Emergent Agency in a Time of Covid-19
Concluded project in the Movements, Policy and the Politics of Inequality theme within the Politics of Inequality research programme
The COVID-19 crisis has led to a flood of written material and webinars. Most international coverage of the crisis in low- and middle-income countries concentrates on the impact of the disease and the official response, for example the impact of governments’ lockdown measures on citizens. What often goes missing is an examination of human agency – how individuals, communities and grassroots organisations respond to the new challenges, both of the disease and the official response, and how this agency is emerging or changing in its nature. The Emergent Agency in a Time of COVID-19 initiative looks at this missing element.
- Dr Duncan Green, Professor in Practice in International Development, LSE and Senior Strategic Adviser at Oxfam GB
- Dr Irene Gujit, Head of Evidence and Strategic Learning, Oxfam GB
- Filippo Artuso, Research Manager, Oxfam GB
- Katrina Barnes, Evidence Uptake Lead, Oxfam GB
- Niranjan Nampoothiri, Portfolio Research Assistant, Institute of Development Studies
This project has produced a database of case studies of emergent agency.
Green, Duncan (2020) "Launching a new Research and Action programme on ‘Emergent Agency in a Time of Covid’. Want to join us?" Oxfam FP2P Blog.
Green, Duncan (2021) "What kinds of ‘Agency’ are emerging as grassroots organizations respond to Covid?"Oxfam FP2P Blog
Nampoothiri, Niranjan J. and Filippo Artuso (2021) "Civil Society’s Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019: Patterns from Two Hundred Case Studies of Emergent Agency", Journal of Creative Communications
Nampoothiri, Niranjan J. and Filippo Artuso (2021) "What can we learn from 200 case studies of ’emergent agency in a time of Covid’?"Oxfam FP2P Blog