Collateral Global is dedicated to researching, understanding and communicating the global impacts of policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A crisis to worsen all crises: living with lockdowns in the Global South.

A crisis to worsen all crises: living with lockdowns in the Global South.

In this episode Reva Yunus and Aleida Borges talk about the gendered aspects of a very ‘punitive’ pandemic response, especially in the Global South. Dr Aleida Mendes Borges also talks about the book, “Pandemic response and the cost of lockdowns. Global debates from humanities and social sciences”, which she co-edited with Peter Sutoris, Sinéad Murphy […]

By: Aleida Borges, Reva Yunus 16 April 2023
The Children of Nowhere

The Children of Nowhere

This film, by Kunal Purohit and Abeer Khan (biographies below) for Collateral Global, cuts to the heart of CG’s research agenda: understanding the enormity of the harms which lockdowns brought about among vulnerable populations in the Global South. The education loss among poor kids in Low- and Middle-Income Countries has been nothing less than devastating, as […]

By: Abeer Khan, Kunal Purohit 23 March 2023
Did Covid-19 restrictions break British society?

Did Covid-19 restrictions break British society?

In this CG Conversation, Dr Jennie Bristow talks to Professor David Livermore about the consequences of lockdowns and social distancing restrictions for the fabric of social life. As we move on from the pandemic itself, to what extent have the behaviours and mores of pre-Covid times changed? On one hand, dystopian fears about the end […]

By: David Livermore, Jennie Bristow 9 March 2023
Covid Stories webapp

Covid Stories webapp

12 May 2023
Collateral Impacts WebApp

Collateral Impacts WebApp

23 March 2023
Episode 5 - The condition of educational institutions in Goudomp

Episode 5 - The condition of educational institutions in Goudomp

By: Mamadou Ndiaye 2 May 2023
Episode 4 - The Hotel at Goudomp

Episode 4 - The Hotel at Goudomp

By: Mamadou Ndiaye 3 March 2023
Episode 3 - Covid 19, Fear and Social breakdown

Episode 3 - Covid 19, Fear and Social breakdown

By: Mamadou Ndiaye 27 January 2023

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The Infectious Diseases We Don't Seem to Care About 3 mins

The Infectious Diseases We Don't Seem to Care About

Childhood vaccination disruptions illustrate how detached from reality, rationality, & morality response measures have become.

By: Alberto Giubilini 30 June 2021
What It Means for Pandemic Response Measures to Be Ethical 7 mins

What It Means for Pandemic Response Measures to Be Ethical

By: Alberto Giubilini 14 June 2021
The Elderly and the Pandemic Response 5 mins

The Elderly and the Pandemic Response

We must mind the gap between reasonable restrictions and state paternalism

By: Alberto Giubilini 17 May 2021
Collateral effects of lockdown to combat the COVID-19-pandemic in Austria

Collateral effects of lockdown to combat the COVID-19-pandemic in Austria

Andreas Sönnichsen, MD Download full article here Background In March 2020 the Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz proclaimed that within weeks “everybody will have a family member or good friend dead due to COVID and Austria will face the horror of tens of thousands of deaths”. With these statements Austria went into lockdown on March 16, […]

By: Andreas Sönnichsen MD 17 January 2023
Interview with Dr. Reginald M.J. Oduor on Covid-19 Measures in Kenya

Interview with Dr. Reginald M.J. Oduor on Covid-19 Measures in Kenya

Professor Toby Green speaks with University of Nairobi lecturer Dr. Reginald M.J. Oduor on the impact of Covid-19 measures in Kenya

By: CG Production Team, Toby Green 24 June 2022
Q&A with Filmmakers Abeer Khan and Kunal Purohit

Q&A with Filmmakers Abeer Khan and Kunal Purohit

Q&A with the filmmakers of CG's newest film 'Sex Workers in India: The Impact of Lockdowns'

By: CG Production Team 24 March 2022
A crisis to worsen all crises: living with lockdowns in the Global South.

A crisis to worsen all crises: living with lockdowns in the Global South.

By: Aleida Borges, Reva Yunus 16 April 2023
The Children of Nowhere

The Children of Nowhere

By: Abeer Khan, Kunal Purohit 23 March 2023
Did Covid-19 restrictions break British society?

Did Covid-19 restrictions break British society?

By: David Livermore, Jennie Bristow 9 March 2023
Toby Green & Thomas Fazi

Toby Green & Thomas Fazi

ARTICLE - The Covid Consensus book launch in partnership with Collateral Global.

By: Kings College London 25 January 2023
Carl Heneghan & Tom Jefferson

Carl Heneghan & Tom Jefferson

ARTICLE - The UK Covid Response: A Stool with Three Legs

By: Brownstone Institute 28 April 2022
Carl Heneghan & Tom Jefferson

Carl Heneghan & Tom Jefferson

ARTICLE - The Covid care-homes scandal

By: Spiked 28 April 2022
CG Mini-Lectures: How seasonality affects the spread of a new virus

CG Mini-Lectures: How seasonality affects the spread of a new virus

By: CG Production Team, Sunetra Gupta 16 February 2022
PCR Test FAQs

PCR Test FAQs

By: David Livermore 5 February 2022
Freedom of Information in the United Kingdom FAQs

Freedom of Information in the United Kingdom FAQs

By: Campaign for Freedom of Information, CG Research Team 4 February 2022
Q&A with Dr Adu-Gyamfi on the impact of lockdowns in Ghana

Q&A with Dr Adu-Gyamfi on the impact of lockdowns in Ghana

Professor Toby Green and Dr Samuel Adu-Gyamfi discuss the catastrophic impacts Covid lockdown policies have had in Ghana

By: Dr Adu-Gyamfi, Toby Green 20 April 2022
Vaccine Mandates: New Questions

Vaccine Mandates: New Questions

Allyson Pollock, Carl Heneghan, and Paula Byrne discuss key policy questions around vaccine mandates

By: Allyson Pollock, Carl Heneghan, Paula Byrne 25 March 2022
Mass Testing: Expensive, Chaotic, and Wasteful

Mass Testing: Expensive, Chaotic, and Wasteful

Professor of Public Health Allyson Pollock discusses the pitfalls of mass PCR testing.

By: Allyson Pollock 22 February 2022
YOUR STORIES: 15 mins

YOUR STORIES: "How Naive We Were"

By: Gilbert Jackson 5 October 2021
The Strain of Pandemic Restrictions on  Disabled Adults and Their Families 3 mins

The Strain of Pandemic Restrictions on Disabled Adults and Their Families

By: Perry Blatz 2 October 2021
90 Years Old and Unafraid 14 mins

90 Years Old and Unafraid

By: AJ Kay 17 May 2021
Part Six - It Ain’t What You Do; It’s The Way That You Do It 4 mins

Part Six - It Ain’t What You Do; It’s The Way That You Do It

By: Paul Dolan 1 July 2021
Part Five - Capturing the Full Effects of Policy Interventions 3 mins

Part Five - Capturing the Full Effects of Policy Interventions

By: Paul Dolan 14 June 2021
Part Four - The Effects of Fear at a Time of Crisis 4 mins

Part Four - The Effects of Fear at a Time of Crisis

By: Amanda Henwood, Paul Dolan 1 June 2021

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