The Postnormal Perfect Storm 2

THE COVID CHRONICLES: THE POSTNORMAL PERFECT STORM - IN THREE PARTS PART 2: NAVIGATING THE CRISIS What do we know about Covid-19? Well, we know where it originated, how it spread, and have a rough idea of its contagion levels. We know that the spread of the virus has been matched by the spread of…

ByJordi Serra del PinoFebruary 10, 20240Comments

THE POSTNORMAL PERFECT STORM PART 3

THE COVID CHRONICLES: THE POSTNORMAL PERFECT STORM - IN THREE PARTS PART 3: SCENARIOS FOR COVID-19 We analysed the postnormal characteristics and implications of Covid-19 crisis in the previous two parts of our exposition and devote Part 3 to an exploration of how the global Covid-19 pandemic might evolve in the future. We explore just…

ByJordi Serra del PinoFebruary 10, 20240Comments

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The Postnormal Perfect Storm 1

THE POSTNORMAL PERFECT STORM - IN THREE PARTS PART 1: THE NATURE OF THE CRISIS When Ziauddin Sardar published his landmark paper Welcome to Postnormal Times (PNT) ten years ago, he proposed a new theoretical approach for developing a better understanding of how change itself was changing in the present. Over the years, there have…

ByJordi Serra del PinoFebruary 9, 20240Comments