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COVER NOTE: COVID-19 Special Issue

Leadership in Crisis: Markers of sustained influence for societal mobilisation in response to COVID-19

COVID-19 posed an intense and prolonged threat to many aspects of societal life. Its global reach and impact was truly remarkable. This situation demanded a response that went beyond that of social mobilisation in normal times: it required the rapid deployment of the aggregation …

Social Distancing and Distanced Societies: A Case study of leadership in the early days of COVID-19 in South Africa

The outbreak of COVID-19 This paper provides a leadership analysis of the first five months of the COVID-19 response in South Africa. Societal mobilisation requires a unified and rapid response to crisis, meaning that effective leadership must reach all areas of society. This pap…

A Taoist Perspective on China's Dynamic Zero-COVID Policy and Implementation

South Sudanese Youth Agency in a Time of COVID-19: Insights on Youth, Leadership & The Opportunity of Crisis

Mutual Aid and COVID-19 in London: Understanding Community Resilience

Guinean leadership in the face of crisis, from Ebola to COVID-19

This paper, based on research undertaken during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, evaluates Guineas leadership infrastructure from independence in 1958 until the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It determines that Guineas leadership can be characterized by a coercive soci…