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 News / 08.11.2016
4000 likes, Thank You!
We made it! Over the course of this year we've gained over 500 new followers on Facebook and today the number reached 4000! We want to thank all our amazing followers and we promise to keep delivering amazing lectures and exciting events!! Follow us on Facebook!...
Lectures, UF News / 07.11.2016
The Panama Papers in Focus
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...
//There are a limited amount of places to this event due to lack of space. Unfortunately, the spots are already filled and only those on the list will be allowed in.// ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ Uppsala Association of International Affairs and Studentradion 98,9 presents: ☆ UNITED STATES ELECTION NIGHT 2016 ☆ The...
Lectures / 25.10.2016
31 Oct – Jan Helin: The Post Factual Society
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?...
Välkomna på paneldiskussion om den transatlantiska slavhandeln: I samarbete med Uppsalas Socionomstudenter arrangeras en debatt som ämnar att redogöra för Sveriges del i den transatlantiska slavhandeln. Fredrik Thomasson från Uppsalas Universitet kommer redogöra för den historiska bakgrunden i ämnet. Utifrån sin forskning i ämnet kommer han...