Informing the public debate on COVID-19 Academics from across the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy are helping us all better…
Can technology help rebuild our communities? Dr Gregory Asmolov looks deeper at the hyper-local revolution and how it might help…
Protecting children at a distance during the COVID-19 lockdown The lockdown introduced across the UK to control the spread of COVID-19 is creating…
Preparing Africa for COVID-19 Lessons learnt from the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone show the importance of…
Learning from disasters and military operations to fight COVID-19 Dr Stefan Schilling looks at how teams rapidly assembled to fight COVID-19 could…
How COVID-19 might change the way we live and work for good. Professor Phil Hubbard looks at whether the COVID-19 pandemic will reverse the recent…
Smart living in slums during COVID-19 Kibera, one of the largest slums in Africa, is collating data during the pandemic…
What COVID-19 is teaching us about climate change Will the impact of the pandemic on emissions pave the way for the kind of global…
COVID-19 and China-Africa relations The current pandemic could deepen the divide between the people and the ruling elite…
COVID-19 and its impact on global poverty COVID-19 demonstrates the UK’s mutual interest in supporting affected countries and…
16 June 2020 Pandemic could have 'long-lasting effect' on trust in political institutions The COVID-19 crisis is likely to have a substantial and long-lasting effect on trust in government…
15 June 2020 COVID-19 is illuminating the inequalities affecting the health of BAME communities, says King's alumni The current pandemic has brought existing racism and the social determinants that affect the health…
12 June 2020 COVID-19 could drive global poverty back over one billion people as the world's poorest face up to US$500 million per day in lost income In dramatic new numbers, researchers estimate that extreme poverty could spike as a result of the…
9 June 2020 A public inquiry into the UK Government's handling of COVID-19 must focus on lesson-learning, not political accountability A new report urges the UK to hold an expert-led inquiry into the Government’s handling of the…