Download or read book Univer-cities: Reshaping Strategies To Meet Radical Change, Pandemics And Inequality - Revisiting The Social Compact? - Volume Iv written by Anthony Soon Chye Teo and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Univer-Cities presents its fourth instalment, building on the success of its predecessors: I: Strategic Implications for Asia; II: Strategic View of the Future; III: Strategic Dilemmas of Medical Origins and Selected Modalities.This fourth volume, based on Univer-Cities Conference 2019, sets against a backdrop of the continual global economic re-structuring as well as technological, virtual and social disruption, exacerbated by a pandemic. Amidst these disruptions, it is needful for universities to re-visit their roles in serving their cities, to deal with such questions as:With contributions from senior-level academic, government and industry leaders from around the world, this book addresses these questions and more, as well as illuminates their insights, experience and aspiration on the symbiotic role of universities and cities in our disrupted world.