{"id":2,"date":"2020-05-26T13:29:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T13:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/_\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-03-31T16:13:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:13:29","slug":"themes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/covidsociety\/","title":{"rendered":"#covidsociety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the world. On top of medical and scientific research, learning to live with COVID also requires identifying, understanding and tackling the social, cultural, political, ethical and environmental shifts emerging from the pandemic.<br><br>Drawing on longstanding expertise in the social study of science and in the medical humanities at the University of Exeter, this digital platform draws together cutting-edge work on those societal changes, while also providing a platform for collaboration, and for seeing connections across boundaries. 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