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- Bavel, J.J.V., Baicker, K., Boggio, P.S. et al. (2020). Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response. Nat Hum Behav 4, 460–471. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0884-z
- Bickley, S. J., Chan, H. F., Skali, A., Stadelmann, D., & Torgler, B. (2020). How Does Globalisation Affect COVID-19 Responses? CREMA Working Paper Series. Retrieved from https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:cra:wpaper:2020-12
- Bickley, S., & Torgler, B. (2020). A Systematic Approach to Safety Incidents in Public Health -Applying the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System to COVID-19. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.14687.07841
- Blaufus, K., Fochmann, M., Kirchler, E., Mohr, P., Olson, N., & Torgler, B. (2020). Tax Policy Measures to Combat the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic and Considerations to Improve Tax Compliance: A Behavioral Perspective. FinanzArchiv, 76 (396). https://doi.org/10.1628/fa-2020-0014
- Brown, C., Howell, N., & Lammers, I. (2021, Feb 21). Submission to Attorney-General’s Department: The Bankruptcy System and the Impacts of Coronavirus. Manuscript submitted for publication. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208404
- Chan, H. F., Ferguson, N., Savage, D. A., Stadelmann, D., & Torgler, B. (2020). “Is Science Able to Perform Under Pressure? Insights from COVID-19,” CREMA Working Paper Series 2020-07, Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA).
- Chan, H. F., Moon, J. W., Savage, D. A., Skali, A., Torgler, B., & Whyte, S. (2020). Can Psychological Traits Explain Mobility Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic? Social Psychological and Personality Science. September 2020. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550620952572
- Chan H. F, Skali A., Savage D. A., Stadelmann D., Torgler B. (2020). Risk attitudes and human mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sci Rep. Nov 16;10(1):19931. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76763-2
- Chan, H., Torgler, B., Brumpton, M., Macintyre, A., Arapoc, J., Savage, D. A., … Stadelmann, D. (2020, July 3). How confidence in health care systems affects mobility and compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/86qxu
- , , , , and (2020) Certified Coronavirus Immunity as a Resource and Strategy to Cope with Pandemic Costs. Kyklos, 73: 464– 474. https://doi.org/10.1111/kykl.12227
- Flew, T., & Kirkwood, K. (2020). The impact of COVID-19 on cultural tourism: art, culture and communication in four regional sites of Queensland, Australia. Media International Australia. https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X20952529
- Gonsalves, K., Foth, M., & Caldwell, G. (Accepted/In press). Radical Placemaking: Utilizing Low-Tech AR/VR to engage in Communal Placemaking during a Pandemic. Interaction Design and Architecture(s). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208048/
- Guaralda, M., Hearn, G., Foth, M., Yigitcanlar, T., Mayere, S., & Law, L. (2020). Towards Australian Regional Turnaround: Insights into Sustainably Accommodating Post-Pandemic Urban Growth in Regional Towns and Cities. Sustainability, 12(24), 10492. MDPI AG. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su122410492
- Isler, O., Isler, B., Kopsacheilis, O. et al. Limits of the social-benefit motive among high-risk patients: a field experiment on influenza vaccination behaviour. BMC Public Health 20, 240 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8246-3
- Liu, A., Miller, W., Crompton, G., & Zedan, S. (2021). Has COVID-19 lockdown impacted on aged care energy use and demand? Energy and Buildings, 235, [110759]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.110759
- Rosenbaum, M. S., & Russell-Bennett, R. (2020). “Editorial: service research in the new (post-COVID) marketplace”, Journal of Services Marketing, Vol. 34 No. 5, pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSM-06-2020-0220
- Savage, D. A., & Torgler, B. (2020). Methods and insights on how to explore human behavior in the disaster environment. In T. Chaiechi (Ed.) Economics Effects of Natural Disasters. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817465-4.00013-3
- Sigley, G., Powell, W., & Cao, S. (2020). Community group buying, vulnerable communities and COVID-19 in China. In N.Georgeou & C. Hawksley (Eds.) State Responses to COVID-19: A Global Snapshot at 1 June 2020. University of Western Sydney, Penrith, N.S.W, pp. 50-51. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/203444/
- Tuzovic, S., Kabadayi, S., & Paluch, S. (Accepted/In press). To Dine or Not to Dine? Collective Wellbeing in Hospitality in the COVID-19 Era. International Journal of Hospitality Management. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208071/
- Wagels, M. and Hutmacher, D.W. (2020), Three‐dimensional printing in a pandemic: panacea or panic?. Med. J. Aust., 213: 267-268. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50753