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‘Epidemics are social as well as biological phenomena.’ My @nature piece on the importance of social science and humanities in tackling our big global challenges https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00064-x
Very helpful crowd sourced list of over 200 social science projects going on related to the pandemic. Compiled by @alexleavitt & @natematias
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DuY8VLV2yG8TAOZbtyNtrhHERmzUjSaXpAo0_59z_XU/htmlview#gid=0 (H/T @tom_wein)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DuY8VLV2yG8TAOZbtyNtrhHERmzUjSaXpAo0_59z_XU/htmlview#gid=0 (H/T @tom_wein)
We @BritishAcademy_ have set up a new group of our Fellows to help bring humanities and social science insight to the economic, social , cultural and policy challenges posed by the pandemic https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/british-academy-community-support-covid-19-response?from=homepage
We have collated a series of humanities and social science perspectives from our @BritishAcademy_ fellows in response to the pandemic https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog/fellows-british-academy-respond-covid-19-pandemic?from=homepage
I was very pleased to be interviewed by @DavidEdmonds100 for the @socialscibites podcast about how social sciences can contribute to the pandemic response https://www.socialsciencespace.com/2020/04/hetan-shah-on-social-science-and-the-pandemic/
So much good social science happening in response to the pandemic. This Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform from @mleach_ids & colleagues has evidence briefs highlighting socio-cultural considerations relevant to the control of the disease https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/update-novel-covid-19-outbreak/
Fascinating review by @CarnegieEndow of implications of covid-19 on democracy & governance worldwide including potential rise in authoritarianism, surveillance & impact on elections https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/04/06/how-will-coronavirus-reshape-democracy-and-governance-globally-pub-81470 (HT @chris_underwood)
Busting coronavirus myths will take more than science: lessons from an AIDS study @TC_Africa https://theconversation.com/busting-coronavirus-myths-will-take-more-than-science-lessons-from-an-aids-study-136521?utm_medium=amptwitter&utm_source=twitter
Pandemics are social phenomena, demanding breadth of expertise argues @BritishAcademy_ Fellow @mleach_ids on @Wonkhe https://wonkhe.com/blogs/pandemics-are-social-phenomena-demanding-breadth-of-expertise/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Wonkhe%20Mondays%20-%2011th%20May&utm_content=Wonkhe%20Mondays%20-%2011th%20May+CID_dacb8585eb60e347fd438bcabf5ee876&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=sets%20out%20how%20social%20science%20and%20the%20arts%20and%20humanities%20disciplines%20help%20to%20tackle%20Covid-19
'It has become obvious that the search for viable exit strategies needs biomedical science, epidemiology, public health, behavioural & social psychology, engineering, economics, law, ethics, international relations & political science.' @DianeCoyle1859 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01505-3?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=naturenews
How SHAPE subjects can play a leading part in the COVID-19 recovery https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2020/08/20/how-humanities-and-social-sciences-can-play-a-leading-part-in-the-covid-19-recovery/ @HEPI_news
