Community, Policy and Covid: Cross-disciplinary Research that Matters

Session 1: “State Policy and COVID-19 Economic Recovery” at 1pm

Our first session rolls out results and findings from our COVID-19 Research Initiative. Launched in June 2020, the Initiative represents CSFE’s coronavirus “pivot” to our core competency as a research Center. Through this initiative, our team has been working on three main areas: 1) COVID-19 impact analysis; 2) Evidence-based policy analysis; and 3) Bottom-up solutions for long term economic recovery. In August 2020, the UNC Policy Collaboratory awarded CSFE a grant to study these topics and submit findings to the North Carolina General Assembly. With this event, we present some of those findings and more.

Session 2: “COVID-19 and Western Carolina University’s impact in the Western North Carolina Region: Partnering Faculty, Students and Working Professionals” at 2:30pm

As a regional comprehensive university, WCU’s commitment to advancing the well-being of our region and its communities.

Sponser:

The Manual H. Johnson Center for Political Economy

Where:

Streamed live from the UC Grand Room to the WCU page.

There is an option of attending in-person or virtually.