In category: Law, Business and Education

By Karen Walsh Authors: Karen Walsh, Andrea Wallace, Mathilde Pavis, Natalie Olszowy, James Griffin and Naomi Hawkins The importance of access to intellectual property rights (IPR) protected subject-matter in two crucial areas – public health, and educational and cultural engagement – has been extensively demonstrated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although they implicate separate legal areas, […]

By Catherine Caine The UK is currently facing unprecedented times as Covid-19 has forced the country into lockdown. However, the recent development consent application from EDF Energy for the Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station provides an opportunity for the planning sector to begin to return to normal. This opinion considers whether it is possible to achieve full public […]

By Ben Hudson 2020 has been a year of global crises. In the early months, Brexit, forced migration and climate change all vied for dominance of the news streams. As global, civic institutions, these crises all impact universities in one way or another. Yet, none come close to the impact that COVID-19 is presently having […]

By Rebecca Probert Weddings have been one of the many casualties of COVID-19, and over the last few months many couples have had to postpone their big day. For most couples, it may have been expected that this would not have had any effect on their personal relationship or day-to-day life. However, in the context of […]

By Anna Mountford-Zimdars and colleagues The closure of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic impacts on young people, families, teachers and university admissions and outreach professionals.  We have conducted a rapid response survey, whic asked teachers, students, parents or guardians and others about their perceptions, expectations and concerns, which will help us provide quick feedback to […]

By Julian Jamison Unusually for an infectious disease, COVID-19 has primarily made its presence felt in wealthier countries — so far. Now we are beginning to see its effects in the developing world, although they may not be the effects you’d expect. They show how efforts to mitigate the catastrophic effects of the pandemic can […]

By Julian Jamison This working paper (the corresponding author is Michèle Belot from the European University Institute) presents a new data set collected on representative samples across 6 countries: China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, the UK and the four largest states in the US. The information collected relates to work and living situations, income, behaviour […]

By Climent Quintana-Domeque Amid the COVID-19 crisis in the UK, we study the demand and willingness to pay for hand sanitiser gel, disposable face masks and disposable gloves, and the role of information on tested people and COVID-19 deaths in explaining the demand and willingness to pay (WTP) for these products. Further reading: COVID-19 Information […]

By Branwyn Poleykett In West Africa the COVID-19 pandemic is unfolding against the backdrop of a “food crisis of exceptional magnitude.” People with expertise in the region’s history and politics have repeatedly warned that we need to understand COVID-19 locking together with existing vulnerability and to analyse vulnerability as the cumulative effect of concurrent crises. […]

By Kyriaki Noussia The spread of COVID-19 has had a global impact, with the human toll being significant, and with the economic cost being unquantifiable. With regards to business and contractual relationships, legal liabilities owed to disruption, cancellations, or to the imposed halt of everyday life are perhaps the most notable. In this forthcoming new […]