What’s Trust Got to Do With It? UJ-HSRC COVID-19 Democracy Survey Round 2 - HSRC Seminar

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HSRC Seminar: What’s Trust Got to Do With It? UJ-HSRC COVID-19 Democracy Survey Round 2 Public Launch 19 August 2020 Online seminar Overview: This webinar addresses some of the main new findings of the online multilingual Covid-19 Democracy Survey conducted by researchers from the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Social Change (CSC) and the Human Sciences Research Council’s Developmental, Capable and Ethical State division (DCES). Round 1 of the survey covered the early hard lockdown period and early part of level 4 between 13 April to 13 May 2020. During the webinar, the first presentation of follow-up findings from Round 2 of the survey is presented, looking at patterns of change among South Africans from a social sciences and humanities perspective. CHAIR: Prof Dumisani Moyo, Vice Dean: Teaching and Learning, UJ OPENING: Dr Yul Derek Davids, DCES HSRC PANEL: Prof. Kate Alexander, Chair of Social Change, UJ: Masks, Schools and Social Dynamics Prof. Narnia Bohler-Muller, and Dr Ben Roberts, DCES HSRC: A growing trust divide: Confidence in government’s Covid-19 leadership and policy choices DISCUSSION: Kelebogile Afrika, UJ, and Ngqapheli Mchunu, HSRC For more information and presentations: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/events/seminars/whats-trust-got-to-do-with-it