Diggit Magazine

The coronavirus crisis is a textbook example of contemporary globalization processes. Let us run through some of its key features.

Greeting is a fine art. COVID-19 makes that people all around the world are now trading their handshakes for lower-risk gestures.

The COVID19 lockdown crisis involves many of us rapidly learning and adjusting to entirely new rules, many of which used to be 'weird' until recently.

In the coronavirus crisis, many universities - including Tilburg University - set up online exams and proctoring to ensure students can graduate. Linnet Taylor (Tilburg University) highlights the problems this brings, suggesting alternatives.

Covid-19 affects us all, but it affects us differently. In this column I look at #StayAtHome policies outside of middle-class realities, and argue for caring and compassionate policy interventions that support the most vulnerable.