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Title:COVID-19 : legal implications for critical care Author(s):COGHLAN, Niall

; ARCHARD, David; SIPANOUN, P.; HAYEZ, T.; BAHARLO, BehradDate:2020Citation:Anaesthesia, 2020, Vol. 75, pp. 1428–1431Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[LAW]Abstract:The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented challenge for the provision of critical care. Anticipating an unsustainable burden on the health service, the UK government introduced numerous legislative measures culminating ...

Title:Covid-19 : spur or restraint to citizen engagement? Author(s):OANA, Ioana-Elena

Date:2021Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI Ideas; Blogpost; 2021Abstract:The multiple facets of the COVID-19 crisis create a unique context for studying the countervailing dynamics of civic mobilisation and demobilisation. My colleagues Endre Borbáth, Sophia Hunger and Swen Hutter (at the Free ...

Title:Covid-19 : why it is so difficult for Africa to 'flatten the curve' Author(s):MARU, Mehari Taddele

Date:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:Mail & Guardian : Africa's best read; 2020; [RSCAS]Abstract:Covid-19 has now hit more than 40 African countries, with almost 2 000 confirmed cases as of March 23. So far, the coronavirus has been slow to spread across Africa, but there are several factors unique to the continent ...

Title:Covid-19 and China’s global image Author(s):ONNIS, BarbaraDate:2021Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2021/57; Global Governance Programme, EU-Asia Project; [Europe in the World]Abstract:With the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the PRC experienced one of its worst internal and international crises, in economic terms but above all in terms of image and prestige. The COVID-19 pandemic, in fact, came at a ...

Title:COVID-19 and inequalities in educational achievement in Italy Author(s):BORGONOVI, Francesca; FERRARA, Alessandro

Date:2023Citation:Research in social stratification and mobility, 2023, Vol. 83, Art. 100760, OnlineOnlyType:ArticleAbstract:We use longitudinal data from over 1.5 million Italian students to examine differences in the mathematics and reading achievement of students who completed primary and lower secondary school in 2020–21 (COVID cohort) and ...

Title:Covid-19 and international migration : elements of an analytical framework Author(s):FARGUES, Philippe

Date:2021Citation:Nasra M. SHAH (ed.), Covid-19 crisis and Asian migration, Lahore : Lahore School of Economics, 2021, pp. 11-24Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:What are the links between the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and international migration? The paper addresses the three following questions: 1. Are migrants more (or less) susceptible than non-migrants to get the ...

Title:Covid-19 and mental health in Italy Author(s):GREMBI, VeronicaDate:2021Type:VideoSeries/Number:MWP; Multidisciplinary Research Workshop; 2021; Turning the Tide: Contemporary Challenges to Health and Healthcare in Europe and Beyond; Online lecture 4Abstract:An increasing number of studies shows the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health regardless of the different institutional contexts and responses to the emergency, as is apparent from evidence from the ...

Title:COVID-19 and privacy : a European dilemma Author(s):RENDA, Andrea

Date:2022Citation:Digital policy, regulation and governance, 2022, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 109-117Type:ArticleAbstract:Purpose – This paper aims at discussing the options available to governments when it comes to the use of technology to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Design/methodology/approach – This is an opinion piece, based ...

Title:COVID-19 and systemic resilience : rethinking the impacts of migrant workers and labour migration policies Author(s):ANDERSON, Bridget; POESCHEL, Friedrich Gerd

; RUHS, Martin

Date:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2020/57; Migration Policy CentreAbstract:This paper argues that concerns about the resilience of essential services require a reassessment of the impacts of migrant workers and the design of labour migration and related public policies. The Covid-19 pandemic ...

Title:COVID-19 and the accelerated shift to technology-enabled work from home (WFH) Author(s):MARCUS, J. Scott; PETROPOULOS, Georgios; ALOISI, Antonio

Date:2022Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:Transatlantic Expert Group on the Future of Work (TEG) Working Paper; 2022Abstract:People have been working remotely from many locations for many years, but the growth in work from home has historically tended to be slow in both the USA and the EU. Most of those who worked from home did so for only a ...

Title:COVID-19 and the Brazilian electricity sector : what is the impact of COVID-19 on the Brazilian electricity sector and where do we go from here? Author(s):FEIL, Alex

Date:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:FSR; Blogpost; 2020; [RSCAS]Abstract:This article aims to present a preliminary assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on the Brazilian electricity sector and provides a basis for future studies. Although the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic generates an important ...

Title:COVID-19 and the paradox of scientific advice Author(s):PAMUK, ZeynepDate:2021Type:VideoSeries/Number:ECO; 2021; Crisis of Expert Knowledge and Authority; Online lectureAbstract:This talk will analyse the dynamics of the scientific advisory committee, a neglected political institution whose importance became clear during the COVID-19 pandemic. What I call the paradox of scientific advice is the ...

Title:COVID-19 and the policy sciences : initial reactions and perspectives. Author(s):WEIBLE, Christopher M.; NOHRSTEDT, Daniel; CAIRNEY, Paul; CARTER, David P.; CROW, Deserai A.; DURNOVÁ, Anna P.; HEIKKILA, Tanya; INGOLD, Karin; MCCONNELL, Allan; STONE, Diane Lesley

Date:2020Citation:Policy sciences, 2020, Vol. 53, pp. 225–241Type:ArticleAbstract:The world is in the grip of a crisis that stands unprecedented in living memory. The COVID-19 pandemic is urgent, global in scale, and massive in impacts. Following Harold D. Lasswell’s goal for the policy sciences to offer ...

Title:COVID-19 and the social contract : a lesson from Sub-Saharan Africa Author(s):SOYEMI, Eniola Anuoluwapo

Date:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUIdeas; Blogpost; 2020; [RSCAS]Abstract:It is not surprising that the national centres for disease control in countries like Nigeria have, so far, competently handled the spread of the corona virus pandemic in their countries. It would be surprising if they had ...

Title:COVID-19 and the social role of indicators : a preliminary assessment Author(s):NELKEN, David; SIEMS, Mathias

; INFANTINO, Marta; GENICOT, Nathan; RESTREPO AMARILES, David; HARRINGTON, John A.Date:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI LAW; 2020/17Abstract:Indicators play a key role in the COVID-19 crisis. Infection and casualty rates are used as proxies for the spread and effect of the virus. There are also indicators about health care capacities, government responses, as ...

Title:Covid-19 and the sudden death of free movement Author(s):PICCOLI, Lorenzo

; AFONSO, AlexandreDate:2020Type:AudioSeries/Number:PodBean; Podcast; 2020; The borders of equality podcast; [RSCAS]; [GLOBALCIT]Abstract:Since the beginning of the pandemic, countries around the world have adopted drastic measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus. International mobility has been severely disrupted and governments have imposed severe ...

Title:COVID-19 as a test for the market stability reserve Author(s):GALDI, Giulio

Date:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:FSR; Blogpost; 2020; [RSCAS]Abstract:In the last post on this blog, Simone Borghesi discussed the consequences of the COVID19 crisis, beyond the immediate reduction in worldwide pollution. Among them, he hinted at the challenge now facing all Emissions Trading ...

Title:The COVID-19 crisis and the closure of external borders : another stress-test for the challenging construction of solidarity within the EU? Author(s):MARIN, Luisa

Date:2020Citation:European papers, 2020, OnlineOnlyType:ArticleAbstract:This Insight assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the external borders of the EU. It first presents measures enacting the EU travel ban and also their implications on the European asylum system, as implemented ...

Title:COVID-19 economic crisis : Europe needs more than one instrument Author(s):BÉNASSY-QUÉRÉ, Agnès; CORSETTI, Giancarlo

; FATÁS, Antonio; FELBERMAYR, Gabriel J.; FRATZSCHER, Marcel; FUEST, Clemens; GIAVAZZI, Francesco; MARIMON, Ramon

; MARTIN, Philippe; PISANI-FERRY, Jean

; REICHLIN, Lucrezia; REY, Helene; SCHULARICK, Moritz; SÜDEKUM, Jens; TELES, Pedro; VÉRON, Nicolas; WEDER DI MAURO, BeatriceDate:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:VOXEU Article; 2020; [ECO]; [RSCAS]Abstract:There are now several proposals for complementing the vigorous decision of the ECB to launch a mega ‘pandemic emergency purchase programme’ with fiscal and financial initiatives at the European level. These proposals ...

Title:The COVID-19 emergency in Finland : best practice and problems Author(s):SCHEININ, Martin

Date:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:Verfassungsblog on matters constitutional; Blogpost; 2020; [LAW]Abstract:Finland has a modern Constitution with an ambitious catalogue of fundamental rights. Has this framework, including the constitutional regulation of emergency powers, been able to cope with the COVID-19 crisis? Are there ...