Also attending the meeting were Dr. Myriam de Loenzien - Research Director and Dr. Khuat Thi Hai Oanh - Executive Director.
Prof. Laetitia Atlani-Duault - President of the Covid-19 Memory Institute hopes that in the future there will be more Covid research in the direction of social sciences.
Prof. Laetitia Atlani-Duault - President of the Covid-19 Memory Institute shared: The Covid-19 pandemic and its global impact have created many major disruptions in society and left long-term consequences. Therefore, current and future generations need to remember and archive well the research and developments of the pandemic, to be prepared for possible future events.
Since its establishment four years ago, the Covid-19 Memory Institute has published many publications, podcasts and successfully organized many seminars on the topic of Covid-19. However, the Institute's products are currently facing difficulties in research approaches from the perspective of social sciences and humanities. Therefore, as a research and training institution in the fields of social sciences and humanities in Vietnam, the research and notes of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities during and after the pandemic will contribute to perfecting the Institute's research in the future.
Dr. Khuat Thi Hai Oanh - Executive Director of the Covid-19 Memory Institute believes that Covid-19 research in Vietnam needs to be widely shared.
At the meeting, the two sides discussed future research and co-publication cooperation. Prof. Laetitia Atlani-Duault also respectfully invited the University of Social Sciences and Humanities to attend and contribute research at the upcoming Covid conference.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dao Thanh Truong - Vice Rector of the school affirmed: During the pandemic and post-pandemic, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities has published many studies and successfully organized many seminars on Covid-19, especially from faculties such as Sociology, Psychology, and Religious Studies. With the goal of spreading positive and humane energy during difficult times, the school has organized many volunteer programs and community service activities such as Zero-dong Supermarket, free mental health counseling during the pandemic, vaccination support for students and lecturers, etc.
Associate Professor, Dr. Dao Thanh Truong hopes that the cooperation between the University of Social Sciences and Humanities and the Covid-19 Memory Institute will not only bring social science research in Vietnam closer to international readers, but also deepen academic exchanges in the friendly Vietnam-France relationship.
Covid-19 Memory Institutewas established at the University of Paris in May 2020, with the aim of collecting, storing and analyzing traces and memories of this pandemic. Accordingly, the Institute will create a digital data repository, as a basis for discussions and for governments and citizens to prepare for future crises. In order to continue to develop and prepare for the future, the Covid-19 Memory Institute brings together different fields (research, health, law, justice, associations, religious communities, artists...) to study the Covid-19 pandemic together and build response strategies for the risks of epidemics occurring on many fronts.
