Sociology and the Social Sciences in a Time of Pandemic Crisis

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https://doi.org/10.7203/RASE.13.2.17113

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Pandemic, crisis, health, science, sociology, social sciences

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This article provides a discussion on the role of sociology and other social sciences in order to analyze major social issues of the COVID-19 pandemic crises. Social conditions related to social structure, culture, the power of science and the construction of institutions related to health and R&D are discussed. Some impacts of the pandemic crisis are considered from the angle of the untended and unintended conse- quences of confinement. In the conclusions some thoughts about the effects of the crisis on the social sciences are provided.

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Manuel Fernández Esquinas, CSIC

Manuel Fernández Esquinas es científico titular del CSIC. Ha trabajado como sociólogo aplicado y consultor de políticas de innovación para varios gobiernos y organismos internacionales. Investiga sobre la organización de los sistemas de I+D y las estructuras sociales de la innovación. Ha publicado numerosos artículos en revistas como Higher Education, Science and Public Policy y Technological Forecasting and Social Change , entre otras, y en editoriales como Routledge, Edward Elgar y CIS . En la actualidad es  presidente de la Federación Española de Sociología y coordinador de la red de investigación ESA “Southern European Societies”.  

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2020-04-29

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Fernández Esquinas, M. (2020). Sociology and the Social Sciences in a Time of Pandemic Crisis. Revista De Sociología De La Educación-RASE, 13(2), 105–113. https://doi.org/10.7203/RASE.13.2.17113
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Vol. 13 No. 2 (2020): EDUCATING IN TIMES OF CONFINEMENT: THE TASK OF RENEWING A COMMON WORLD

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