02/10/2021
Theme: “TRANSITIONING TO A POST-COVID 19 WORLD: STRUGGLES, RESPONSES, AND LESSONS”
The impacts of the global health crisis that is the COVID-19 pandemic have been unprecedented, transforming our lives and even the planet. At the onset of the crisis, economies had plunged to near flat-line conditions, surviving only by the enormous emergency loan borrowings. The social fabric had reached near tearing point as populations were subjected to various forms of lockdowns, forced to don masks and personal protective equipment, employ online modalities, even while observing physical distancing. Meanwhile, befuddled governments unprepared for the chaos unleashed by the pandemic, naively waiting for a return to pre-COVID 19 normalcy with ill-timed and poorly thought-out responses, risking their citizens’ lives to the menace of the virus.
In the ensuing months which saw the race for the development of a vaccine, the hope for an end to the pandemic nonetheless grew. Now, with the ongoing worldwide distribution of the variously developed vaccines against the virus, the glimmer of the possibility of transitioning to a post-COVID 19 world can be contemplated.
Submissions and Conference Topics
The 2021 Ateneo de Naga University – International Research Conference 3 (2021 ADNU-IRC 3) is inviting submissions of abstracts and panel proposals that can explore the theme above. In particular, it aims to bring together studies or research which are concerned with the struggles with, responses to, and lessons from the global health crisis that is the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Submissions of abstracts and panel proposals may be directed towards any of the three clusters of “struggles, responses, and lessons” and along the following suggested topics:
COVID-19 and its impacts on education
The pandemic and mental health
COVID-19 and its transformations of the social and cultural landscape
State and non-state responses to the pandemic
COVID-19 and its economic impacts
Business resilience amidst the global pandemic
The role of science and technology during health crises
Digital technologies and the pandemic
Plenary Speakers
Prof. Peter Murphy
Adjunct Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at La Trobe University
Adjunct Professor in The Cairns Institute at James Cook University
Bundorra, Australia
Author of COVID-19 – Proportionality, Public Policy and Social Distancing (2020) Palgrave
Dr. Kathleen B. Aviso
Assistant Dean for Research and Advanced Studies
De La Salle University
Manila, Philippines
“Asia’s Rising Scientist” by Asian Scientist Magazine for her environmental research using mathematics.
Hailed by CNN Philippines for leading a research team that “developed an anti-viral and vaccine allocation model that can help reduce COVID-19 mortality rates in the country”
Online Conference Experience
The pandemic brought about by the COVID-19 virus has altered the mode of academic and scholarly engagement across the globe, the result of prevailing health and safety protocols. Consequently, the 2021 ADNU-ECRC will be held fully online during the conference dates.
An online conference experience allows for increased accessibility for participation, novel modes of socializing and networking, the ability to attend all presentations even simultaneous ones, and reduced registration cost for the participants.
All presentations, including the keynote lectures, are pre-recorded and will be made available to participants. A live online open forum will follow these presentations.
The Conference uses Zoom as its online platform.
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For more information, contact ADNU IRC Secretariat - University Research Council ([email protected]), Ateneo de Naga University, Naga City (054) 881-2368 local 1036 or 2101
