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COVID-19 and Africa: pandemics and global politics

Hosted by ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳'s public event series - COVID-19: The Policy Response

Online public event

Speakers

Professor Assis Malaquias

Professor Assis Malaquias

Elizabeth Sidiropoulos

Elizabeth Sidiropoulos

Dr Folashadé Soulé

Dr Folashadé Soulé

Chair

Professor Chris Alden

Professor Chris Alden

A panel of leading African commentators will reflect on the global response to the health dimensions of the pandemic in Africa.

Our speakers will look at what the global response to the pandemic tells us about the emerging multi-polar world, the role of cooperation and collective action in this emerging multi-polarity, the impact of US-China competition and the significance for African states as autonomous actors in this changing global context.

Assis Malaquias is Professor and Chair of the Department of Global Studies and Maritime Affairs at the California State University (Maritime).

Elizabeth Sidiropoulos is the Chief Executive of the South African Institute of International Affairs.

Folashadé Soulé is a Senior Research Associate in International Relations at the University of Oxford (Blavatnik School of Government).

Chris Alden is Co-Director of the Global South Unit and Professor in International Relations at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.

This event is part of .

COVID-19 represents an enormous challenge for the social sciences to help governments and non-governmental organisations respond to the economic and societal consequences of the pandemic. Part of ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳'s response to this challenge is a series of online public events that will take place over the Summer Term.

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This event in the series has been organised by ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ IDEAS.

The next event in this series will take place at 2pm on 2 June on .

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