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02 February 2021
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Shamus Khan in The Guardian

We're on the verge of breakdown: a data scientist's take on Trump and Biden

Shamus Khan, Professor of Sociology, was quoted in The Guardian.

Peter Turchin is not the first entomologist to cross over to human behaviour: during a lecture in 1975, famed biologist E O Wilson had a pitcher of water tipped on him for extrapolating the study of ant social structures to our own...

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21 January 2021
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Learning from COVID-19

Center for Pandemic Research Interim Chair Wilmot James co-authored a synthesis paper, bringing together research presented at the Futures Forum on Preparedness hosted by Schmidt-Futures and the Social Science Research Council. This synthesis paper pulls from the Epidemic/Pandemic Response in Africa: Covid-19 in Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa study.

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12 January 2021
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Wilmot James in the New York Times

‘Pre-existing weaknesses’ hindered the U.S. pandemic response, researchers find.

Wilmot James, Senior Research Scholar at ISERP and Interim Chair of the Center for Pandemic Research, was quoted in the New York Times.

How well a country has responded to Covid-19 is not explained by the country’s economic power or scientific capacity, but by how its people relate to one another and their government, according to preliminary findings of a research study.

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12 January 2021
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Epidemic/Pandemic Response in Africa: Covid-19 in Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa

Futures Forum proceedings screenshot, featuring Wilmot James and Lawrence Stanberry

Thanks to a generous gift from Schmidt-Futures, Wilmot James (ISERP Senior Research Scholar, Ctr. for Pandemic Research Interim Chair) and co-authors Amanda McClelland (Resolve to Save Lives, Vital Strategies), Lawrence R. Stanberry (Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons), Lewis Rubin Thompson (ISERP and Vagelos College), and Lyal White (Brenthurst Foundation and University of Johannesburg), have conducted a study of COVID-19 response in 5 countries across the African continent.

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12 January 2021
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Joseph Stiglitz: Is Donald Trump an aberration or a symptom of a deeper US malady?

Joseph Stiglitz, University Professor, published an opinion in Project Syndicate and The Guardian.

The underlying causes of Trump’s rise to power must be addressed, from taming social media to tackling inequality

Fortunately, Joe Biden will assume the US presidency on January 20. But, as the shocking events of January 6 showed, it will take more than one person – and more than one presidential term – to overcome America’s longstanding challenges.

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