The role of the university in recovering from Covid-19 and preparing for future crises—perspectives and experiences from Sunway University, Malaysia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22078265 |
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| Authors | Elil Renganathan (0000-0002-9994-5201, Sunway University, corresponding author), Renzo Guinto (0000-0002-3181-0423, Sunway University), Jemilah Mahmood (0000-0003-1916-5027, Sunway University), Oliver Lacey-Hall (0000-0003-0801-2949, Sunway University), Abhi Veerakumarasivam (0000-0002-2676-1815, Sunway University), Sibrandes Poppema (0000-0002-9054-5375, Sunway University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Pages | 1072823-1072823 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-24 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1072823 |
| PMID | 37168072 |
| OpenAlex | W4366823616 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This article is part of the Research Topic ‘ Health Systems Recovery in the Context of COVID-19 and Protracted Conflict ’. Universities, as engines of knowledge creation and dissemination and as incubators of disciplined yet original thinking, have a key role to play in tackling the most complex challenges that societies and our planet face, from infectious diseases to the climate emergency. This commentary presents the perspectives from Sunway University, a young private university in Malaysia that made a strong commitment to the sustainable development goals (SDGs) prior to the pandemic, and its experiences in promoting research, innovation, and learning as part of COVID-19 recovery and in preparation for future crises such as the climate emergency. Some of the university’s initiatives include embracing the planetary health approach, reviving essential public health functions, exploring pandemic resilience, addressing ‘infodemics’ and promoting science diplomacy. The example of Sunway University provides some insights on the opportunities and challenges that academic institutions face as they seek to reorient the paradigm of education, research, and service away from disciplinary siloes and towards a more integrated, preventive, accessible and translational approach
Diplomacy · Engineering ethics · Pandemic · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Engineering · Global Health and Surgery · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Medicine
| Highly cited | No |
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