Policy Seminar: In COVID’s Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us
A Conversation with Frances Lee, PhD, and Stephen Macedo, PhD, moderated by Mark Neuman, MD, MSc
Open to Penn affiliates
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated profound and far-reaching disruptions across public health, economic systems, sociopolitical institutions, and global governance. As its consequences unfold, critical analysis of national and transnational responses remains essential. Join us for a talk with the authors of In Covid’s Wake: The Global Impact of the Pandemic, an interdisciplinary collection of essays that brings together leading scholars to examine the pandemic’s multifaceted effects. Drawing on comparative and global perspectives, the discussion will address the effectiveness of public health interventions, the proliferation of misinformation, systemic strains on health care infrastructure, and the deeply uneven social and economic outcomes experienced across populations. By engaging with these themes, this seminar will aim to illuminate the enduring legacy of the COVID-19 crisis and contribute to scholarly and policy conversations on preparedness, resilience, and equity in the context of future global health emergencies.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy, and the Center for Perioperative Outcomes Research and Transformation (CPORT). Supported by the Charles C. Leighton, MD Memorial Fund.
Speakers
Frances Lee, PhD
Professor, Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs
Stephen Macedo, PhD
Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University
