Thomas Hale argues that, with more pandemics ahead, nations shouldn’t rely on spontaneous volunteer efforts for mission-critical information.

How has China, one of the countries with the strictest COVID-19 prevention policies, balanced pandemic prevention and control with economic development? The city of Yibin in Sichuan province provides an interesting example.

Director of the Lemann Foundation Programme at Oxford Anna Petherick outlines the programme's initial research and knowledge exchange priorities and why these matter to Brazil and many other countries across the Global South.

The team that tracks Chinese provinces' data for the COVID-19 Government Response Tracker investigates some patterns with important implications for the country's strategy.

Brazil was the first subnational project of the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker. It has been going since the summer of 2020, amid some challenges and many successes.

Vaccines have transformed the world of pandemic policy and the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker is adapting. The team explain the changes in details.

The current trucker-inspired protests that have spread from Canada to other countries share three features that make them particularly difficult to manage. But governments and law-enforcement agencies can still apply some well-established conflict-management lessons.

How long will China continue to pursue suppression of COVID-19 transmission? The team who collect and analyse China's data for our COVID-19 Government Response Tracker argue that a change of strategy is not likely.