Political Dramas on Both Sides of the Pacific By Magnus Lundström One could safely say that the rest of the world was in a state of shock. All opinion polls turned out to be wrong, and when the smoke and dust from the battlefield was settling, the...
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...
Uppmärksamma en viktig dag genom att börja dagen på rätt sätt. UF bjuder in till kontoret för filmvisning och frukostsamtal. ”Internationella dagen mot våld mot kvinnor” är den 25e oktober, en dag instiftad av FN för att uppmärksamma och bekämpa våldet mot kvinnor. UF Uppsala uppmärksammar...
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...
Photo: Michael Vadon President Trump’s foreign policy means we’re in for a bumpy ride, folks. By Niclas Hvalgren The Donald Trump victory was a shocker. Not just for us in liberal Sweden, either. No polling firm, political analyst, election guru or otherwise predicted it (save for a Chinese...
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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...