples of them all.

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How Will COVID-19 Affect the International Reserve Army of Academic Labor?

How Will COVID-19 Affect the International Reserve Army of Academic Labor?

Around the world, face-to-face teaching has ceased, campuses are closed and empty, a sudden shift to pervasive online has generated little enthusiasm among students, travel restrictions have drained the lucrative flow of international students to a trickle, and many universities have reported significant financial problems. So what do I do with my freshly minted PhD?

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AI Tool Guides Researchers to Coronavirus Insights

AI Tool Guides Researchers to Coronavirus Insights

The big idea The scientific community worldwide has mobilized with unprecedented speed to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, and the emerging research output […]

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Moving Online Huge Challenge for Kenya’s Higher Education

Moving Online Huge Challenge for Kenya’s Higher Education

For over a decade Kenya has made moves towards e-learning for university students. This is all the more important now, as universities have closed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But questions remain as to how effective it is. Jackline Nyerere shares her insights.

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Higher Education During COVID and Thereafter: Considerations for India and the Developing World

Higher Education During COVID and Thereafter: Considerations for India and the Developing World

The current crisis we are encountering, as a result of COVID-19, should enable the appropriation of the current system of delivery and assessment in higher education. Technology integration, undeniably, remains essential for the modernization of education in India and other countries in the developing world. At the same time, such efforts should take into consideration of socio-economic factors, including region-specific issues and student diversity.

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Gyms, Bars, Cafes– We’ve Lost A Certain Intimacy In Society

Gyms, Bars, Cafes– We’ve Lost A Certain Intimacy In Society

Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic implies many painful losses. Among them are so-called “third places” – the restaurants, bars, gyms, houses […]

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Why Social Science? Because Institutional Racism Exacerbates our Health and Economic Challenges

Why Social Science? Because Institutional Racism Exacerbates our Health and Economic Challenges

Social science can help us in addressing racism, much of it unconscious, in our healthcare, employment, housing, banking, education, and criminal justice systems, which will be critical to meeting health and economic challenges going forward.

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