The growth of cities and the expansion of industrial agriculture have greatly increased the density of human and animal populations, heightening the risk of pathogens being exchanged within and between species, and creating new pathways for pandemic outbreaks. On this episode, Prof. Kate Brown from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides an ecological and food production perspective on infectious diseases, and shares insights from her research on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that, like the coronavirus crisis, unleashed an invisible contamination upon human bodies and unprepared societies.
India under assault: Analyzing the apocalyptic second wave outbreak with Prof. Ashok Swain
Theories of the pandemic: Six styles of Covid conspiracies
Year of Crisis: Assessing the management of a protracted pandemic with Prof. Paul ‘t Hart
Adaptation during crisis: Learning how to manage the coronavirus pandemic
Panoptic perspective on the pandemic at a local level: Tracking the coronavirus in municipal wastewater systems
Nudging a nation through a pandemic: Assessing Sweden’s divergent coronavirus strategy
Coping with COVID-19, Italian and Swedish style: Opposite strategies, similar outcomes
To fear or not to fear: Conceptions of COVID-19 in Italy and Sweden
Pandemic geopolitics: China and the coronavirus crisis
Expertise and Power: Historical roots of Sweden’s coronavirus response
Hunting herd immunity in Sweden with Prof. Tom Britton
COVID-19 and the EU response: Existential Crisis for the European Union?
Dynamics of decision under extreme uncertainty: Scientific advice and policy learning during coronavirus crisis
Best in the West? Insights into Iceland’s highly effective response to COVID-19
City at the Coronavirus Epicenter: New York and the crisis leadership of Andrew Cuomo
Sweden and Italy: Analyzing extremes of COVID-19 crisis
Coronavirus impacts on India and the international peace agenda with Prof. Ashok Swain
Cascading crisis: Resilience, environmental and IT perspectives on pandemics in an interconnected world
Foreseeable catastrophe: Failures of the coronavirus response so far
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