Pandemics: The Basics: The Basics

ISBN-13: 9780367610210 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 204 str.

Elisa Pieri

Opis

This book provides an engaging, jargon-free introduction to the threat of global pandemics, offering an overview of the many origins and triggers of pandemic events.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Threat of Global Pandemics  2. A Step Change in Security and Preparedness  3. The Media  4. Ethical and Social Tensions in Pandemic Preparedness and Response  5. Pandemic Simulations and Modelling  6. All for One, One for All

O autorze

Elisa Pieri is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester, UK, where she has been conducting research on Securing Cities Against Global Pandemics (Simon Fellowship Award, 2016-2019). As an expert commentator, she has frequently contributed to the media and policy debate on the COVID-19 pandemic. Her work focuses on security, governance of radical uncertainty, science and technology studies, and the urban. Her previous interdisciplinary research projects were on emergent technologies, including genomics, biometrics, and identity technologies.