Courage That Changes the World: Sophie Scholl left her classes to secretly distribute pamphlets against Adolf Hitler, eleven-year-old Malala Yousafzai lived amidst the Taliban while blogging about their brutality. Anthropologist Brian Palmer is haunted by such individuals who risk everything for a more humane society. He gathers wisdom from...
Uppsala Association of International Affairs, together with Uplands Nation, presents “Fundraiser for Freedom of Speech” Welcome to a Fundraiser for Freedom of Speech and Press, to the benefit of Reporters Without Borders. Today half of the world’s population does not have the right to say, read, write...
Welcome to a night of glamour, excitement and surprises. The time has finally arrived for the yearly UF gasque, an unforgettable event that you don’t want to miss. This year’s theme is Night at the Movies, so come dressed as your favorite movie character, a...
The US and Iran in the Trump Era - Back to the War Path? A lecture with the 2016 Alumnus of the Year - Trita Parsi The US and Iran has a long history of an ambivalent relationship. Their governments have treated each other as enemies up...
Antibiotics have started to fail. Resistant bacteria already cause more than 500,000 deaths every year. This number is predicted to rise dramatically if radical actions are not taken. Antibiotic resistance has become one of the greatest threats to global health. The world has not yet been...
PROPAGANDAFOTBOLL: Fotboll är sporten som spelas över hela världen, dess breda folkliga spridning och det stora kapital som fotbollen omsätter gör den till en politisk maktfaktor. Landslag utnyttjas för nationalistiska syften, vilket i sin tur påverkar länders politiska självbild och även dess utrikespolitik. Fotboll används som...
Uppsala Association of International Affairs and Uppsala Forum on Democracy, Peace and Justice welcome you to Cyber Security Day! Security policy is one of the most pressing issues when it comes to foreign affairs. With the digital development come new obstacles for keeping a country safe....
VID VÄGS ÄNDE - Om handeln med vilda djur Handel med hotade djurarter har en stor utbredning i världen, där kriminella nätverk tjänar stora pengar på tjuvjakt. Handeln utgör ett direkt hot mot den biologiska mångfalden och djurens rättigheter. Ämnet har blivit angeläget för världspolitisk debatt....
Gambia’s democratic transition – and other trends regarding regime change in Sub-Saharan Africa: The last presidential election in Gambia, in December 2016, paved the way for a change of power, when Adama Barrow, joint candidate of the seven opposition parties won the elections and the former...