Category: Health and Wellbeing
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Covid-19 in Northern Ireland – A New Economic Vision
Pivotal – the Public Policy Forum has issued a new report entitled ‘Covid-19 in Northern Ireland – a new economic vision.’
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How I use film, animation and VR to capture the experience of mental abuse
Lucy Baxter looks at the Mental Abuse Matters project which raises awareness of mental abuse by telling stories through animation and virtual reality.
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What can we learn from historical recessions and depressions?
While the Covid-19 recession has some unique characteristics, research on past experiences of economic downturns offers valuable lessons on how long recovery takes and what policies might accelerate that process.
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The original Sars virus disappeared – here’s why coronavirus won’t do the same
The idea that letting the coronavirus run wild would protect us is unlikely to be valid says Dr Connor Bamford.
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Has #clapforcarers exposed the fundamental contradictions about how we value social care workers?
While many social care workers welcomed the weekly #clap4carers ritual and messages of support, there also existed feelings of frustrations around working and employment conditions. Dr Katharine Venter of University of Leicester, Dr Martin McCracken of Ulster University, and Dr Denise Currie of Queen’s Management School discuss how social care roles are valued by society.
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Coronavirus: drones used to enforce lockdown pose a real threat to our civil liberties
Dr Birgit Schippers looks at the increasing use of drones during the pandemic.
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How Irish clergy and faith leaders are dealing with the pandemic
A new survey of clergy, ministers and faith leaders in Ireland by Dr Gladys Ganiel has some surprising findings about online religious practice.
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Disabled people’s rights during the COVID-19 crisis
Dr Ivanka Antova looks at how disability rights in the UK have fared under the myriad of COVID-19 related legislation and guidelines and calls for disability rights protection and enforcement to be a priority during the pandemic.
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Home cooking means healthier eating – there’s an opportunity to change food habits for good
Lockdown may mark the start of a healthier relationship with food for many people says Dr Danielle McCarthy.
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Randomly Responding to Covid-19
Science is quite rightly seen as systematic and based on logic and reason. Counter-intuitively, a core tool used by scientists is the opposite: randomness, says Professor John Garry.