For low-income residents in African cities, the Covid-19 pandemic has often been experienced less as a health crisis and more in terms of the devastating socioeconomic, political and violent impacts […]
Blogs
Read about the latest research and analysis from the Collective.
Understanding Covid-19 responses: Political settlements and community initiatives
Two new working papers, produced under the Covid Collective, explore and compare the politics and social and economic impacts of Covid-19 as it evolved in three East African capital cities – […]
The real value of pandemic research stretches far beyond short term policy responses
The human tragedy of Covid-19 has provided a challenging research environment that has tested the ability of development donors to rapidly mobilise funding and support impact. A new report by the Institute […]
Pandemic perspectives: Why different voices and views matter
Global crises generate many questions which need to be answered, often very rapidly. The social science researchers who dedicate so much time, commitment and effort to addressing these questions are […]
How has COVID-19 shaped the engagement of research with policy and practice in Low and Middle Income Countries?
Last week COVID CIRCLE (UKCDR) and Covid Collective held a joint webinar exploring the impact of social science research in shaping the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event […]
ربط الجهود: الجهات الفاعلة في مجال الصحة والمجتمع كرافعة للاستجابة المحلية في تعز وحضرموت ، اليمن
اوضح الجزء الأول من هذه الدراسة التي أجراها مركز اليمني للسياسات في ديسمبر ٢٠٢٠ خلال الموجة الأولى للوباء في اليمن، العوامل التي حالت دون قيام المؤسسات الأمنية بدور أكثر فاعلية […]
Pulling the Pieces Together: Health and community actors as levers of local response in Taiz and Hadhramaut, Yemen
The first part of this study, conducted by Yemen Policy Center in December 2020 during the first wave of the pandemic in Yemen, presented the factors that prevented security institutions […]
Generating relationships of trust in distrustful times
According to a recent global survey “distrust is now society’s default emotion”. Whilst this is a grand claim, it does emphasise the importance of placing trust at the heart of […]
Decolonising knowledge for development: making the road by walking
Almost one year ago, we wrote a blog for the IDS website sharing our personal views on the many ways in which countries are witnessing greater social divides driven by […]
COVID Collective Project – Impacts of COVID-19 Policies on the Vulnerable Communities in Myanmar
The Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated Myanmar’s socioeconomic vulnerabilities of the poor, the squatters, and children in terms of access to health care, financial stability, job insecurity, and social insecurity. The slow […]
COVID Collective Project – Hear from our research team from Vietnam
Since the outbreak in March 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has affected almost everyone, but not equally. According to a report released by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in November 2021, […]
COVID Collective Project – hear from our research team from Cambodia
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the public health crisis it triggered, the Cambodian government introduced a number of protective measures to stop the spread of the virus. These […]