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The Whitaker Institute Podcast Channel features a series of interviews and seminars on Innovation and Societal Change.

How to Understand COVID 19

Whitaker Institute member Dr John Danaher, of the Technology and Governance cluster, has released a podcast which discusses how to understand COVID19 and form reasonable beliefs about the public health information that has been issued in response to it. The podcast features Dr Katherine Furman, lecturer in philosophy at the University of Liverpool. Listen to the podcast… | Read on »

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The Ethics of Healthcare Prioritisation during COVID 19

Whitaker Institute member Dr John Danaher, of the Technology and Governance cluster, has released a podcast featuring Lars Sandman from the University of Linköping , Sweden. In the podcast they discusses the ethics of healthcare prioritisation in the midst of the COVID 19 pandemic, focusing specifically on some principles Lars, along with others, developed for the Swedish… | Read on »

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Grief in the Time of a Pandemic

Whitaker Institute member Dr John Danaher, of the Technology and Governance cluster, has released a podcast which discusses the nature of grief, the ethics of grief and how grief might change in the midst of a pandemic. John is joined by Michael Cholbi is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. Listen to the podcast here.

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COVID 19 and the Ethics of Infectious Disease Control

Whitaker Institute member Dr John Danaher, of the Technology and Governance cluster, has released a podcast which looks at the ethics of the infectious disease control measures implemented during the COVID19 pandemic. John is joined by Jonathan Pugh and Tom Douglas, both of whom are Senior Research Fellows at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics in… | Read on »

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Ethics in the time of Corona

Whitaker Institute member Dr John Danaher, of the Technology and Governance cluster, has released a podcast on the ethical questions raised in the pandemic. John is joined by Jeff Sebo, a Clinical Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Professor of Bioethics, Medical Ethics, and Philosophy, and Director of the Animal Studies M.A. Program at New York University…. | Read on »

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Highland Radio – COVID-19 Remote Working Employee Pulse Survey

Whitaker Institute member Professor Alma McCarthy, of the Work, Organizations and Society cluster, spoke with Highland Radio about the COVID-19 Remote Working Employee Pulse Survey which was launched jointly by the Whitaker Institute and Western Development Commission. The survey aims to gather data on employees’ experiences of remote working in these unprecedented times. Listen to the interview… | Read on »

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