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Covid-19 has demonstrated how future upheavals – from pandemics to climate change – will require strong cooperation between all actors, public and private. This column argues that trust, whether between people or in government and scientists, is a critical factor in addressing the challenges of a crisis like Covid-19. While health characteristics explain one-quarter of the

Vietnam emerged as an early pandemic success story. A new study of pandemic preparedness across 177 countries and territories appears to have found a key element in Vietnams success: trust.

Identification with one's nation predicts both greater engagement with public health behaviors, such as masking and social distancing, and support for public health policies, finds an analysis of attitudes across 67 countries.

Penn State's Jim Piazza returns to the show this week to discuss a new study on why the loser's consent is a critical part of a healthy democracy — and what happens when politicians and other elites fail to abide by it.

This literature review, written for the Royal Society, examines what social science says about echo chambers, filter bubbles and online polarisation more widely. 

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Attitudes about science were associated with compliance with shelter-in-place policies during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, according to research that analyzed anonymous cell phone location data. The study indicates that regions where people are more skeptical of science tend to adhere less strictly to stay-at-home orders. ...

Level increased regardless of health but virus ‘picks on’ those already at risk of illness or death

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Tunisia’s President Kais Saied issued a set of decisions this month effectively extending the suspension of the nation’s parliament, which began in July, until the next legislative elections, scheduled for December next year. More than a decade after the Arab Spring, Tunisia’s democratic progress is facing a major obstacle. Only 15 percent of Tunisians said that they trust the