Svitlana Babenko, as one of the organisers of the conference Gender Equality and Gender Studies at Universities: War, Peace and Development, is delighted to welcome us to the conference which will take place from **May 16-17 at Lund University. Please, mark it in the calendars! This conference is finalizing the collaboration of Universities in Ukraine (Kyiv and Kharkiv), Georgia (Tbilisi), Lithuania (Vilnius) and LU, focused on challenges to gender studies and gender equality development under the Russian war in the region. More information is attached.

The conference is free of charge and open to all interested. Registration form and program is HERE.

 
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Derek Hutcheson commented in several media outlets about the Russian presidential election last month.  Amongst others was an article in the Australian media news agency 360info analysing why autocrats hold elections (https://360info.org/why-do-autocrats-insist-on-sham-elections/), which also featured in several Asian outlets (e.g., https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/governance/why-do-autocrats-insist-on-sham-elections--95069 and https://en.setopati.com/International/162773). Closer to home, he also provided commentary on the election to Sweden’s largest newspaper Dagens Nyheter (https://www.dn.se/varlden/statsvetare-betydande-risk-for-rysk-systemkollaps/), quotes from which were used by several other Swedish media outlets in spin-off articles.

Dino Knudsen wrote a critical feature in the Danish newspaper Weekendavisen about the movie “Hammarskjöld", which recently premiered in Denmark. Knudsen argues that the UN General Secretary’s role in the murder of Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected leader of Congo, is mistakenly left out of the movie, which does not provide a full picture of the historical events or the complex legacy of Dag Hammarskjöld.

Jason Tucker was invited to address Svenska Läkaresällskapet Delegation for Medical Ethics, on the topic ”Who is deciding upon the future of AI and healthcare in the Nordics?” on 11  April 2024.

Gunnhildur Lily Magnusdottir participated in The International Studies Association (ISA) annual conference in April and presented a paper titled; Rethinking the global climate regime: lessons from feminist approaches.

Bo Petersson participated in the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES) Conference by taking part in a roundtable on the topic of "Russian exceptionalism: second thoughts", at Cambridge, 5-7 April 2024. Bo Petersson also did a public appearance at a talk with Rotary Kärnan, Helsingborg: "Aktuella perspektiv på Rysslands krig i Ukraina", 19 April 2024.

Michael Strange organised the CEMES ‘Future Society & Democracy in Europe’ full-day workshop at Sankt Gertrud’s 15th April 2024, where participants explored the concepts via a fabulation exercise as well as proposed creating a new regional PhD network. Michael also organised a full-day workshop ‘Artificial Intelligence as an issue for Global Political Economy – actors, structures, constraints, and possibilities’ at the International Studies Association’s annual conference, San Francisco. April 2nd. At the ISA, both Michael Strange and John Åberg also presented the paper ‘The Contradictory Geopolitics of AI – Governance and Global Production of an Emerging Technology in Competition Between the EU and the US,’ in the workshop ‘Artificial Intelligence as an issue for Global Political Economy – actors, structures, constraints, and possibilities’ on 2 April 2024. Moreover, Michael, with Gabriel Siles-Brügge and Tim Henrichsen, presented the paper ‘Studying social movements as mushrooms: A comparative study of mycorrhizal networks across the trade and climate change spheres’, at the ISA annual conference on 3 April 2024.