The COVID-19 pandemic caused a spike in the prevalence of stress and anxiety (Yao et al.,
2020). Globally, between January 2020 and January 2021, depressive disorders increased …

The paper deals with preparedness, a take on biological threats of growing academic and
policy relevance, as a clue to ongoing changes in governmental approaches. We first …

Abstract Recent controversies surrounding Michel Foucault suggest tensions and
unresolved issues in his unfinished work. Here we interrogate Foucault's legacy in relation …

The UK Government has produced an array of televised information adverts or 'campaigns'
to increase public awareness of COVID-19 and promote compliance with its subsequent …

This article explores the limitations of the oft-used biopolitical frameworks of interpreting the
regulatory emergency measures that have been enacted worldwide in the face of the …

In this essay we take stock of the shortcomings, successes, and promises of'biopolitics' to
understand and frame global health crises such as COVID-19. We claim that rather than …

Covid-19 represented a total social fact, especially for that part of the world (the so-called
Global North and in particular its wealthier component) which is less used to face dramatic …

This paper argues for actual and legal regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) and facial
recognition. These new technologies represent great opportunities to improve the welfare of …

The global spread of the coronavirus pandemic has particularly dramatic consequences for
the lives of migrants and refugees living in already marginalised and restricted conditions …

In this article, I develop a critique of the forms of differential vulnerability produced by
biopolitical technologies of power which became particularly salient during the COVID-19 …