Just Emergencies Episode 15: Covid-19 and the Migrant Crisis
In episode 15, Dr. Shahvisi discusses the migrant ‘crisis’, the impact of Covid-19 on refugee populations, vaccine nationalism, and academic activism.
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Just Emergencies Episode 14: Vulnerability as Layers – Vulnerability Part 6
In Episode 14 of Just Emergenices ‘Vulnerability as Layers,’ Professor Florencia Luna discusses her conception of layers of vulnerability.
» Read moreJust Emergencies Episode 13: Moral Experiences of Healthcare Providers in Covid-19 Research
McGill Research Assistant Eliza Yadav interviews Professor Matthew Hunt and Research Coordinator Ani Chenier about their collective study on the ethics of conducting clinical research during the COVID-19 pandemic.
» Read moreAJoB Commentary: To What Extent Are Calls for Greater Minority Representation in COVID Vaccine Research Ethically Justified? – by Angela Ballantyne & Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra
In their AJoB Commentary, Angela Ballantyne and Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra discuss to what extent the under-representation of minoritised ethnic groups in Covid-19 vaccine research constitutes an injustice.
» Read moreJust Emergencies Episode 12: Vulnerability Part 5 with Prof. Samia Hurst
In Episode 12 ‘Vulnerability Part 5’ Professor Samia Hurst discusses her conception of vulnerability and what it can tell us about the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
» Read moreSummer Hiatus & More Resources
We’re taking a brief break in August! Please see the post for resources to keep you busy until then.
» Read moreRecognising Mental Health Vulnerabilities in Conflict for Asylum Seekers: The Case of AS [Safety of Kabul] Afghanistan [2018] UKUT 118 (IAC) – by Ayesha Ahmad
Ayesha Ahmad, drawing on her experience as an expert witness in asylum seeker cases, discusses the conflict between the trauma that asylum seekers embody, live, and express and the way that such stories are received by the paradigms of psychiatry and law.
» Read moreJust Emergencies Episode 11: Covid-19 and Political Resistance
In Episode 11 of ‘Just Emergencies’, Meena Krishnamurthy talks about the ongoing anti-racist protests around the world, whether there’s an obligation to participate in them – especially during a worldwide pandemic-, and how they differ politically and philosophically from the anti-Covid-19 protests that have also sprung up.
» Read more‘Kung Flu’: It’s Not Me, It’s You – by Emma Nance
Emma Nance, postgraduate student on the LLM in Medical Law and Ethics at Edinburgh University School of Law, shares her thoughts and personal experience of racism in the context of Covid-19.
» Read moreJust Emergencies Episode 10: Covid-19: Sociological Reflections on Vulnerability, Gender, and Care
In Episode 10 of Just Emergenices, Dr Verina Wild and Professor Paula-Irene Villa Braslavsky discuss the relationship between ‘Vulnerability, Gender, and Care’ in the context of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and through a sociological lens.
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