Femdefenders day kommer till Uppsala! Välkommen till Kalmars nation den 29 november för att uppmärksamma Femdefendersdagen, den internationella dagen för kvinnorättsförsvarare, med Kvinna till Kvinnas volontärgrupp i Uppsala och Utrikespolitiska föreningen! Vi vill uppmärksamma denna dag med Uppsalas egna föreläsare, kör och DJ:s. Forskaren Angela Muvumba Sellström...
The civil war in Syria has since 2011 caused nearly 500,000 people their life, forced millions of people to flee, and put the US against Russia in a confrontation of a sort not seen since the Cold War. Over and over again it seems like...
The renewable energy transition is most often considered in technical and economic terms, although current energy system changes involve much more than a technical substitution from fossil fuels to renewable electricity generation; this transition also involves social, institutional, and cultural innovations in how energy is...
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Japan’s new security policies – proactive pacifism or resurgent militarism? The Facebook event is HERE! In March 2016, a new security legislation came into effect in Japan which expanded the legal framework for its so-called Self-Defense Forces to operate and be deployed abroad. This meant a further...
See the event on Facebook HERE! If we look up from our phones we realize that most of society today is run from above. Climate research is based on data collected by satellites. Google Maps is used to monitor the artillery strike in the conflict in...
UF Uppsala in collaboration with the Uppsala City library where hosting a lecture with the investigative journalist Fredrik Obermaier - one of the journalists that discovered the Panama Papers. A conversation with Svante Weyler on the investigation, the journalist network behind the reveal, tax havens...
When clickbaits and emotion gets in the way of facts - The Post Factual Society In the wake of the discourse surrounding the Brexit campaign and the US election people claim that it was emotion rather than factual arguments that controls the opinion of the masses....
UF Uppsala välkomnar er alla återigen till ett panelsamtal om TTIP! En ny chans att få höra på ett intressant samtal om världens största handelsavtal: I februari 2013 gav den amerikanske presidenten Barack Obama klartecken om att förhandlingarna om ett frihandelsavtal mellan EU och USA kan...
The most important and prestigious sports championship in the world plays an important role in international politics. The Olympics offers nations a chance to show off their culture, economy and, of course, their sporting prowess. Are the Olympics becoming a tool for authoritarian countries seeking prestige?...