Covid-19

By Luca Di Gennaro Splendore and Alessio Crisafulli Carpani — In a follow-up to an earlier post about the lack of quality data on COVID-19, the authors built a data dashboard to surface 2020 excess mortality data. In this post, they contrast two countries (Ecuador and Australia) and conclude that more analysis of the heterogeneity of results between countries is…

Project Duration: 2 Weeks Understanding the problem case: The sudden spread of the coronavirus and its resulting condition, COVID-19, has brought the world to an utmost stand still. The tragedy has yet to fully play out, but it is already clear that the crisis is thoroughly global in nature. Medical…

This World Humanitarian Day, we’re shining a light on humanitarian researchers who persevered through the challenges of the pandemic to drive improvements in the sector and support those working on the front line with insights that could ultimately help save lives. Conducting humanitarian research isn’t easy, even in years when…

Why it’s all about power, and upcoming Human Learning Systems Week! — The chance to take a holiday provides an opportunity to relax, reflect, and locate our day-to-day work within a wider context. For me, this was framed by reading historian Rutger Bregman’s provocative treatise Humankind. You may remember Bregman for his intervention at Davos in 2019, where he called out billionaires…

Term 3 is shaping up to be a difficult time for schools in South Australia with families, children and school communities all under significant and ongoing pressure. We are hearing predictions that further teacher shortages due to new waves of active COVID-19 cases are to be expected. …

by Bea Panopio and Logan Fernandez Cancellation of classes was the last thing on the minds of Philippine Science High School–Main Campus (PSHS–MC) students on March 9, 2020 — when the first few cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the Philippines. On March 15, nearly a week later, community quarantine…