by Antonio Salazar Jr. | Oct 16, 2023 | School of Public Policy, Chiang Mai University
Photo: Physical exercises for violators of the enhanced community quarantine policy in province of Cebu in the Philippines by Gerard Francisco, Cebu Daily News Digital. The COVID-19 pandemic response has shown how a crisis can expose the underlying problems and issues...
by Jayda Walton | Apr 25, 2023 | University of Utah
The COVID-19 pandemic was not only a pandemic of a virus, but also a pandemic of misinformation and disinformation. During the year 2020, it was not uncommon to log onto social media sites or sit down for the nightly news and hear many competing headlines, advice, and...
by Lucia Minguez Canchaya | Jan 12, 2023 | Sabanci University
The current global crisis of democracy also extends to Latin America, where half of the countries display signs of democratic erosion. In this context, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated many of the previously existing historical problems and has highlighted the...
by Eva Luna Rijntjes | Jan 4, 2023 | Sabanci University
In Hong Kong, an unusual kind of protesting started in 2014. Marked by singing and yellow umbrellas, quickly the young students that represented Hong Kong’s peaceful resilience against the growing authoritarian grip of the Chinese government became worldwide news....
by Julia Gold | Dec 2, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton
Right beneath the noses of citizens of every country in the world, lies a massive, interconnected network where humans are bought and sold, just like any other illicit commodity. The International Labor Organization estimated the number of people who were held as...