2020 Conversations: Critical junctures: Reimagining regulatory governance

In a period of months, political and economic institutions across the world have been thrown into crisis by the spread of Covid-19. Leaders find themselves confronted by a series of critical junctures, moments of decision that will carry wide-ranging and long-lasting consequences for the basic structure of our societies.

In the 2020 Conversations series, the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) will host a series of events aiming to shed light on how processes of societal change which preceded Covid-19 have taken on new significance in this historical moment.

In three separate panel events, leading experts from across the social sciences will consider questions around the explosion and regulation of private data, the prospects for health equity in the wake of pandemic and the centrality of giant corporations across domains of politics and science. A final panel will consider how interdisciplinary social sciences aid in grappling with complex problems.

Register below for each webinar in the series:

Webinar 1 - Data

Tuesday 6 October | 10:30am - 12:00pm

Speakers: Associate Professor Julia Powles, Assistant Professor Natasha Tusikov, PhD candidate Jenna Harb

Chair: Professor Kate Henne

View Webinar 1:Data panel details and register here.

Webinar 2 - Virus

Tuesday 13 October | 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Speakers: Dr Nick Coatsworth, Dr Bel Townsend, Dr David Legge

Chair: Dr Yandisa Ngqangashe

View Webinar 2: Virus panel details and register here.

Webinar 3 - Corporations

Tuesday 20 October | 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Speakers: Emeritus Professor Peter Drahos, Dr Jensen Sass, Professor Stephen Bell

Chair: Professor Susan Sell

View Webinar 3- Corporations panel details and register here.

Webinar 4 - Complexity

Tuesday 27 October | 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Speakers: Professor Anthea Roberts, Professor Gabriele Bammer, Dr Virginia Marshall

Chair: Associate Professor Miranda Forsyth

View Webinar 4- Complexity panel details and register here.