The role of governance, law, and privacy
How do we organize a social distancing society in such a way that people are safe and privacy infringement is kept to a minimum? What opportunities does the crisis offer to resolve problems, including existing ones that are now magnified? Politicians and administrators, charged to take measures, are facing tough choices. Tilburg University researchers offer their expertise to move forward in these uncertain times.
Tilburg University joins the quest for answers
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Linnet Taylor
Data ethicsHow safe are coronavirus tracking apps? Such apps sound scary – and they are, Dr. Linnet Taylor told Univers . But what is really scary about them is not so much their impact on our privacy as it is the false sense of security they give: in reality they can quite easily compromise our safety. - April 16, 2020
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Kenny Meesters
Crisis and information managementWhat information do we need to maintain social distancing? Dr. Kenny Meesters specializes in information management in disaster situations and works at the Landelijk Operationeel Team Corona (LOT-C, national corona operations team). Prompting his transition from the classroom to the crisis team, the COVID-19 pandemic has turned his life upside down, he told Omroep Brabant. - May 9 , 2020
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Paul Frissen
Public administrationWhat is the government’s role in the corona crisis? It should limit itself, says Professor of Public administration Paul Frissen in an interview by Sociale Vraagstukken (in Dutch). The government should try and keep people safe but cannot completely take away people’s fear and should stay away from ‘prevention thinking’.
Background
Jörg Raab: corona crisis needs powerful network responses
Together with the Tilburg professor Patrick Kenis, Jörg Raab (dept. Organization Studies) has conducted research into (inter)organizational networks responding to contagious diseases. In this video he explains that many actors come into play, which creates the need for powerful ‘network responses’. The national coordination authority, or the RIVM in the corona crisis in the Netherlands, has to have the authority and a mandate, but also needs time and resources in order to recognize, monitor and evaluate networks. A focus on the virus in question is too narrow.