The COVID Social Mobility & Opportunities study (COSMO) means we are now able to look in more depth at the mental health of the ‘covid generation’, including how their mental health compares to previous generations.
Knowing and Evidencing Mpox: A Rapid Policy-Focused Study of Community Organising, Communication, and Vaccine Engagements is an ESRC-funded project investigating the recent Mpox outbreak. The project sees the International Public Policy Observatory at UCL collaborating with colleagues from the Universities of Edinburgh, Bristol, and Manchester, and the UK Health Security Agency to fill previously-identified social science research gaps related to the outbreak. In December 2022, the project began its primary data collection phase by hosting the first of our professionally-facilitated “deliverative fora” roundtable discussions for those affected by the outbreak. Our first roundtable focused on...
We need to understand and accept that the benefits of challenging misinformation online outweigh the risk of staying silent.
Current research evidence suggests that communications aimed at debunking vaccine-related misinformation should be used judiciously and sparingly.
