Lori Shares Biggest Lesson Learned During COVID-19
Noora Lori, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University (BU), was featured in a BU Today article discussing lessons she has learned observing democracies and autocracies throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
To commemorate the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 related lockdowns and closures, the article – titled “One Year Later: Lessons from the Pandemic” – compiled videos of students, faculty, and staff discussing the biggest lessons they’ve learned over the past year.
Lori says something that was striking to her was that expected outcomes from “good” states that ordinarily produce good policy results have been challenged by the pandemic. She points out that this can be seen in the disparate response to the virus seen in advanced liberal democracies vs. autocracies governments around the world.
The full video featuring Professor Lori can be viewed below. The full article, which features 14 other videos, can be found on BU Today‘s website.
Noora Lori’s research broadly focuses on the political economy of migration, the development of security institutions and international migration control, and the establishment and growth of national identity systems. She is particularly interested in the study of temporary worker programs and racial hierarchies in comparative perspective. Regionally, her work examines the shifting population movements accompanying state formation in the Persian Gulf, expanding the study of Middle East politics to include historic and new connections with East Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Lori is the Founding Director of the Pardee School Initiative on Forced Migration and Human Trafficking. Read more about Professor Lori on her faculty profile.