Pandemic, States and Societies in the Asia-Pacific, 2020-2021: Responding to Covid

Hawksley and Georgeoubring together scholars and practitioners from across the region to analyse the main effects of the first two years of the COVID pandemic in a range of case studies from Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia and Oceania.

Charles Hawksley is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at the University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia. Charles holds a PhD in politics from UOW. His research on the politics of the Asia-Pacific has appeared in Third World Quarterly, Rethinking Marxism, and Global Change Peace and Security.

Nichole Georgeou is Associate Professor in Humanitarian and Development Studies at Western Sydney University, Australia. Nichole holds a PhD and an MA (Research) from UOW in development sociology. She is the author of Neoliberalism, Development and Aid Volunteering (Routledge) among many other publications.