CompCoRe Events – CompCoRe

Di Giulio and Monteiro discuss their work on Covid-19 recovery at University of York

Gabriela Di Giulio and Marko Monteiro participated in a discussion on the recovery from crises – Brazilian public health and environment reflections at University of York on May 19, 2022. The event examined the ways in which recovery from pandemic- and climate change-induced disasters can present opportunities for social change as much as amplifying pre-existing vulnerabilities in societies.

Pearce delivers two lectures on UK team’s findings

Warren Pearce presented the UK teams chapter for the forthcoming CompCoRe edited volume, Socially-Distanced Science, first at the Institute for Science and Society, University of Nottingham on February 9 and then at the 3S Group (Science, Society & Sustainability), University of East Anglia on May 25. The chapter examines the imagined public within the UK’s scientific advice system to explain why the UK was one of the worst performers during the public health in terms of public health outcomes even though it was considered one of the most prepared nations for a pandemic before Covid-19.

Di Giulio delivers lecture at Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University

Gabriela Di Giulio presented her paper, “Risk, emergency and sustainability: Reflections on the Brazilian context for global health,” at the LEC Seminar at Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University. In her talk, Di Giulio argued that there is a need of a global health approach that enables us to better understand how Covid-19 pandemic and other systemic crises are the result of complex interactions between environment and social actions, and how their synergistic and cumulative effects demand deep changes in the pattern of civilization and urgent transformations for a more adapted future.

Wilsdon invited to Independent SAGE meeting

UK Team’s James Wilsdon, a critic of UK’s Independent SAGE, was invited to the group’s briefing on May 6 as a guest. Wilsdon’s talk focused on the role of humility and openness in UK’s systemic advice system, asking why past lessons were forgotten. You can watch Wilsdon’s remarks here.

Jasanoff talks at the joint event organized by Thailand Institute of Justice and Harvard Institute for Global Law and Policy

Sheila Jasanoff talked about technology and surveillance in the post-Covid era to scholars from Thailand Institute of Justice and Harvard Institute for Global Law and Policy on May 5, 2022. Jasanoff’s remarks drew on the research conducted by the members of the CompCoRe project.

Jasanoff delivers the Dr. Seng Tee Lee Lecture at University of Cambridge

Sheila Jasanoff delivered the Dr. Seng Tee Lee Lecture at University of Cambridge on March 11, 2022. Titled “Democracy and Distrust after the Pandemic,” her talk explored the ways in which the Covid-19 pandemic brought into sharp focus the strengths and weaknesses of the links between science, technology and society. Situating the opposition to vaccines, masks, and other public health mandates within a framework of constitutional theory, she argued that building better after the pandemic will require an explicit engagement with the tacit rules of delegation and deliberation that underpin modern democracies. You can watch the lecture here.

Jasanoff speaks at Oxford’s Institute for Innovation and Science

Sheila Jasanoff was hosted by the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society at University of Oxford on March 9. Titled Sovereignty Unmasked: STS, the Pandemic, and Political Theory,” Jasanoff’s remarks focused on the governance regime that she calls “public health sovereignty.” She explored the rules and practices of delegation that help explain why resistance has followed divergent paths across the 16 countries included in the CompCoRe project. The talk reflected on the method of comparison as a device for illuminating STS’s contributions to political and constitutional theory.

Jasanoff gives the keynote at the OECD workshop

Sheila Jasanoff gave the keynote of the OECD Global Science Forum (GSF) workshop, Scientific advice in crises: Lessons learned from COVID-19, on March 3. The event was part of a project on mobilizing science in response to crises. Titled Comparative Covid Response: crisis, knowledge, politics, Jasanoff’s presentation outlined the CompCoRe project and its key findings. The event can be viewed here.

Jasanoff participates in the Humboldt Digital Dialogues series

Sheila Jasanoff participated in an online panel entitled “(Mis)trust in Science and Elites” on February 25. The event was organized by the American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and was part of a speaker series on Society, Science, and Policy: Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic. The series seeks to strengthen understanding of the changing cultural and societal context of science in the United States and other nations and explore the implications for science-based policies, scientific careers, and scientific cooperation. You can watch the event here.

Monteiro participates in INCEPTION Symposium at Institut Pasteur, Paris

Brazil team’s Marko Monteiro made a presentation, titled Health technologies and pandemics: building resilient governance, at the INCEPTION Symposium – Social Sciences and Biology for Understanding Emerging Diseases, organized by Institut Pasteur, Paris on November 25-26, 2021. Monteiro’s talk was based on his co-authored book chapter, “Global Health and Planetary Health,” which proposes principles for global governance of emerging bio risks and ways to increase resilience to withstand future risks. This work is a product of the cooperation around the Global Technology Assessment network.