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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

Global problems need social science

Without human insights, data and the hard sciences will not meet the challenges of the next decade, says Hetan Shah.

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)

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

British Academy community to support COVID-19 response

Expertise from the humanities and social sciences crucial as we navigate out of lockdown – British Academy President, Professor Sir David Cannadine.

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

Nine Fellows of the British Academy respond to the COVID-19 pandemic

Nine Fellows working across the humanities and social sciences consider the potential long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of their subject.

https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog/fellows-british-academy-respond-covid-19-pandemic?from=homepage

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)

How Will the Coronavirus Reshape Democracy and Governance Globally?

The coronavirus pandemic will likely have a transformative impact on multiple dimensions of democratic politics and on governance more broadly. Global leaders should prepare to respond quickly.

https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/04/06/how-will-coronavirus-reshape-democracy-and-governance-globally-pub-81470

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

Busting coronavirus myths will take more than science: lessons from an AIDS study

Attempting to defeat these folk theories with science achieved little; the myth busters of the AIDS epidemic were talking past those they were trying to convince.

https://theconversation.com/busting-coronavirus-myths-will-take-more-than-science-lessons-from-an-aids-study-136521?utm_medium=amptwitter&utm_source=twitter

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