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COVID-19 and implications for national and global policy 

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This project aims to outline mid- and long-term scenarios to improve understanding of the options for achieving an optimistic and fair end to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background

For much of the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, policy-makers and the public focused on the immediate health crisis, and the promise of ending it through vaccine development.

With the short-term needs of the ongoing healthcare emergency demanding so much attention, the pandemic’s many other consequences were less studied. Early during the pandemic, the ISC identified the importance of exploring these other facets, aiming to understand how decisions made by governments and individuals could drive more positive or negative outcomes. To that end, the COVID-19 Outcome Scenarios project aimed to provide facts and analysis to policy-makers and citizens to help inform better decision-making.

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To inform the direction of the project, the ISC consulted with the World Health Organization and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. A multidisciplinary oversight panel of top global experts from relevant disciplines led the project.

Activities and impact

Oversight panel

Salim Abdool Karim

Salim Abdool Karim

Vice-President for Outreach and Engagement

International Science Council

Salim Abdool Karim
Geoffrey Boulton

Geoffrey Boulton

ISC Foundation Fellow (June 2022)

Geoffrey Boulton
Prof. Craig Calhoun

Prof. Craig Calhoun

ISC Foundation Fellow (June 2022)

Prof. Craig Calhoun
Prof. George Gao

Prof. George Gao

Professor

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Prof. George Gao
Sir Peter Gluckman

Sir Peter Gluckman

President

International Science Council

Sir Peter Gluckman
Eric Goosby

Eric Goosby

Professor of Medicine

University of California, San Francisco

Eric Goosby
Elizabeth Jelin

Elizabeth Jelin

ISC Fellow (Dec 2022)

Elizabeth Jelin
Chor Pharn Lee

Chor Pharn Lee

Principal Strategist

Centre for Strategic Futures

Chor Pharn Lee
Peter Piot

Peter Piot

ISC Foundation Fellow (June 2022)

Peter Piot
Prof. Lucia Reisch

Prof. Lucia Reisch

Director

El-Erian Institute for Behavioural Economics and Policy

Prof. Lucia Reisch
Aminata Sall Diallo

Aminata Sall Diallo

Professor of Physiology

Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry of Cheikh Anta Diop University

Aminata Sall Diallo
Ismail Serageldin

Ismail Serageldin

Honorary Fellow (Dec 2022)

Ismail Serageldin
Dr. Anjana Singh

Dr. Anjana Singh

Academician

Nepal Academy of Sciences (NAST)

Dr. Anjana Singh
Christiane Woopen

Christiane Woopen

Director

Center for Life Ethics

Christiane Woopen
Ian Goldin

Ian Goldin

ISC Fellow (Dec 2022)

Ian Goldin

Observers

Mami Mizutori

Mami Mizutori

Japanese diplomat

Mami Mizutori

Acknowledgements

News & Events

news
30 June 2021 - 5 min read

Open call for participation in ISC regional COVID-19 online workshops

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blog
19 February 2021 - 10 min read

Using intellectual property to help COVID-19 vaccine policy and distribution

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Project team

James Waddell James Waddell

James Waddell

Science Officer, Political Affairs Liaison

Global Science Policy Unit, International Science Council

James Waddell

Publications

publications
13 May 2023

Unprecedented and Unfinished, Second Edition

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publications
16 May 2022

Unprecedented & Unfinished: COVID-19 and Implications for National and Global Policy

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