Podcast: Social science missing from Asia's COVID-19 response
Policy-makers should engage more closely with social scientists to understand the socio-economic, cultural and political contexts behind the behaviours we need to change in response to global crises. A region-wide assessment has found that opportunities were missed to involve social scientists in national COVID-19 response strategies in Southern and Southeast Asia. This podcast is based on a 11 country report, “The Role of Social Sciences in COVID-19 responses in Asia”, led by the Global Development Network and the Asia Research Centre at Universitas Indonesia, with support from the International Development Research Centre, Canada.
The experts featured in the podcast ( in order of first appearance in the podcast) :
Kwok Kian Woon - Professor of Sociology and Associate Vice President (Wellbeing) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Rosalia Sciortino - Associate Professor at the Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Visiting Professor at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, and Director and founder of SEA Junction, Thailand.
Helani Galpaya - Chief Executive Officer of LIRNEasia, a pro-poor, pro-market think tank.
Inaya Rakhmani - Director of the Asia Research Centre, Universitas Indonesia.
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PUTTING PEOPLE AT THE CENTRE: Why investing in social research will set Asia on the path towards sustainable development post-COVID-19?
Thursday April 28th 2022
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Asia Research News 2022 feature
This story is featured in the Asia Research News 2022 magazine. Read in ISSUU below or on the website here.
Report - Social Sciences and Covid-19: The Southeast Asia Response
Download the full report here Social Sciences and Covid-19: The Southeast Asia Response
A region-wide assessment has found that opportunities were missed to involve social scientists in national COVID-19 response strategies in Southern and Southeast Asia. The report was a collaboration between the Global Development Network and the Asia Research Centre at Universitas Indonesia, with support from the International Development Research Centre, Canada.
The 11 countries covered are Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam.
Podcast: Social science missing from COVID-19 response
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