The Covid-19 pandemic has created a generation of amateur epidemiologists, as people try to understand how a microscopic threat circulates through society. As they imagine the spread of this “invisible monster,” they project their fears of the virus onto groups in society that they imagine are spreading it, whose bodies or actions become the visible …
Our current global economic order is operating in compartmentalized, segmented, and unsustainable ways. The current crisis caused by the worldwide spread of Covid-19 has exposed the shallow foundations of the neoliberal empire. What current economic practice and analysis fails to take into account is human relationships. This project applies a tool that measures the relationships …
A New Moral Economy: A Relational Approach to Human Development during Covid-19 Read More »
While Pakistan is currently producing epidemiological research examining the number of infections, death rates, and the areas hit hardest by this pandemic, there is an absence of research examining the social and technical implications of Covid-19 in Pakistan. To address this dearth of research, through the experiences of three generations of people living through the …
Mapping Daily Routines, Rituals, and Virtual Emotional Intimacies in Covid-19 Pakistan Read More »
Survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and service agencies that support them, are facing unprecedented challenges as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Preliminary data point to a sharp increase in the rate and severity of violence, as social distancing guidelines trap survivors at home with abusive family members and increase the difficulty of accessing …
The future of work is increasingly intertwined with widespread data collection of employee data for workplace monitoring, safety and efficiency tracking, predictive analytics, and performance evaluations. With the global Covid-19 pandemic, work practices have shifted significantly, and many office workers have moved from on-site office environments to working at home. Initial evaluations suggest this shift …
Whether people regulate negative emotions during Covid-19 might inform mental health worldwide. Therefore, this project will test whether the motivation to decrease negative emotional experiences differs across cultures. The project will also test whether attempts to decrease negative emotions are equally beneficial across cultures. In one study, participants from 10 countries will indicate how much …
The spread of Covid-19 across the globe has been accompanied by a parallel plague—that of discrimination, hostility, and violence towards minorities and immigrants—an unfortunately familiar pattern in the history of disease. We pose an empirically urgent, normatively salient question: How might we mitigate against the scapegoating of, and even encourage pro-social behavior towards, ethnic minorities …
Do racial disparities in police contact intensify during a pandemic? While recent research suggests racial and ethnic minority groups experience disproportionately high rates of Covid-19 infection and death, no studies have systematically examined the degree to which law enforcement practices have simultaneously become more burdensome for communities of color. This project aims to study the …
Although Covid-19 is impacting all communities, the distribution of its harms is not equal. Poor, urban people of color with compromised health are particularly hard-hit. Combining remote ethnographic and epidemiological research methods, we will explore how residents of underprivileged urban communities who suffer from end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and associated stigmas manage their illness and …
The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered unprecedented economic decline across the advanced economies, often exacerbating challenges inherited from previous crises. However, the policy responses to these common pressures in the initial “fast-burning” phase of the Covid-19-induced recession vary significantly across countries. This project uses a comparative political economy approach to make sense of this variation within …
