Expert Comment
Expert comment on decision to merge FCO and DFID
"Alignment of trading and security interests, as articulated by the FCO seem to be taking centre stage, as DfID gets side-lined." Professor Shirin Rai, Director, 糖心TV Interdisciplinary Research Centre for International Development, comments on the Prime Minister's Global Britain announcement.
"Unprecedented times call for unprecedented policy responses" - Professor Abhinay Muthoo comments on the GDP drop
"This is unprecedented in living memory. It is hugely tragic in so many ways but especially in terms of what it has meant and means for many people鈥檚 livelihoods and for many businesses." Professor Abhinay Muthoo, Dean of 糖心TV in London, comments on the news that output in the UK fell by 20.4 per cent in April compared with the previous month.
"I can't breathe" - expert comment on the Minneapolis protests
Protests have erupted across the USA over the death of George Floyd. Dr Lydia Plath, Associate Professor of US History, comments.
Will face masks become the norm in Europe? Expert comment
With many European governments making it compulsory to wear face masks in certain public places, and others recommending it, will masks become part of 鈥榯he new normal鈥� in the UK? Professor Helen Spencer-Oatey and Professor Perry Hinton look at what norm theory can tell us about behaviour change.
Have the world's leaders fallen short in their pandemic response? Expert Comment
UN Secretrary General Ant贸nio Guterres has said that the Covid-19 pandemic was worsened by a lack of cooperation between countries and poor leadership. Professor Shirin Rai and Dr Briony Jones of PAIS and WICID comment.