Swedish team joins the CompCoRe network
A Swedish team based at Lund University and led by Shai Muinari becomes a new core member of the CompCoRe network.
Author: Margarita Rayzberg
Jasanoff publishes article on “public health sovereignty”
Sheila Jasanoff’s “Pathologies of Liberty: Public Health Sovereignty and the Political Subject in the Covid-19 Crisis” appeared in Cahiers Droit, Sciences & Technologies. It analyzes how litigation during the pandemic tested the nature and limits of power in the US public health system.
All Teams Meeting #5 takes place on Zoom
CompCoRe held its fifth All Teams meeting and discussed plans for the interim report. Participants presented two-page summaries of their country cases. These evolved into the country reports in the Appendix of the CompCoRe Interim Report.
Hilgartner speaks on trust in experts at Columbia University
Stephen Hilgartner joined a panel on “Experts, Publics, and Trust during the Pandemic” as part of the Mellon-Sawyer Seminar on Trust and Mistrust of Science and Experts, organized by Gil Eyal from Columbia’s Sociology Department.
Jasanoff and Hilgartner speak at Schmidt Futures “Post-Apex Group”
Stephen Hilgartner and Sheila Jasanoff presented early CompCoRe findings to this group of prominent scientists, policy makers, and journalists affiliated with Schmidt Futures. The presentation was well-received.
All Teams Meeting #4 takes place on Zoom
CompCoRe held its fourth All Teams meeting. Participants compared the diverse answers different countries gave to a set of questions about national responses to the pandemic and reflected on the results.
Jasanoff gives the Institute for Arts and Humanities Welcome Back Lecture
Sheila Jasanoff spoke on “Ignorance is bliss: Covid-19 and the politics of knowledge” at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Institute for Arts and Humanities. The lecture highlighted contestations around scientific expertise against the backdrop of political polarization in the United States.
All Teams Meeting #3 takes place on Zoom
CompCoRe held its third All Teams meeting. Country teams discussed salient national controversies. They also presented timelines of the pandemic documenting developments in the arenas of health, economics, and politics in their countries.
More countries join CompCore Network
A generous grant from Schmidt Futures allowed the project to add Australia, Brazil, and India as core members of the network and full participants in the study. Research groups from Peru, Indonesia and an African team became affiliates of the CompCoRe network.
All Teams Meeting #2 takes place on Zoom
The second All Teams meeting brought CompCoRe scholars together to discuss updates on the pandemic response in their countries.
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