"There is always the prospect of a new pandemic... In our desperation to be beyond lockdowns, we crave ‘normality’, but the world of zoonotic disease does not allow for stability."
steps-centre.org/blog/pandemics…
@IanScoones reviews the new issue of @DoftWT's book 'On Pandemics'
Science, uncertainty and the Covid-19 response
steps-centre.org/blog/science-u…
by @IanScoones
Post-normal pandemics: Why COVID-19 requires a new approach to science
steps-centre.org/blog/postnorma…
by @DoftWT, Annibale Biggeri, Bruna De Marchi, @SFuntowicz, Mario Giampietro, Martin O’Connor, Jerome R. Ravetz, @AndreaSaltelli and @Jeroen_vdSluijs
#postnormalscience
Five lessons from past global influenza outbreaks for COVID-19
steps-centre.org/blog/five-less…
by @IanScoones
Lots of resources on the social science of pandemics & outbreaks, from more than 10 years of the STEPS Centre's work
steps-centre.org/covid-19-coron…
...and appropriate to these uncertain times, out this month, a new book edited by @IanScoones and Andy Stirling:
THE POLITICS OF UNCERTAINTY: CHALLENGES OF TRANSFORMATION
routledge.com/The-Politics-o…
from @RoutledgeSust
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