Bästa Corona Crisis podcaster (2024)

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India under assault: Analyzing the apocalyptic second wave outbreak with Prof. Ashok Swain 43:46

3+ y ago43:46

43:46

Well over a year into the pandemic, the second-wave Covid outbreak currently devastating India has become perhaps the most tragic, almost apocalyptic, chapter of the coronavirus crisis so far. India expert Prof. Ashok Swain, head of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, joins the podcast to explain how the second wave…

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Theories of the pandemic: Six styles of Covid conspiracies 40:56

3+ y ago40:56

40:56

It would be an understatement to say that the coronavirus crisis is fertile ground for the cultivation of conspiracy theories. For an increasing number of people around the world, the pandemic is the mother of all conspiracies, with the various theories of the conspiracy coming in literally all shapes and sizes. Prof. Andreas Önnerfors, an expert o…

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Year of Crisis: Assessing the management of a protracted pandemic with Prof. Paul ‘t Hart 48:18

3+ y ago48:18

48:18

After almost one year as a full spectrum crisis in many if not most countries, Covid-19 continues to challenge governments around the world and inflict enormous strain on societies and their institutions. The protracted nature of the coronavirus pandemic renders it radically different from the kinds of crises that political leaders and public autho…

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Adaptation during crisis: Learning how to manage the coronavirus pandemic 33:13

4y ago33:13

33:13

As the pandemic’s second wave washes over much of the world, it is worth considering if and how authorities, organizations and personnel engaged with combating the coronavirus manage to learn over the course of such crises, and adapt their operations accordingly. Prof. Daniel Nohrstedt of Uppsala University joins the podcast to explain the concept …

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Panoptic perspective on the pandemic at a local level: Tracking the coronavirus in municipal wastewater systems 31:33

4y ago31:33

31:33

Touted as a tool to forewarn policymakers of outbreaks at the local level, tracking COVID-19 through wastewater can complement traditional testing and provide unique and potentially actionable insights into the spread of the virus across the entire population of a given area. This episode of the podcast features an interview with Dr. David Nilsson,…

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Nudging a nation through a pandemic: Assessing Sweden’s divergent coronavirus strategy 32:29

4+ y ago32:29

32:29

Sweden’s highly decentralized system of government, efficient under normal circumstances, is an important factor that influenced the idiosyncratic Swedish strategy for managing the coronavirus crisis. Given the relatively constrained central political authority, with expert agencies and local administrations wielding a great deal of power in the Sw…

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Coping with COVID-19, Italian and Swedish style: Opposite strategies, similar outcomes 29:15

4+ y ago29:15

29:15

The global coronavirus pandemic instigated a range of national strategies for managing the crisis, no two more divergent than those of Italy and Sweden. The former chose to fight the virus through a strict lockdown, while the latter took a much more permissive path largely based on personal responsibility. As Italy reopens after months of individua…

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To fear or not to fear: Conceptions of COVID-19 in Italy and Sweden 19:15

4+ y ago19:15

19:15

Is COVID-19 a super-contagious killer akin to Ebola in deadliness, or something more similar to a severe seasonal flu? In the course of the current pandemic, the populations of Italy and Sweden, informed by the media and public officials, have come to conceive of COVID-19 in strikingly different ways. This has influenced behavior and the ability of…

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Pandemic geopolitics: China and the coronavirus crisis 30:48

4+ y ago30:48

30:48

Despite being the coronavirus country of origin, China seized the opportunity presented by the pandemic to promote its geopolitical agenda across much of the world. To analyze the ways in which China has exploited the COVID-19 crisis, and discuss how receptive or resistant different countries and regions are to China’s advance and attempts to reord…

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Expertise and Power: Historical roots of Sweden’s coronavirus response 35:22

4+ y ago35:22

35:22

Sweden has attracted enormous international attention for its far less stringent coronavirus strategy, largely devised by scientists inside the state bureaucracy. What Swedish governance traditions and political philosophies led to the expert-driven response to COVID-19 that has been variously commended and condemned by commentators both inside and…

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Hunting herd immunity in Sweden with Prof. Tom Britton 28:56

4+ y ago28:56

28:56

The proportion of populations that have contracted COVID-19 and developed antibodies against the coronavirus is one of the critical questions at this stage of the crisis. Some recent test results suggest that in many countries, including Sweden, far fewer people than expected have been exposed to the virus, and that hopes of reaching herd immunity …

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Cities, industrial agriculture and ecological pathways to pandemics 21:44

4+ y ago21:44

21:44

The growth of cities and the expansion of industrial agriculture have greatly increased the density of human and animal populations, heightening the risk of pathogens being exchanged within and between species, and creating new pathways for pandemic outbreaks. On this episode, Prof. Kate Brown from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides…

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COVID-19 and the EU response: Existential Crisis for the European Union? 28:47

4+ y ago28:47

28:47

The less than unified response to the coronavirus crisis has greatly exacerbated existing tensions in the European Union, once again raising questions about the legitimacy, solidarity and continued utility of the EU. Crisis management and EU expert Mark Rhinard, professor of international relations at Stockholm University and the Swedish Institute …

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Dynamics of decision under extreme uncertainty: Scientific advice and policy learning during coronavirus crisis 37:50

4+ y ago37:50

37:50

Medical experts and government science advisors have become the rock stars of the COVID-19 crisis, often eclipsing political leaders in prominence as countries struggle to devise strategies to contain the coronavirus. But to what extent can and should expert advice inform decision making when factual evidence in a fluid situation is scarce, and sci…

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Best in the West? Insights into Iceland’s highly effective response to COVID-19 21:58

4+ y ago21:58

21:58

Without implementing draconian restrictions, Iceland’s proactive response—entailing collaboration between government authorities, medical professionals and a Reykjavik-based biopharmaceutical company, as well as a high level of public engagement—has proven remarkably effective in containing the coronavirus outbreak, arguably the best of any western…

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City at the Coronavirus Epicenter: New York and the crisis leadership of Andrew Cuomo 27:33

4+ y ago27:33

27:33

As New York became the epicenter of the COVID-19 onslaught, Governor Andrew Cuomo emerged as the embodiment of America’s efforts to manage a crisis that has far eclipsed 9/11 in terms of its fatal impact on the city and the country. Prof. Eric Stern, a crisis management expert from the University at Albany, joins the podcast to provide analysis of …

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Sweden and Italy: Analyzing extremes of COVID-19 crisis 22:54

4+ y ago22:54

22:54

Italy was the initial ground zero of the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe, while Sweden has emerged as an international outlier in terms of its far less restrictive handling of the coronavirus crisis. Prof. Giuliano Di Baldassarre, director of the Centre for Natural Hazard and Disaster Science, is an Italian living in Sweden who on this episode draws on…

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Coronavirus impacts on India and the international peace agenda with Prof. Ashok Swain 22:45

4+ y ago22:45

22:45

India implemented on four hours notice the largest lockdown in human history, leading to confusion and dislocation on a colossal scale. On this episode, Ashok Swain, professor of peace and conflict research, explains the Indian response to the pandemic and its potential consequences, as well as how the coronavirus crisis could affect the internatio…

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Cascading crisis: Resilience, environmental and IT perspectives on pandemics in an interconnected world 22:40

4+ y ago22:40

22:40

Viktor Galaz, deputy director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, joins the podcast to discuss how infectious disease outbreaks that cascade across national boundaries can, in a complex and interconnected world, emerge from degraded environments at local levels. He also explains how thinking in terms of resilience can improve pandemic preparedness,…

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Foreseeable catastrophe: Failures of the coronavirus response so far 23:16

4+ y ago23:16

23:16

Why were countries such as the United States caught off guard and slow to forcefully respond to COVID-19 at an earlier stage of the outbreak? On this episode, political scientist Charles Parker draws on lessons from previous mega disasters to explain some of the most significant failures in the coronavirus crisis response so far, and how decision m…

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Taiwan’s containment of COVID-19, and the developing world’s vulnerability to the coronavirus 26:38

4+ y ago26:38

26:38

Taiwan’s early and aggressive intervention against COVID-19 stands as one of only a few effective responses so far. Dave Trouba, an expert on hygiene and sanitation who currently resides in Taiwan, joins the podcast to explain the key factors that have kept the coronavirus largely at bay there. He also shares insights from his many years working wi…

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Killer defect: Crunching data and modeling the spread of COVID-19 20:54

4+ y ago20:54

20:54

Tracking the data on deaths caused by COVID-19 is a primary and powerful tool for projecting the path of the pandemic. On this episode, data analyst Jonas Sundqvist provides insights from his efforts to collect data and model the spread of the coronavirus, creating a series of curves that project the trajectory of the outbreak in different countrie…

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Red flag, Black swan: Epidemiological insights from Dr. Björn Olsen on COVID-19 and Sweden's strategy 27:52

4+ y ago27:52

27:52

Where on the curve is Sweden, and are current efforts sufficient to contain the coronavirus? One of Sweden’s leading epidemiological experts, Dr. Björn Olsen, professor of infectious medicine at Uppsala University, provides insights into the knowns and unknowns of COVID-19, critiques the Swedish strategy so far, and explains how Sweden can take bac…

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Strategic crisis management in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak 25:48

4+ y ago25:48

25:48

This episode features an interview with Prof. Paul ‘t Hart, a top European crisis management expert who discusses how national political cultures have shaped the coronavirus response, and how it is incumbent upon political decision makers to weigh sometimes conflicting advice from experts when making difficult value judgements during a major crisis…

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Confronting the Coronavirus in Sweden 26:38

4+ y ago26:38

26:38

Eric and Marc introduce the podcast, and Fredrik Bynander, director of the Center for Societal Security at the Swedish Defence University, analyzes Sweden's response to the coronavirus crisis so far, and reflects on some of the longer term geopolitical dimensions that need to be considered in parallel with the short term actions taken during the ac…

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Corona Crisis: Once Upon a Pandemic

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India under assault: Analyzing the apocalyptic second wave outbreak with Prof. Ashok Swain 43:46

1
Theories of the pandemic: Six styles of Covid conspiracies 40:56

1
Year of Crisis: Assessing the management of a protracted pandemic with Prof. Paul ‘t Hart 48:18

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Adaptation during crisis: Learning how to manage the coronavirus pandemic 33:13

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Panoptic perspective on the pandemic at a local level: Tracking the coronavirus in municipal wastewater systems 31:33

1
Nudging a nation through a pandemic: Assessing Sweden’s divergent coronavirus strategy 32:29

1
Coping with COVID-19, Italian and Swedish style: Opposite strategies, similar outcomes 29:15

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To fear or not to fear: Conceptions of COVID-19 in Italy and Sweden 19:15

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Pandemic geopolitics: China and the coronavirus crisis 30:48

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Expertise and Power: Historical roots of Sweden’s coronavirus response 35:22

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Hunting herd immunity in Sweden with Prof. Tom Britton 28:56

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Cities, industrial agriculture and ecological pathways to pandemics 21:44

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COVID-19 and the EU response: Existential Crisis for the European Union? 28:47

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Dynamics of decision under extreme uncertainty: Scientific advice and policy learning during coronavirus crisis 37:50

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Best in the West? Insights into Iceland’s highly effective response to COVID-19 21:58

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City at the Coronavirus Epicenter: New York and the crisis leadership of Andrew Cuomo 27:33

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Sweden and Italy: Analyzing extremes of COVID-19 crisis 22:54

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Coronavirus impacts on India and the international peace agenda with Prof. Ashok Swain 22:45

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Cascading crisis: Resilience, environmental and IT perspectives on pandemics in an interconnected world 22:40

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Foreseeable catastrophe: Failures of the coronavirus response so far 23:16

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Taiwan’s containment of COVID-19, and the developing world’s vulnerability to the coronavirus 26:38

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Killer defect: Crunching data and modeling the spread of COVID-19 20:54

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Red flag, Black swan: Epidemiological insights from Dr. Björn Olsen on COVID-19 and Sweden's strategy 27:52

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Strategic crisis management in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak 25:48

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Confronting the Coronavirus in Sweden 26:38

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