The Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, the India-Oxford Initiative and the Asian Studies Centre, University of Oxford organised an interdisciplinary symposium on the COVID-19 pandemic titled ‘We’re in This Together: Cross Jurisdictional Learnings for Governance, Policy and Law from Covid-19′.
The aim of the symposium was to bring together experts across disciplines and jurisdictions to facilitate a conversation about learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic and to build a joint foundation to tackle future public health emergencies more effectively.
The symposium was held on March 3 and featured two panel discussions. Watch the second one here.
Panel 2: Decision-Making Processes and Governance Structures during a Public Health Emergency
This panel discussed how speedy and efficient decision-making during a public health emergency can be balanced with transparent and inclusive processes. Some of the themes that were explored include individual rights versus the collective good, federalism and top-down decision-making, and the role of data in governance.
Introductory Remarks (Pre-recorded): Dave A Chokshi, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Panellists:
- Professor K Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India and Member, National COVID Taskforce, India
- Karthik Muralidharan, Tata Chancellor’s Professor of Economics, University of California, San Diego
- Radhika Nagesh, Research Assistant, Blavatnik School of Government
This discussion was moderated by Dhvani Mehta, Co-Founder, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy.
