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Science and Politics after the Pandemic

How has the relationship between science and politics been affected by the COVID-19 crisis and are we seeing a post-populist return of expertise?
How has the relationship between science and politics been affected by the COVID-19 crisis and are we seeing a post-populist return of expertise?
Thursday 1 October 2020 | 1 hour 25 minutes 30 seconds
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How has the relationship between science and politics been affected by the COVID-19 crisis and are we seeing a post-populist return of expertise?

Neil Ferguson (@neil_ferguson) is Director of the MRC Centre of Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial College London. His research has informed the response to COVID in a number of countries, including the UK

Laura Spinney (@lfspinney) is a science journalist and author of Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World.

Robin Archer is Director of the Ralph Miliband Programme.

The Ralph Miliband Programme (@rmilibandlse) is one of LSE's most prestigious lecture series and seeks to advance Ralph Miliband's spirit of free social inquiry.

This event forms part of , a series of debates about the direction the world could and should be taking after the crisis.

Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSECOVID19