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  1. Evidence and Practice in an age of inequality 5th ACFID Universities Network Conference

    …tiple manifestations has persisted and in some cases worsened. Inequality relates to income or material inequality, but also extends to interrelated issues of access to vital resources including health, education, and justice. Moreover, issues such as gender and sexuality, disabilities, health, age, religion and ethnic minorities, and intersecting forms of discrimination are all part of a wider net of the experience of inequality. Such issues are…

  2. The right to science | UN general comment | Ideas for collaboration

    …d universities among others we have established an independent association called Science for Democracy that monitors the implementation of the so-called ‘right to science’ (the abbreviated form of the rights under discussion) in the signatory countries and beyond. Among other initiatives, our association contributes to the World Congress for the Freedom of Scientific Research and to the publication of the respective Index (here: https://www.freed…

  3. COVID-19 Reflections: A Global Capability Crisis

    …unless policies find ways to take such factors into account. A raft of fiscal policies have been introduced to protect workers though they are novel and are taking time to work. Support for businesses through the provision of loans have been hampered by the fact that the uncertainty means commercial banks have been reluctant to underwrite many of the applications. In the UK and some other European countries, generous short-term employment subsidi…

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