Research on Covid-19
UJ Sociology department and research outputs on the impact of Covid-19 and society.
- Alexander, K., Runciman, C. and Bohler-Muller, N. 2020. Class and the Covid-19 crisis: questions of convergence and divergence. The Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-05-20-class-and-the-covid-19-crisis-questions-of-convergence-and-divergence/
- Chagonda, T. 2020. “Zimbabwe’s shattered economy poses a serious challenge to fighting COVID-19”. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/zimbabwes-shattered-economy-poses-a-serious-challenge-to-fighting-covid-19-135066
- Desai, A. 2021. When the machine stops: A COVID-19 confusion of ideas and numbers. 10-chapter machine.pdf
- Desai, A. 2020. Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-06-19-covid-19-fathers-day-and-the-beautiful-torment-of-books/
- Desai, A. 2020. Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-05-27-a-walking-talking-wonderland/
- Desai, A. 2020. Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-05-19-knickerbocker-glory-and-emperor-patels-new-clothing-regulations/
- McDonald, Z. 2020. Covid-19 exposes the underbelly of South Africa’s education. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/covid-19-exposes-the-underbelly-of-south-africas-education-system-138563
- Roberts, B., Runciman, C., Bohler-Muller, N. and Alexander, K. 2020. Up in Smoke: Public reflections on decision to extend the ban on tobacco sales. The Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-05-04-up-in-smoke-public-reflections-on-decision-to-extend-the-ban-on-tobacco-sales/
- Rugunanan, P. Blog post. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/pandemic-border/south-africa-belongs-to-all-who-live-in-it-covid-19-showed-it-does-not/
- Runciman, C. 2020. Why easing the lockdown threatens to put workers in South Africa at risk. The Conversation. Available online at https://theconversation.com/why-easing-the-lockdown-threatens-to-put-workers-in-south-africa-at-risk-138846
- Runciman, C., Hongoro, C., Bohler-Muller, N. and Alexander, K. 2020. Calls for bolder action as lockdown exposes fault lines of inequality. The Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-05-06-calls-for-bolder-action-as-lockdown-exposes-fault-lines-of-inequality/
- Roberts, B., Runciman, C., Bohler-Muller, N. and Alexander, K. 2020. Up in Smoke: Public reflections on decision to extend the ban on tobacco sales. The Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-05-04-up-in-smoke-public-reflections-on-decision-to-extend-the-ban-on-tobacco-sales/
- Runciman, C., Roberts, B., Alexander, K. and Bekker, M. 2020. Unlocking the public’s preferences: What South Africans think of lockdown and policy responses. The Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-04-30-unlocking-the-publics-preferences-what-south-africans-think-of-lockdown-and-policy-responses/
- Runciman, C. 2020. Gaps in South Africa’s relief scheme leave some workers with no income. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/gaps-in-south-africas-relief-scheme-leave-some-workers-with-no-income-136403