How can policy makers and urban health leaders plan through this uncertainty, and how can those plans help to address the changing nature of and existing inequalities in urban health?

COVID-19 has presented an opportunity to address some of the profound underlying problems of our health systems. We compare international health system responses to COVID-19, and outline clear lessons from the pandemic on how we might move forward.

COVID-19 has tested many countries’ health systems beyond their limits. Health services were overwhelmed by COVID patients and populations also faced barriers trying to get care and diagnoses for other conditions.

What steps to improve animal welfare do governments need to take to save humanity from a catastrophe that may be far greater than the ongoing COVID disaster?

Data-driven decision-making and the ability to communicate a large amount of information to audiences efficiently are vital in any industry.

What lessons have been learned from the pandemic in managing humanitarian responses in urban settings? How can we harness this to create a more just world where rights and dignity become the cornerstones of practice?

To mark International Women’s Day 2021, we explore how India can adopt more gender inclusive policy planning and implementation to manage the impact of COVID-19.

Aliya Rao explores how unemployment reinforces gender inegalitarian norms and behaviours when it comes to time, space and emotions. How might we tackle this seemingly backwards step?

Are pixellated images of leaders in tiny squares on a computer screen the 'new normal' for international diplomacy? What are the implications of the loss of physicality in diplomacy?

During the presidency of Donald Trump, the US pursued a more self-interested and transactional foreign policy, often seeing relations with other countries as a zero-sum game.