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What causes vaccine hesitancy and what we can do to deal with it? Springer Nature Editor in Chief Sir Philip Campbell discusses the issue with Professor Heidi Larson.

An interview with Dr Elissaios Papyrakis about the book 'COVID-19 and International Development'.

Nature's Magdalena Skipper reflects on the role Nature has played in supporting researchers and advancing knowledge around COVID-19 across the last two years.

Discover the latest Nature Portfolio published research on COVID-19 and its effects on society, behaviours and wellbeing.

One researcher shares his advice for researchers who want to make greater societal impact.

One researcher shares his thoughts on 'what's next?' for the SDGs in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Learn how one researcher's work in the healthcare field has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr Sabeti and Dr Happi talk about building a pandemic preemption system to safeguard us from future pandemics.

Read a Medical Editor’s experience navigating acquisitions in a critical time for her authors.

In this week's blog we discuss how the economic systems in place played a role into how the pandemic has developed.

Read about the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in Africa and their role during the pandemic.

Dr Sarah Gilbert, the lead for the Oxford Vaccine Trial for COVID-19 talks about the vaccine.

How healthcare agencies prepare for a pandemic? What are the plans and guidance in place and how prepared was the US healthcare system? Find out in this week's blog.

Read how simulation models are being used in South Korea to inform government policies on COVID-19.

The story of an Oxford researcher and how he used data from a BBC documentary to demonstrate COVID-19 spread patterns.

In this week's blog, read about one of the most successful COVID-19 responses globally, that of Korea

The World Health Organization is this week's guest in our series 'Research in the time of a pandemic'. 

Read the firsthand experiences of researchers working remotely during the pandemic.

Research goes on. And the Transfer Desk at Springer Nature is still working hard to help every sound submission that comes into us find a suitable journal to publish it.

In response to coronavirus, we are launching a new series 'Research in the time of a pandemic'. Read our first interview with Dr. Emmanouil Dermitzakis, key figure in a new epidemiological research project on SARS-COV-2 virus.

We explain how you can access Springer Nature content wherever you may be working from.

Read our advice for how you can keep networking despite travel bans by taking advantage of your virtual community, sharing your researcher wider online and more.

Our Palgrave Social Science Editorial Director shares how her team is approaching remote working and how current and potential authors can best stay connected with publishers during this time.

Download a wide range of essential titles now from across all disciplines.

Explore the rapid prototype report using coronavirus research published in 2020 by Springer Nature.

We are facing unprecedented circumstances in our personal and professional lives. Find out how Springer Nature is working to support the needs of the research community at this time.

Exploring the importance of vehemently defending our human rights achievements in a changing global context.

Human Rights Day: Why an annual review of our global human rights remains essential to ensuring they are protected?

A Q&A with conservation scientist Professor James Watson about the importance of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

A Q&A with environmental policy experts Malgorzata Blicharska and Richard Smithers about the SDGs and UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15).

Urban informatics enables better use of the latest urban science theories in the development of cutting-edge urban sensing and computing technologies, which in turn, helps better solve specific urban problems.

How can we build more sustainable urban environments?

Chief Editor Fabio Pulizzi provides a preview of what we can expect from the new journal, Nature Water, and how it will meet the community’s needs.

Learn how these newly launched journals will address the needs of the computational science community

David Nutt, winner of the John Maddox Prize, talks about the significance of the award and what it means to stand up for science.

We are proud to celebrate the publication of our 2000th open access book. Take a look at how we achieved this milestone.

How are researchers using open data in 2022? Read this year’s State of Open Data Report,  providing insights into the attitudes, motivations and challenges of researchers towards open data.