As the world tries to climb out of the Covid-19 pandemic, other structural crises are looming on the horizon. Environmental degradation and climate change, mounting debts and financial instability, inadequate healthcare systems, widening economic and social disparities, and the rise of populism has become endemic to the human society.
What is the relation between these multiple crises, how do we understand the causes, and what are the consequences?
Do we use these crises as wake-up calls to bring about needed changes or return to business-as-usual when the embers of the pandemic burnout?
The Institute of Asian Studies. Chulalongkorn University cordially invite you to a public lecture and a launch of “Covid–19 and the Structural Crises of Our Time” by a renowned Malaysian economist and author LIM Mah Hui, followed by introspective commentary from Chris BAKER, Piti SRISANGNAM and Anuk PITUKTHANIN.
Date: Thursday, July 7th, 2022
Time: 9.30-12.00
Venue: 4th Floor, Prajadhipok-Rabhai Barni Building, Chulalongkorn University
