Politics & Society Preparing Welfare States in the Age of Covid-19 How will our welfare states respond — and be forced to respond — to the economic effects of Covid-19? What will our healthcare systems of the future resemble?
Academia & Publishing We Asked 3,000+ Academics How They’re Coping with Covid-19: This Is What We found A survey conducted by De Gruyter’s Insights Team has found that the Coronavirus pandemic and resulting lockdown has left academics with less time for research and busier than ever – with women most severely affected.
Politics & Society Covid-19: Engaging with Complexity — If Not Now, When? In a period of uncertainty will ‘complexity science’ lead the way in helping us make sense of the the constantly shifting adjustments people make in the natural cycle of the world?
Science & Technology Pangolins, bats or another species – where did COVID-19 come from? Viruses similar to the 2019 novel coronavirus have been discovered in horseshoe bats and the critically endangered Sunda pangolin. Scientists presume that the illegal trade of these animals at “wet markets” may have played a key role in the Covid-19 outbreak.