The Covid-19 pandemic is a global event unlike any other experienced in the contemporary era. It’s size, scope, reach, and implications are enormous, ongoing, and unequal. Outcomes—from how people all over the world will live their daily lives to whether democracy will survive—are all in question.
Over the summer, Rachael Cobb, Associate Professor & Chair of the Department of Government at Suffolk University, collaborated with Boston NPR radio station’s Forum Network to design, “Politics in the Time of a Global Pandemic.” This nine week public political science course brought together leading social scientists, policy experts, and U.S. politicians to discuss the pandemic from a variety of angles. Each discussion session runs roughly one hour and includes a related reading list and prompts for civic engagement actions.
Funding for the summer initiative was provided by the Lowell Institute.
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Politics in the Era of Global Pandemic
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