Dean's Opening Speech

Abstract

Covid-19 is a pandemic that has taken the world in a great shock. There are already views on whether or not the future world will regard Covid-19 as a historical mark to divide the world age as before Covid-19, and after. This is due to the significant changes Covid-19 brings, alongside globalisation, technology and human movement at a large scale. We have also seen that the impacts of Covid-19 are not confined to health matters only, but are related to economic activities, education, religious observations and even politics. Covid-19 can very much be described as the biggest disruption in this era, preceding other megatrends identified by international researchers