COVID-19 responses: A living archive

• Main Author: Centre for AI & Data Governance (SMU)
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: COVID-19; COVID; crisis; pandemic governance; Law and Society; Public Health
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/caidg/10; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=caidg
• Institution: Singapore Management University

COVID-19 has reshaped our lives, the global economy, and the geopolitical landscape in unimaginable ways. Socio-economic disruptions are keenly felt across every sector in every country and irreversible damage has been done to our collective health and livelihood opportunities. From a health crisis, the pandemic has insidiously unfolded into a human one - where efforts taken to contain the virus have resulted in the targeting and/or neglect of vulnerable populations, the exacerbation of structural inequalities, and the pushback against fundamental rights and freedoms. The prolonging of this health crisis has also accentuated the need for better governance as questions of ethical compliance (including its lack thereof) and complicity arise. Yet, it remains important that we do not lose sight of our strength in this period of adversity. In precious moments where we are able to witness our innate human resilience and capacity to thrive in the face of this unprecedented health (political and economic) crisis, we must consider ourselves so fortunate. This compendium draws together a collection of some of the research produced by the Singapore Management University’s Centre of Artificial Intelligence & Data Governance during the course of this health crisis. The included papers seek to showcase the sum of our thinking on critical AI governance issues that have emerged in this pandemic as a result of State control approaches and responses. In putting together this series, our editorial goal is a simple but worthy one: we endeavour to provide our readers with an accessible understanding of the evolving COVID-19 related issues to inspire policy and regulatory refinement for future pandemic governance.