Challenging isolation is a revolutionary act Galadriel Ravelli University of Bath For academics, isolation is an old friend. Most of us have probably spent weeks without talking in person to a single human being while writing our PhD theses. There have been weeks during my PhD in which the only interaction I could have was … COVID-19 BLOG
Auto-ethnography of everyday Covid-19 Edinburgh Chris Holligan University of the West of Scotland The domesticPrior to Boris Johnston’s 8.30 pm national news broadcast some weeks ago my wife said as she rushed to the car to leave me taking the dog with her “Goodbye. I’ll miss you”. I stayed sitting at the PC busy as … COVID-19
The Great Pandemic Fausto Carabajal Glass Mexican Council on Foreign Relations It began in the East and quickly spread to distant territories. The fallout of the Antonine plague in 165 AD during the reign of Marcus Aurelius was a major event that modified the trajectory of history in unimaginable ways. The implacable plague –that most … COVID-19 BLOG
Impacts of the COVID-19? Sayaka Fukumi Ritsumeikan University The international society is fragile to transmittable diseases. Revealed again. Although there are some positive news of calming down of Corona Panic, still the impact and effective countermeasures are under investigation, and could only speculate. Corona Pandemic started in China and soon reached to South Korea and … COVID-19 BLOG
Covid-19, Europol and humankind Prof. em. dr. Cyrille Fijnaut KU Leuven In the last few weeks newspapers all over the EU have spent quite a lot of time reflecting upon on the possible impacts the rather severe policies national governments have adopted to contain the spread of the coronavirus, have and will have on crime. … COVID-19 BLOG
Between safety and surveillance Simona Guerra University of Leicester Not long ago, with one of my MA students, we planned a talk on surveillance capitalism, following the recent publication of the extraordinary book by Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, the Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. These days, … COVID-19 BLOG
Coronavirus, recession and drug markets in Ireland James Windle University College Cork, Ireland Apologies for the less than polished paper, but my wife is a healthcare professional which means I’m now a full-time parent to two young children. My average day now starts with checking emails while my wife gets the kids up and dressed, … COVID-19 BLOG
Wavering between optimism and pessimism: Covid–19, corruption and organised crime Heather Marquette International Development Department, University of Birmingham Friends and colleagues have heard me banging on about the film ‘Ready Player One’ for some time as having one of the scariest intro scenes ever. Set in 2045, the film stars a young man named Wade … COVID-19 BLOG
“New” Criminal conduct and law enforcement challenges during COVID-19 in Peru Fátima Rojas Boucher Criminal Policy Advisor to the Ministry of Interior, Peru The Peruvian medical and scientific communities have raised concerns about the pandemic virus COVID-19. These experts have explained that COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a new family-type of the Coronaviruses … COVID-19 BLOG
The Socio-Economic Impact of Covid-19 in India: a comparison with the Black Death Prem Mahadevan Senior Analyst, Global Initiative against Organised Crime During the 14th century, bubonic plague originating from China, made its way along overland trade routes to the Crimea, from where Italian merchant ships brought it to Western Europe. Within a year, the … COVID-19 BLOG
