Dreams that are more vivid, more frequent and more striking… Lockdown seems to trouble our nights as well as our days, and there’s reason to believe that’s not just a figment of our imagination.
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From music to porn, online platforms including Twitch, Patreon, Streamlabs, OnlyFans, and SubStack are becoming more familiar to consumers. But will they give creators an income?
Long before the Indian government responded to the threat of COVID-19 with a lockdown, residents of Shivaji Nagar, with the support of a local NGO, were protecting and helping one another.
Visits to ‘adult’ sites surged in March when coronavirus pandemic restrictions came in. While tastes vary around the country, a disproportionate share of traffic comes from our biggest cities.
Our experts mull what it will take to keep people healthy, whether there should be optimism for a vaccine and how to fight lockdown fatigue.
Federal authorities have input, but states reign supreme – unless they decide to let local governments make the call.
COVID-19 is not a cause of domestic abuse and focusing on this event obscures the underlying causes, offering perpetrators excuses for their abusive behaviour.
A new analysis tried to estimate Americans’ ‘willingness to pay’ based on the implied value of social distancing and other public intervention measures.
Before the pandemic, the country was making great strides towards creating more compact, sustainable and liveable cities.
Everyone wants less time commuting, better email etiquette and new places to work from.
Lots of research shows why video calls are mentally and emotionally taxing.
It’s possible to evaluate countries’ readiness to lift their lockdowns, based on how well they managed the first wave of the pandemic, and how ready they are for a digital economy.
Playgrounds might have been closed, but play remains important for the social fabric of cities and for reimagining the possibilities that are open to us.
The loss of livelihoods flowing from the efforts to combat the pandemic highlights the dearth of social protection measures on the continent.
Between teleworking, distance learning and the use of social networks, the current period is unusual in our use of the Internet. How does the network work? How to use it well?
Cities can learn from past pandemics to see how communities and lifestyles are shaped by outbreaks.
From balcony concerts to Zoom choirs, neuroscience shows why people are compelled to connect through music while the pandemic keeps them under stay-at-home orders.
After the ‘world’s biggest work-from-home experiment’, many people (and their employers) might decide they needn’t commute every day. If even a fraction do that, infrastructure needs will change.
Lockdowns will have to be lifted cautiously and new waves of infection are likely.
Providing nutritious food can ensure better health outcomes that will reach beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
Principales colaboradores
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, York University, Canada
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Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
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Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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President, Food Secure Canada
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia
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Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor of Physics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Distinguished Professor and Director, Urban Futures Enabling Capability Platform, and Director, Healthy Liveable Cities Group, RMIT University
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Professor of Psychology and ARC Laureate Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professional Research Fellow, Victoria University
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Professor, Health Policy, Victoria University
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Professor of Sociology, Queensland University of Technology
