Professor Julian Jamison and Dr Sam Wilkinson look at the need for a more holistic approach to managing the COVID pandemic. Read More
Tag: COVID-19

Digital Transformation Lessons from the Trials and Tribulations of the UK Contact-Tracing App
Alan Brown, Professor in Digital Economy outlines the lessons from the UK track and trace app. Read More

Dealing mindfully with uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic
Dr Inmaculada Adarves-Yorno, Senior Lecturer in Leadership Studies, discusses how COVID-19 has provided the whole world with unprecedented uncertainty. Government and companies have their own way of dealing with national and industrial uncertainty. But what about individuals? How can each of us deal with uncertainty? Read More

Lessons from COVID-19 in tackling climate change and species extinction
Ben Balmford, PhD Candidate, Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute, presents four valuable lessons from COVID-19 that can be applied to the climate change and species extinction crises.
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Circular economy podcast
Professor Fiona Charnley discusses the importance of the circular economy, how it has been affected by COVID-19, and the establishment of a new national hub bringing together academia and business to move towards more circular approaches.
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How much of the plastics economy is circular?
Peter Hopkinson, Professor in Circular Economy and Co-Director Exeter Centre for the Circular Economy, explains how the vital role of single use plastic in protecting workers and patients during the COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the complex issues we face in trying to address the increasing use of plastic in society.
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Your Algorithm Doesn’t Know me!
In the UK to deal with lack of exams during the Covid lockdown, they turned to automated decision making via algorithms. How did that work out for you then, explains Alan Brown, Professor of Digital Economy.
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Virtual networking podcast
Professor Alex Gerbasi discusses virtual networking and how people have been building contacts and relationships during the Covid-19 lockdown. What lessons does it provide us with about future social and professional networking?
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White collar crime podcast
Professor Will Harvey and Navdeep Arora talk about the responses and trigger that force individuals to commit white-collar crime.
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Post-COVID: re-organising Localism around 3 digital principles
Mark Thompson is a Professor of Digital economy at the Exeter INDEX Centre. In this blog he puts forward three digital principles for how local organisations such as councils can reorganise post COVID-19. Read More