Polarisation and the Pandemic: Dialogue & Debate

Resource type: Webinar

A Dialogue & Debate webinar on ‘Polarisation and the Pandemic’, exploring the extent to which COVID-19 has aggravated political polarisation, discussing the potential impact of political divisions on public health, democracy and social cohesion.

This webinar was live-streamed on Wednesday 3 June at 11am. It is presented by our Chief Executive, Dr Edmund Newell, with guest panellists:

  • Prof Graham Smith – Professor of Politics and Director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster
  • Will Tanner – Director, Onward
  • Tessa van Rens – Researcher, Demos

Audio version

An audio-only version of this webinar is available below.

Audio versions of all our previous Dialogue & Debate webinars can be found on SoundCloud here.

https://soundcloud.com/dialogue-and-debate/dialogue-debate-polarisation-the-pandemic