COVID-19

Lockdown is Another Triumph of Populism Over Science – Most People Have Behaved Rationally So Far
News
February 23, 2022

Lockdown is Another Triumph of Populism Over Science – Most People Have Behaved Rationally So Far

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How Has COVID-19 Affected Small and Medium Enterprises?
Business and Management INK
February 9, 2022

How Has COVID-19 Affected Small and Medium Enterprises?

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Federal Fraud Hunters on Their Symbiosis with Social Science
News
February 8, 2022

Federal Fraud Hunters on Their Symbiosis with Social Science

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A Look Inside the Team that Safeguards Trillions in COVID Relief Spending
Industry
February 7, 2022

A Look Inside the Team that Safeguards Trillions in COVID Relief Spending

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(Belated) New Year Thoughts on the Barriers to Ending the Pandemic

(Belated) New Year Thoughts on the Barriers to Ending the Pandemic

A year ago, we in the UK were approaching Christmas and New Year with quiet optimism as the first COVID vaccines rolled […]

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COVID-19, Face Masks and Research Integrity

COVID-19, Face Masks and Research Integrity

Robert Dingwall asks if claims about the effectiveness of face masks in stopping COVID consistent with current standards of research integrity.

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Has UK Sociology Marginalized Itself on Some of the Great Issues of Our Time?

Has UK Sociology Marginalized Itself on Some of the Great Issues of Our Time?

Anything may be justified in the name of biosecurity, suggests an alarmed Robert Dingwall. This emotional manipulation spills into the wider worlds of politics, science and, indeed, sociology.

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Bioethicists are Supposed to Stand Up for Bodily Autonomy in the Pandemic. Why Aren’t They?

Bioethicists are Supposed to Stand Up for Bodily Autonomy in the Pandemic. Why Aren’t They?

“A leading association of bioethicists has come squarely behind the idea of mandated vaccination. A statement issued by the Association of Bioethics […]

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COVID-19, Masks and Magical Thinking

COVID-19, Masks and Magical Thinking

The state of the face mask debate is rather as if Galileo had published his account of the heliocentric universe and then included a paragraph at the end telling the reader to ignore all the evidence because the Church had declared that everything revolved around the Earth.

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Covid-19: How to Learn the Lessons of Policy Failure

Covid-19: How to Learn the Lessons of Policy Failure

The dust is settling on the UK House of Commons report, produced jointly by its Select Committees on health and on science […]

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Traditional Chinese Medicine and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Traditional Chinese Medicine and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Studies of medicine in China must not neglect Chinese medicine, writes medical sociologist Robert Dingwall..

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COVID Variants – Time to Stop Jumping at Shadows

COVID Variants – Time to Stop Jumping at Shadows

When variant forms of COVID appear, argues Robert Dingwall, we must, then, learn not to jump at shadows. No-one can ever say there will never be a risk – but everyday life is full of much more common risks that we tolerate because of the benefits that they deliver.

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