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CALL FOR PAPERS: The Global Impact of the Coronavirus
In early 2020, it became very clear that a new contagion had entered the human population and was spreading across the globe. The novel coronavirus, first appearing in China, has now spread throughout the world and threatens to kill thousands, possibly millions, of people. Consistent with our mission of bringing sociology to the public, Contexts Magazine: Sociology for the Public is issuing a call for papers that address the spread of this disease from a social science perspective. We are particularly interested in hearing from scholars across the world facing nuanced challenges in their own countries at the local, state, and national level.
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
- How public agencies discover and monitor epidemics like the coronavirus.
- How specific organizations, such as hospitals and departments of health, are coping with the epidemic.
- The economic implications of the coronavirus epidemic.
- How popular culture and news organizations discuss and frame the virus.
- The politics of how health services are funded and provide services during epidemics.
- Innovations in how businesses, non-profits, and educational organizations are positioned to solve unique problems related to COVID-19.
- The impact of coronavirus on specific cities and neighborhoods.
- The social impact of “social distancing” and other methods of reducing transmission.
- Public attitudes on outbreaks and health crises like coronavirus.
- How social networks facilitate or reduce transmission of the coronavirus.
- Inequalities in the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19.
- Global comparisons of how different nations responded to the epidemic.
We ask that authors send the editors an opinion piece of 500-1000 words by March 20, 2020 at 5pm to editors@contexts.org. We have a preference for pieces that employ empirical data and/or policy approaches to illustrate how the rise of coronavirus impacts society and how social behaviors change the spread of the virus.
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Diditi Mitra
March 15, 2020Dear Editors,
I hate to say this, especially because I enjoy the magazine, this could have waited. Right now, people are traumatized by this virus. Enough have family members/friends dying. Others are extremely worried because they are taking care of the ill. Italy just declared that they will not offer treatment to those over 80 because the system cannot support it. I find this call to be offensive and opportunistic. Sociologists should be caring of humans not using this extreme situation as opportunity to expand one's cv.
Kind regards.
Aditi S.
March 15, 2020I completely echo the sentiments above.
Jeffrey Rowan
March 15, 2020I share the feelings above. This could wait. As a researcher myself, I understand the importance of scientific research, by all means, but I sincerely think we should sociology research should not be prioritized at this time point. This is offensive and does not leave the general population a positive and caring image of sociologists.
Kyler Sherman-Wilkins
March 16, 2020I respectfully disagree with the idea that this "should have waited." Papers in the natural sciences are being published as we 'type.' Sociologists have a vital role to play in understanding the social determinants and social consequences of this pandemic. It's not about expanding one's CV. It's about increasing our understanding of social phenomena. If you don't want to engage in this research at this time, then don't.
Angela Jones
March 16, 2020Folks, the point of Contexts is to bring sociological research to public audiences. This call is not about a line on a CV. It is timely and prudent. As sociologists, especially those who do public sociology, why wouldn’t we lend our expertise to public thinking and action to the crisis? The critiques of this call are way off-base.
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March 16, 2020Dear SOC Community: I have all respect for your worries, thoughts, and concerns. However, sociology must not keep itself away from its public responsibility, as all other academic disciplines have been doing for weeks and months. Sociology has the most sophisticated theoretical insights, conceptual tools, and policy ideas. It is high time for sociologists to gather and explain the experiences of people around the world affected by this pandemic. Contexts should go ahead of its great initiative. And we should appreciate its commitment to the general public. I thus think that this call for opinion piece is timely and appropriate. Thanks!
Anon
March 16, 2020“ ...sociology must not keep itself away from its public responsibility, as all other academic disciplines have been doing for weeks and months...Sociology has the most sophisticated theoretical insights, conceptual tools, and policy ideas.” Mm, no disciplinary exceptionalism here. I’m not a scientist but, isn’t science the forefront of this issue on a daily basis? You know, the medical experts who called this months in advanced but were silenced by their governments? You don’t need to be a sociologist to understand the importance of public-facing academic scholarship, the need for credible sources, or grasp the inadequacies of public policy. Nor do I think that sociologists can “explain the experiences of people around the word;” like, are we still holding on to positivism here?
Ismail Nooraddini
March 17, 2020I share the feelings above. This felt like someone saw this as an opportune moment to latch onto a pandemic for social exposure. As sociologists we should gauge public reception and know when it is okay and when it isn't okay to comment on perceptions of social experiences. Poor choice in timing.
Anna S. Mueller
March 17, 2020Sociologists are already weighing in with scientific perspectives (see jimi adams's impactful blog entry for IAPHS: https://iaphs.org/iaphs-blog/). While I dont plan to contribute, I look forward to reading the essays by my colleagues. Our job as sociologists is to contribute relevant science and insights where we can and COVID-19 is no different. Thanks for your leadership in making sociology matter, Contexts.
Kevin Fitzpatrick
March 18, 2020"If not us who, If not now, when?" We should be leading the discussion that makes this as much about the "social" as it is the biological and we should be doing it now. I have a team that is in preparation to do a full national panel on many of the issues that are raised in the Call for Papers, but realistically are at least a week or two out from full implementation and data collection. Contexts probably needs to rethink its deadline and if interested in sound scientific work, expect that most have barely gotten into the field and NSF just put out a call for proposals last week? Like all anthropogenic or natural occurring events, time is critical. Waiting, for whatever reason, just increases the risk to encounter all the things that as social scientists we love to complain about...
Kay R
March 19, 2020Quick question - what time zone is the 5pm submission for?
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March 20, 2020Friends, social distancing is important for slowing this down, but it will not stop the spread. We need testing, a lot more, now, so that the infected can be isolated for treatment and that their contact histories can be traced. Please urge our governments to do everything they can to facilitate this effort, urgently.
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March 21, 2020I wish I had found this earlier!
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March 23, 2020Coronavirus is gonna be the biggest challenge of modern society, it is already created the unprecedented situation, and nobody knows when it ends, but its impact on global economy already started to show first signs
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March 25, 2020The tale coronavirus, first showing up in China, has now spread all through the world and takes steps to murder thousands, conceivably millions, of individuals. Reliable with our crucial carrying human science to the general population.
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La Francis Rodgers-Rose
March 26, 2020I'm waiting not for another research analysis of critical Social Situations. I waiting for sociologists, whose expertise is understanding groups and social structures, to take their place with other social sciences and offer answers to the masses of people at times like these. We are called to answer the question raised by Robert Lynn more than 70 years ago: Sociology for What?" Sociologists in large numbers need to be on major media. People are talking sociology and know nothing about it.
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April 2, 2020Researchers are carrying out clinical trials and publishing results in England Journal of Medicine. A call for papers like this one is also a forum for sociologists to share their perspectives and viewpoints on "global impact of corona virus" which is also as important as any other fast-track proposals, papers and clinical trials. All these are enveloped in one word: Research. I do not see anything bad is this call.
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