Risk and crisis communication (R&CC) are crucial elements of managing vulnerability to big
threats. This paper aims to explore the trends and contributions of scientific publications to …

Background Educational disparities in health and health behaviours have always been
relevant in public health research and are particularly challenging in the context of the …

In December 2019, 18 years after the outbreak of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome)(see Wallis & Nerlich, 2005), a new SARS-like virus began to circulate and …

In this editorial, we introduce a special thematic collection of articles published in this current
issue, and earlier in 2021, which develop a range of social science approaches to studying …

Following mass social protests in 2019 and the enactment of a national security law in 2020
in Hong Kong, a significant proportion of Hong Kong people considered migrating to another …

Politicians and mainstream media in the EU, UK, and US regularly emphasize the need for
highly skilled migrants, but, over the last few decades, the terms and conditions for these …

The COVID-19 crisis is arguably the most important development of the 21st century so far
and takes its place alongside the great eruptions of the past century. As with any crisis, the …

Affect theory raises greater awareness of non-representational forces in social life that can
shape different levels of subjectivity in ways that may not be immediately known to the …

Dünya Sağlık Örgütü 11 Mart 2020 tarihinde salgının, korkutan yayılma ve panik yaratan
seviyesinden duyulan derin endişeye dayanarak COVID-19'un bir pandemi olarak …

A pervasive response to a disaster or crisis is stockpiling, colloquially known as hoarding or
panic buying (Chen, Rajabifard et al., 2020). In the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic …