HSRC Seminar: What’s Trust Got to Do With It? UJ-HSRC COVID-19 Democracy Survey Round 2
Description
HSRC Seminar: What’s Trust Got to Do With It? UJ-HSRC COVID-19 Democracy Survey Round 2 Public Launch
19 August 2020
Online seminar
Overview: This webinar addresses some of the main new findings of the online multilingual Covid-19 Democracy Survey conducted by researchers from the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Social Change (CSC) and the Human Sciences Research Council’s Developmental, Capable and Ethical State division (DCES). Round 1 of the survey covered the early hard lockdown period and early part of level 4 between 13 April to 13 May 2020. During the webinar, the first presentation of follow-up findings from Round 2 of the survey is presented, looking at patterns of change among South Africans from a social sciences and humanities perspective.
CHAIR:
Prof Dumisani Moyo, Vice Dean: Teaching and Learning, UJ
OPENING:
Dr Yul Derek Davids, DCES HSRC
PANEL:
Prof. Kate Alexander, Chair of Social Change, UJ: Masks, Schools and Social Dynamics
Prof. Narnia Bohler-Muller, and Dr Ben Roberts, DCES HSRC: A growing trust divide: Confidence in government’s Covid-19 leadership and policy choices
DISCUSSION:
Kelebogile Afrika, UJ, and Ngqapheli Mchunu, HSRC
For more information and presentations: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/events/seminars/whats-trust-got-to-do-with-it
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