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Past guest Stephen Zunes returns to speak with us about his recent Truthout writing including, "Biden Continues to Provide Israel Billions for War Crimes," "Biden's Response to Israel's ICC Prosecution Is an Attack on International Law," and "Don't Buy the Right-Wing Disinformation Campaign on “From the River to the Sea.” Stephen is a professor of Politics at the University of San Francisco, who is currently the Torgny Segerstedt Visiting Research professor at the Gothenburg University in Sweden. "Rotten History" follows the interview. Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

In this short episode, our team thew a virtual retirement party for Pedro Monteiro! Listen in as Pedro reflects on his podcasting and academic journey. Ethnography Atelier podcasts will continue and stay tuned for our upcoming episodes. Thank you Pedro!

rWotD Episode 2653: Stina Stenhagen Welcome to Random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia’s vast and varied content, one random article at a time.The random article for Thursday, 8 August 2024 is Stina Stenhagen.Stina Lisa Stenhagen (née Ställberg; 4 December 1916 – 26 March 1973) was a Swedish biochemist who was active in the fields of medical chemistry and chemical ecology. Together with her husband Einar Stenhagen she carried out groundbreaking research into the chemical composition of tubercular bacteria. In 1963, she was appointed professor of medical chemistry at Gothenburg University, so becoming the institution's first female professor. She and her colleagues later applied gas chromatography and mass spectrometry to investigate how pheromones allow communications between insects as well as between insects and plants, developing interest in a field which became known as chemical ecology.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:46 UTC on Thursday, 8 August 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Stina Stenhagen on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Ivy.

NASA's Perseverance Rover has found a fascinating rock on Mars that may indicate it hosted microbial life billions of years ago. Abigail Allwood, exobiologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, is on the team scrutinising the new Martian data. And a couple of newly discovered, approximately 500 year old fossils from the ‘Cambrian explosion' of complexity caught presenter Roland Pease's eye this week. First Martin Smith from Durham University tells us about a tiny grub that's ancestor to worms, insects, spiders and crustaceans. Then Ma Xiaoya, who has positions at both Yunnan University in China and Exeter University in the UK, tells us about a spiny slug that was also discovered in a famous fossil site in China. And the first sightings of the landscapes on the underside of the ice shelves that fringe Antarctica. These float atop the ocean around the frozen continent but effectively hold back the glaciers and ice sheets on the vast landmass. Their physical condition therefore is pretty critical in this warming world, Anna Wohlin of Gothenburg University tells us. Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Jonathan Blackwell Production Co-ordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth (Image: NASA's Perseverance Mars rover taking a selfie on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

This week I'm joined by Miriam Sentler and Paulina Blaesild, to speak about deep time matters, art, archeology and the act of swimmingMiriam lives and works between Norway and the Netherlands. She is a contemporary artist and doctoral research fellow at the University of Oslo.. Her projects often result in long research trajectories, taking shape in different mediums like installations, audio, textile, video, photography, artist publications, and text. Sentler's interdisciplinary work emphasises the changing of landscapes, focussing on the cultural and environmental legacy of (fossil fuel) industries and the modern era.Paulina is a doctoral research fellow at the department of Historical Studies, Gothenburg University, Sweden. She is a palaeoecologist and wetland archaeologist working with vegetation development studies and artistic practice to explore past and present ecological encounters, their interconnections and the mediatory effects of technology.This discussion highlighted to me the potential within having not just conversations but also working collaborations across disciplines.. Or even non-disciplinary spaces as Paulina mentioned - where you are not restricted by certain processes.. These in-between spaces create so much room for curiosity and productive exploration. Miriam referenced the book Arts of Living on a damaged planet: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517902377/arts-of-living-on-a-damaged-planet/Find Miriam online at:www.miriamsentler.com www.deeptimeagency.com Find Paulina online at:Blaesild, P. (2024). Paulina Blaesild - Human-Environmental Interactions in Wetlands, Arkeologisk Forskningsseminar, Universitetet i Bergen (presentation, in Swedish).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVK4_Tp6D3QKarlsson, M. (2021). Unik stenåldersmiljö grävs fram i Östergötland, Forskning och Framsteg (Interview, in Swedish). https://fof.se/artikel/2021/7/unik-stenaldersmiljo-gravs-fram-i-ostergotland/Larsdotter, A. (2021). Torvbrytning hotar fornmiljö. Populär Historia (Interview, in Swedish).https://popularhistoria.se/nyheter/torvbrytning-hotar-fornmiljo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Past guest Stephen Zunes returns to speak with us about his recent Truthout writing including, "Biden Continues to Provide Israel Billions for War Crimes," "Biden's Response to Israel's ICC Prosecution Is an Attack on International Law," and "Don't Buy the Right-Wing Disinformation Campaign on “From the River to the Sea.” Stephen is a professor of Politics at the University of San Francisco, who is currently the Torgny Segerstedt Visiting Research professor at the Gothenburg University in Sweden. "Rotten History" follows the interview. Check out Stephen's articles here: https://truthout.org/articles/biden-continues-to-provide-israel-billions-for-war-crimes/ https://truthout.org/articles/bidens-response-to-israels-icc-prosecution-is-an-attack-on-international-law/ https://truthout.org/articles/dont-buy-the-right-wing-disinformation-campaign-on-from-the-river-to-the-sea/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

Christian Giudice is an academic researcher, focusing, among other subjects, on fin de siècle occultism in France and Italy, the development of post-Crowley Thelema, and the link between cinema and occultism. A Ph.D. scholar at Gothenburg University, he holds a BA in Literae Humaniores from Oxford University and an MA in Western Esotericism from Exeter University. He has published academic articles and reviews in journals such as Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism and The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies. In this episode we discuss the work of Kenneth Grant. Starfire Publishing: http://www.starfirepublishing.co.uk/ Inaccuracies in the discussion (courtesy of Michael Staley): 14:00 – Kenneth first came across Magick in Theory and Practice not in Watkins, but on a stall outside Schwemmers, a surrealist bookshop in the Charing Cross Road, just a few yards away from Watkins. 15:16 – Kenneth's father was not a clergyman, but a banker. Kenneth's mother's maiden name was Wyard, and many of the family male ancestors on that side had been clergymen. 31:17 – Achad believed not that the Aeon of Horus had ended, but that it continued but was augmented by that of Maat. A bit later in the interview, Chris does reflect this view. 39:50 – The transplutonic planet was called Isis, not Nuit. I think though that the confusion comes from Kenneth's naming of the Lodge as Nu-Isis, and he talks somewhere of Nuit-Isis. 44:25 – reference to Mike Magee's allegation that the first three volumes of the Typhonian Trilogies were fiction, Staley states he never heard anything like this. 59:55 – David Curwen, not Joseph Curwen, the latter being a character in Lovecraft's novel The Case of Charles Dexter Ward Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2 Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum  Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9B75a00D9E74

Rafael Alcadipani is full professor of management at the Sao Paulo Management School from the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Brazil. He got his PhD in management from the University of Manchester, UK. He does research on police and crime in Brazil. He has published widely in top scientific journals in his academic field. Prof. Alcadipani also writes for non-academic outlets in Brazil and has been called by Brazilian and international media outlets to discuss issues associated with police and crime in Brazil, including Reuters, BBC, Al Jazeera, and the Wall Street Journal, to mention but a few. He was a visiting scholar at Boston College, Gothenburg University, and Paris Dauphine University.Brazil is going through challenging times. There's never been a more important moment to understand Brazil's politics, society, and culture. To go beyond the headlines, and to ask questions that aren't easy to answer. 'Brazil Unfiltered,' does just that. This podcast is hosted by James N. Green, Professor of Brazilian History and Culture at Brown University and the National Co-Coordinator of the U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil.razil Unfiltered is part of the Democracy Observatory, supported by the Washington Brazil Office. This podcast is edited and produced by Camilo Rocha in São Paulo.https://www.braziloffice.org/en/observatory#activities

In this episode of Molecule to Market, you'll go inside the outsourcing space of the global drug development sector with Fredrik Lehmann, Venture Partner at Industrifonden. Your host, Raman Sehgal, discusses the pharmaceutical and biotechnology supply chain with Fredrik, covering: How the closing of a business and customer requests led to a phoenix from the flames start-up opportunity His company's journey from inception and growth to eventual sale to Recipharm His transition to becoming a VC investor with an evergreen fund within the Nordic life science ecosystem, including the subjectivity of most investments The sentiment Fredrik is seeing from the biotech market and his frustrations of not being able to make more investments in breakthrough science and tech Fredrik focuses on life science with an extra eye for innovative biotechs. He is interested in contributing to businesses with his experience in the biotech world to help companies reach their highest potential. Fredrik has over 20 years of experience in the life science industry as CEO, Head of Research, and CMC in several companies. He has extensive experience in turning ideas into products and successful businesses and has founded six companies, including OnTarget Chemistry, which was acquired by Recipharm in 2015. He also serves as a board director at several Life Sciences companies and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board at Akthelia Pharmaceuticals. Fredrik holds a PhD in medicinal chemistry from Gothenburg University and an MBA from Stockholm School of Economics. Please subscribe, tell your industry colleagues, and join us in celebrating and promoting the value and importance of the global life science outsourcing space. We'd also appreciate a positive rating! Molecule to Market is sponsored and funded by ramarketing, an international marketing, design, digital, and content agency helping companies differentiate, get noticed, and grow in life sciences.

Payman says Bournemouth's Dental on the Banks is one of the most beautiful practices he's ever seen.    So what's the story?   Brothers and clinic founders Damon and Ramtin Taheri tell all in this week's episode. Damon and Ramtin also discuss life in Sweden, where both gained speciality status in orthodontics, and dispel several widespread clear aligner mistakes and misconceptions.   Enjoy!   In This Episode 02.25 - Backstory 05.53 - Sweden Vs UK 13.23 - Specialising 21.10 - Dental on the Banks 33.41 - Recruitment, training and culture 42.26 - Brand positioning 44.28 - Clear aligner misconceptions 48,21 - The Clear Aligner Programme 55.30 - Invisalign mistakes 01.04.31 - Agnosticism 01.10.19 - Teaching Vs practice 01.13.34 - Blackbox thinking 01.23.11 - Fantasy dinner party and podcast guests 01.27.54 - Last days and legacy About Damon and Ramtin Taheri Brothers Damon and Ramtin Taheri specialised in orthodontics at Gothenburg University in Sweden.   They jointly founded Bournemouth-based Dental on the Banks and run comprehensive Invisalign training together through their Complete Aligner Programme brand.  

Furthering the discussion on how SA can create safer spaces for LGBTQI children, Lester Kiewit speaks to Hayley McEwen, postdoctoral fellow in Political Science at Gothenburg University. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This new book considers how Australians have provided water and sewerage for growing, sprawling urban centres. In this land of drought and flooding rains, we may need to rethink water use strategies, including embracing centuries of Aboriginal knowledge, seeing water as a resource to be conserved, rather than wasted or exploited. Panel Dr. Margaret Cook is an environmental historian who specialises in the history of ‘natural' disasters in Australia, especially floods. The history of floods in the Brisbane River catchment was the subject of her PhD (UQ 2018) and is now a book, A River with a City Problem: A History of Brisbane Floods (UQ Press, 2019). Lionel Frost is an associate professor in the Department of Economics, and Head of the Monash Business School (Peninsula Campus). He is author of several books and articles on Australian and US urban history and Pacific Rim history, including contributions to the Cambridge History of Australia (2013), Cambridge World History (2015), and Cambridge Economic History of Australia (2015). He is current president of the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand. Dr. Ruth Morgan is an environmental historian, whose prize-winning work on the histories of water and climate has been generously funded by the Australian Research Council and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She is a lead author in Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Sixth Assessment Report. Martin Shanahan is Professor of Economic and Business History at the University of South Australia and Elof Hansson Visiting Professor in International Business and Trade at Gothenburg University, Sweden. A recipient of the Butlin Prize in Economic History, he has also written on wealth and income distribution, international cartels, and water markets. Moderator Ms Claire Smith, Department of Management, Monash Business School

In today's episode, our host Roland-Philippe Kretzschmar is joined by Marina Schiptjenko, art gallery legend, pop star and actor. Marina Schiptjenko was born in 1965 in Malmö, Sweden. In 1986 she moved to Stockholm to study comparative literature and theatre at Stockholm University. Parallel to her studies she worked for Swedish Radio, hosting her own program series on electronic music and related topics.In 1988 she started working as a director at a gallery focusing on constructivist art. After completing her studies, she was recruited by Ciléne Andréhn to Arton A, a contemporary art gallery in Stockholm. After a brief period of working together, they decided to open their own gallery; Andréhn-Schiptjenko Gallery was founded in 1991. Since its inception, Andréhn-Schiptjenko has consistently been committed to working in an international arena and to the long-term representation of emerging and established contemporary artists from all over the world working with painting, sculpture, photography, film and digital media as well as installation-based and site-specific work. The gallery is located in Stockholm and Paris.With a profound interest in the exhibition as form, the gallery has presented shows that have become seminal, successfully launching the careers of Scandinavian artists such as Cajsa von Zeipel, Gunnel Wåhlstrand, Annika von Hausswolff and Matts Leiderstam, and giving artists such as Uta Barth, Cecilia Bengolea, José León Cerrillo, Martín Soto Climent, Ridley Howard, Tony Matelli, and Xavier Veilhan their first European or Scandinavian one-person exhibition. In recent years the gallery has also exhibited work by deceased artists such as Francesca Woodman and Siri Derkert, successfully renewing critical and public interest in their work.Over the years, Marina Schiptjenko has lectured on contemporary art and music in the digital age, invited by a slew of Swedish companies and universities. For six years, she was chairperson for the Swedish Gallery Association and has been on the board of the Friends of the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. She has been a lecturer at the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts and served as an examiner at the School of Photography at Gothenburg University and the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. She has often served as a jury member in contexts such as music, literature, design and art. She also worked as a master of ceremonies at several award ceremonies in the field of music, architecture and design.Fun facts:Marina has played the keyboard in different pop groups since 1980, the most famous one was Bodies Without Organs with Alexander Bard.She acted in the Palm d'Or winner The Square alongside Claes Bang in 2017. They have continued the collaboration and are now making music together Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode, our host Roland-Philippe Kretzschmar is joined by Marina Schiptjenko, art gallery legend, pop star and actor. Marina Schiptjenko was born in 1965 in Malmö, Sweden. In 1986 she moved to Stockholm to study comparative literature and theatre at Stockholm University. Parallel to her studies she worked for Swedish Radio, hosting her own program series on electronic music and related topics.In 1988 she started working as a director at a gallery focusing on constructivist art. After completing her studies, she was recruited by Ciléne Andréhn to Arton A, a contemporary art gallery in Stockholm. After a brief period of working together, they decided to open their own gallery; Andréhn-Schiptjenko Gallery was founded in 1991. Since its inception, Andréhn-Schiptjenko has consistently been committed to working in an international arena and to the long-term representation of emerging and established contemporary artists from all over the world working with painting, sculpture, photography, film and digital media as well as installation-based and site-specific work. The gallery is located in Stockholm and Paris.With a profound interest in the exhibition as form, the gallery has presented shows that have become seminal, successfully launching the careers of Scandinavian artists such as Cajsa von Zeipel, Gunnel Wåhlstrand, Annika von Hausswolff and Matts Leiderstam, and giving artists such as Uta Barth, Cecilia Bengolea, José León Cerrillo, Martín Soto Climent, Ridley Howard, Tony Matelli, and Xavier Veilhan their first European or Scandinavian one-person exhibition. In recent years the gallery has also exhibited work by deceased artists such as Francesca Woodman and Siri Derkert, successfully renewing critical and public interest in their work.Over the years, Marina Schiptjenko has lectured on contemporary art and music in the digital age, invited by a slew of Swedish companies and universities. For six years, she was chairperson for the Swedish Gallery Association and has been on the board of the Friends of the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. She has been a lecturer at the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts and served as an examiner at the School of Photography at Gothenburg University and the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. She has often served as a jury member in contexts such as music, literature, design and art. She also worked as a master of ceremonies at several award ceremonies in the field of music, architecture and design.Fun facts:Marina has played the keyboard in different pop groups since 1980, the most famous one was Bodies Without Organs with Alexander Bard.She acted in the Palm d'Or winner The Square alongside Claes Bang in 2017. They have continued the collaboration and are now making music together Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Embarrassingly long meals, forgetting the fitness app and combining science with existential questions are some of the things that Anders Rosengren will be talking about in this episode.He is a doctor, a professor of molecular medicine and an author in Sweden, working with different kinds of health projects where questions about life are incorporated. Of course we must say yes to all that is measurable and scientific, but also open our eyes to the fact that health is so much more than that, Anders says. Therefore, he and his research colleagues at Gothenburg University have developed Livsstilsverktyget, the Lifestyle Tool, an internet based tool which aims to better prevent and manage lifestyle diseases. It focuses on stress, loneliness, relationships, ageing, food, exercise and on the importance of putting our health in a larger perspective.Written by: Anders Rosengren and Helene Almqvist Produced by: Helene Almqvist Sound design by: Viktor Bergdahl Executive producer: Sandra Charléz———————— Audio clip: Apple unveils iPhone X youtube.com/watch?v=aEoVcYQ8caM

This week, Vinay talks to the powerhouse facilitator duo, Malin Morén and Trevor Durnford, Co-Founders of Facil Profundo, who have helped facilitate real change and impact for over 100 organizations over the last three decades. With a BSc in Behavioural Science from Gothenburg University, Sweden, and a degree in Pedagogy and Adult Learning, Malin is a Certified Professional Facilitator Master (CPF M) accredited by the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) and a Certified Coach by EMCC. In 2015, she was elected in to the IAF Hall of Fame. Trevor started his career as a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and is also a CPF M. He has been Chair of the IAF and is recipient of the Gold Award for Facilitation Impact. Trevor and Malin have co-authored the book ‘The Power of Facilitation'.     [03:46s] Their journey into facilitation [12:00s] Evolution of facilitation over the last two decades[19:53s] Most complex/ challenging assignments      [28:43s] Transformational shift in facilitation post pandemic [37:18s] The future of facilitation[40:42s] Co-authoring ‘The Power of Facilitation' book [42:06s] Advice to aspiring facilitatorsRWL: Malin and Trevor's facilitation resource recommendations for you: Robert Middleton's Action Plan Club; ‘The Power of Facilitation' co-authored by Malin and Trevor and others Connect with Malin on LinkedInand Twitter Connect with Trevor on LinkedIn and TwitterConnect with Vinay on Twitter, LinkedIn or email him at vinay@c2cod.comWhat did you think about this episode? What would you like to hear more about? Or simply, write in and say hello! podcast@c2cod.comSubscribe to us on your favorite platforms – Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Tune In Alexa, Amazon Music, TuneIn + Alexa, Stitcher, Jio Saavn and more.  This podcast is sponsored by C2C-OD, your Organizational Development consulting partner ‘Bringing People and Strategy Together'. Follow @c2cod on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook 

Arjun Chakraborty was born a Brahmin in Kolkata, India, where he first learned Vedic Astrology from his uncle and then went to study at the most prestigious academies in India. He works with both birth horoscopes and question horoscopes and is also trained in Krishnamurti Paddhati Astrology, which is the most accurate predictive astrology in the world.He is currently the principal at the Institute of Astrological Science in India, teaches Vedic Astrology regularly, and has delivered lectures in the Linnaeus University, Lithuania; Gothenburg University and Luna University in Sweden; Sofia University in Bulgaria; and the German Astrology Association in Bonn, Germany. Arjun has also been interviewed by newspapers, magazines, and TV channels around the world.Dive into this dynamic conversation discussing the habits and values of a master of this ancient tradition.“My strength is the quality of my work” ~ Arjun Chakraborty In this episode you'll hear about:“We should not run after success; we should concentrate on doing our job as well as possible”~ Arjun Chakraborty A Disciplined Lifestyle•Stick to something for a long time•Have faith in God – “The superpower that created us”•Be honest in your practice and study•Have control over your sensesCrossroad Situations•Responsibilities•Choices•TemptationsAnd...“When you give respect and love, you will get them in return much quicker” ~ Arjun Chakraborty The Path of a Spiritual Lifestyle•Have respect for life and others•Find wise allies•Rejuvenate yourself regularlyPrayer: The habit of asking“Astrology is a spiritual subject” ~ Arjun Chakraborty Plus… “Values are extremely important for me, because if I don't respect them, someday I will have to pay a price”~ Arjun ChakrabortyThe Theory of Karma and the Values that Drive your Choices•Values drive your choices. If you don't respect values, then in the next life, or maybe even in the last few years of this life, you may go through hardships and physical or emotional pain. The Importance of Tradition•What do you believe in?•Has your culture influenced your beliefs?“God is the only superpower who can do miracles and who can bring changes from what is indicated in your chart” ~ Arjun Chakraborty Until next time, be curious, be inspired and simplify the way…

Lovisa Afzelius is an origination partner at Flagship Pioneering and the former SVP of Strategy & Operations at Flagship-founded Cogen Immune Medicines, now known as Repertoire Immune Medicines. A computational scientist by training, she has two decades of leadership experience and a passion for data-driven drug discovery, from early inception to clinical development across multiple therapeutic areas. Previously, Lovisa built and led Pfizer's systems immunology function and served as executive director of clinical programs. In this role, she launched several Phase II studies across autoimmune indications and as a member of the Inflammation & Immunology Research Unit leadership team, Lovisa co-managed the portfolio from early target discovery to Phase II clinical trials across all immunological assets. In addition, she served on Pfizer's Worldwide R&D Data Strategy Committee. In 2017, Lovisa co-founded Elsa.science, a digital health company in the rheumatoid arthritis space where she serves as chairman of the board. She also serves on the board of the Swedish New England Chamber of Commerce. Before moving to the US in 2013, Lovisa was CEO of BioChromix Pharma. Lovisa began her career at AstraZeneca as Project Director, Global In Vitro Metabolism Leader and Computational Chemist across cardiovascular, metabolic, and neurodegenerative diseases. Lovisa has received numerous accolades for her work: she was included in the top 100 ​“most influential persons under age 40 in Sweden” by Affärsvärlden, and ​“scientist of tomorrow” at the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations' 30th anniversary. Lovisa received the Rosenön Award for best thesis of the year within the field of pharmacodynamics/​pharmacokinetics in Sweden. Lovisa holds a Ph.D. in computational chemistry from Uppsala University, a Master of Science in integrative pharmacology from Gothenburg University as well as an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Theonie is a principal at Flagship Pioneering where she conceives, builds and grows the science, intellectual property and business strategy that form the foundation of Flagship's next breakthrough startups. She co-founded Alltrna and serves as its chief innovation officer. Prior to joining Flagship, Theonie completed her graduate studies in cell and molecular biology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focused on replication fork dynamics in the context of cancer development and therapeutics. Theonie has received several awards and has been granted multiple fellowships for her academic work, including an NIH NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship. During her graduate studies, Theonie held multiple leadership positions on Executive and Curriculum Committees. She also completed a Wharton Business Foundations Specialization and was a mentor at the yearly Larta Institute NIH CAP FeedForward Sessions. Theonie is a Business Advisory Board member of the Harvard Institute for RNA Medicine and a member of the Bioscience & Investor Inclusion Group (BIIG) Diverse Talent Network Group. Theonie's work has resulted in multiple pending patents and publications, including articles in Nature Biotechnology, Molecular Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

After she began powerlifting in 2013, Isabella quickly rose to international level. She made her debut on the Swedish National team in 2015, earning a bronze medal overall at the Classic World Championships and a European record in the squat. Today she is the current and seven-time IPF raw world record holder in the squat in the -72kg category, the European record holder with a 512.5kg total and 500+ Wilks, twofold European champion and a three time World Championship medalist. In 2017 she was voted IPF Female Lifter of the Year and in 2018 she became the lightest woman in the IPF to squat 200kg in sleeves. While Isabella was making her presence felt as a fierce competitor in the International Powerlifting Federation, she was also developing the foundation of her coaching skills. Over the years, she has coached lifters both online and one on one in a variety of formats, as well as handled competitors at both Swedish and US National Championships. For the past two years, she has held powerlifting seminars all over the world and lectured on Mindset and the psychological aspects of lifting, presenting at events such as the European Powerlifting Conference 2018 in Dublin and The Global Strength Summit 2019 in Dubai. Much of her coaching style is built upon the psychological education she gained from social work studies between 2015 and 2018 at Gothenburg University. Isabella believes that to effectively help clients reach their goals, motivation and mental challenges must be understood and taken into account with equal respect as the physical preparations. The unique experiences of a fast rise to international success, formal education, and practical client work, has given her a solid understanding for the mental rigors that go along with competition at any level. Her ability to listen to athletes, empathize, and challenge them when necessary is one of many major tools to helps lifters achieve their potential on the platform. For more on Isabella, check her out on Instagram

Europe faces a tidal wave of Covid infections and many countries have brought in new social measures to try to cope. There are passes that give different rights to those who are vaccinated from those who are not, some countries have curfews or lockdowns and from 1st February, Austria will make vaccines compulsory for everyone. There have been protests throughout the continent. World Questions debates the response to the pandemic with political leaders and questioners from across the continent. Panel: Karoline Edtstadler: Federal Minister for the EU and the Constitution in Austria Thierry Baudet MP: Leader of Forum for Democracy in the Netherlands Professor Agnes Wold: Chief Physician of the Department of Infectious Diseases in Gothenburg University, Sweden Eva Kaili, MEP: Chair of the European Parliament's Panel for the Future of Science and Technology Presenter: Jonny Dymond BBC World Questions is a series of international events created in partnership with the British Council.

How will COVID-19 impact EU Trade Policy in the long-term? Why has the EU-Mercosur trade agreement taken over two decades to be finalized? What current challenges will shape the future of the EU? These are some of the themes discussed in our conversation with Cecilia Malmström. She has served as MEP, Minister of EU Affairs, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, and EU Commissioner for Trade. She is currently lecturing at Gothenburg University and is a fellow at Washington's Peterson Institute. Check out Cecilia's bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Malmstr%C3%B6m

What is the Doomsday Glacier? Thanks for asking!The Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica is melting rapidly and risks breaking up completely. For nearly a quarter of a century, climate scientists have been observing it closely and have nicknamed it the Doomsday Glacier due to its instability and potential impact on the future of the planet. Thwaites Glacier is more than 1km deep and has a surface area of 74,000 m2, larger than all of England. It’s more than 1,000 miles away from the closest research base, making it remote even for Antarctica.The speed at which the glacier is melting has increased due to currents of warm water flowing underneath it, wearing away at its base. A study published last month by Gothenburg University researchers showed that the quantity of warm water, measured for the first time using a robotic unmanned submarine, was far higher than previously thought. How long ago did the glacier start melting? What will happen if the glacier disappears? I bet it isn’t the only glacier in the world that’s causing concern... In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the last episodes, you can click here:What is Resident Evil?What is the andropause?What is parcopresis?A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meet Johan Magnusson, Head of Division, Information Systems at the University of Gothenburg, and Co-director SCDI, in this episode of IT Talks. Johan talks about the importance of governance, efficiency vs innovation, and explains why digitalisation will move faster within the public sector compared to the private sector. You will also learn what the stupidest thing to do is, and get tips on success factors.

In this episode, we were delighted to be joined by Alexandra Fried and Alexandra Herlitz who, together, host the podcast Konsthistoriepodden a Swedish Art History podcast.  Both are currently senior lecturers at Gothenburg University in the department of Cultural Science specialising in specific periods of Art History.The Konsthistorienpodden discusses the process, ownership and reception of well-known artworks and covers a diverse roster of artists from a broad spectrum of time periods. Most of all, it reveals the unknown twists and tales that lay behind many of the lives of the artists and their acclaimed artworks.In our conversation, we discuss the value of understanding or being able to deconstruct artworks of historical importance and how that impacts how we view contemporary art. We also explore the importance of the narrative behind contemporary and historical artists and the value of historical art in modern culture and society.You can listen to the Konsthistorienpodden on most podcast platforms. Also, you can follow Alexandra Fried and Alexandra Herlitz and their insightful podcast and discover more art history adventures on Instagram and on Facebook. Please follow the Nordic Art Agency Podcast and the Nordic Art Agency on Instagram and be sure to subscribe to the podcast and never miss an episode of Season 2.

In the second half of 2020, Germany assumes the presidency in the Council of the European Union (not to be confused with the European Council and Council of Europe). This year, Germany also published its first document that comprehensively outlines its Indo-Pacific "strategy". In this episode, we discussed Germany's foreign policy, its position in the EU, NATO, and the UN, as well as its engagement in the broader Indo-Pacific region. Sascha Simon is a Master's Candidate at the University of Konstanz, Germany and Gothenburg University, Sweden. He earned his Bachelor's degree from Malmö University, Sweden and spent a semester each at Ritsumeikan University, Japan, and Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. He is cross-registered at post-graduate level at University of Zürich, Switzerland.

The significance of the marine environment to the social and economic wellbeing of coastal states in Africa, in particular, Small Island nations such as Seychelles, Mauritius and Cabo Verde, cannot be overemphasised. The existence of these states practically depends on the health and sustainability of their marine environment. As a result, anything that threatens this sustainability is essentially a threat to their security. In light of the Mauritius oil spillage, whereby a Japanese bulk carrier (MV Wakashio) broke-up and leaked oil on the shores of Mauritius in July, and taking into account that 24.3% of the country's GDP is from tourism (2018 figures), we discuss the implication of this spill with Dr Nkeiru Scotcher. Dr Scotcher is a postdoctoral fellow and instructor in Ocean Governance and the Law of the Sea at the Department of Law in Gothenburg University, Sweden. What is clear from the conversation is the Mauritius government is not to blame for what happened during and at the aftermath of the spill as it is impossible to prepare for that which is beyond one's control (one cannot give what one does not have). Though different, the BP US Gulf of Mexico spills in 2010, and the aftermath evinces that it is difficult to prepare for such eventuality. What is clear, Dr Scotcher notes, is the need for Africa to regroup, restrategise and push for change in the international Convention, including pushing for the introduction of a protocol that can increase liability and the review of the relevant Convention. You may reach her via email on: nkeiru.scotcher@law.gu.se

Sweden's highly decentralized system of government, efficient under normal circumstances, is an important factor that influenced the idiosyncratic Swedish strategy for managing the coronavirus crisis. Given the relatively constrained central political authority, with expert agencies and local administrations wielding a great deal of power in the Swedish system, could Sweden have possibly managed the crisis any differently, perhaps more effectively, or was the liberal approach the only option? Diverging from the strict coercive measures of most other European countries, Sweden's far less stringent response amounted to a series of “nudges” to encourage Swedes to take the necessary precautions to contain the spread of COVID-19, according to Prof. Jon Pierre of Gothenburg University who joins the podcast to share the results of his analysis of Sweden's strategy in comparison with other countries.    

A recent Nature Biotechnology paper from Tony Atala and colleagues at Wake Forest describes the use of bioengineered scaffolds to repair substantial injuries to rabbit uteri, supporting pregnancies and live births. Senior Editor Irene Jarchum discusses this work with Mats Brännström and Mats Hellström, both from Gothenburg University in Sweden. You can read the paper here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sweden's COVID-19 containment policies Guests: Derek Robertson, journalist Professor Orla Vigsö, Journalism Media and Communication, Gothenburg University

The GIOA Podcast #2 Reporting from Göteborg International Organ Festival The Organ as a Mechanical Musical Marvel October 11-20, 2019 Meet Benjamin Kjell, Master Student, Organ and Related Keyboard Instruments, Academy of Music and Drama, Gothenburg University, and hear his concert at Gothenburg Cathedral Friday October 11, 12:00, 2019, during Göteborg International Organ Festival, October 11-20, 2019 See Benjamin's concert program here: www.facebook.com/events/395764268014801/ Göteborg International Organ Festival The Organ as Mechanical Musical Marvel October 11-20, 2019 A World of Tactile Passion and New Sounds www.organacademy.se

The GIOA Podcast #1 Reporting from Göteborg International Organ Festival The Organ as a Mechanical Musical Marvel October 11-20, 2019 Meet Dominik Göbel, Master Student, Organ and Related Keyboard Instruments, Academy of Music and Drama, Gothenburg University, and hear his concert at Gothenburg Cathedral Friday October 11, 12:00, 2019, during Göteborg International Organ Festival, October 11-20, 2019 See Dominik's concert program here: https://www.facebook.com/events/395764268014801/ Photo: Jon Liinason Podcast: Jon Liinason Göteborg International Organ Festival The Organ as Mechanical Musical Marvel October 11-20, 2019 A World of Tactile Passion and New Sounds www.organacademy.se

Episode 1: Sociologist Malcolm Fairbrother (Professor, Umeå University) discusses his ongoing research with CeCAR political scientist Niklas Harring (Associate Professor, Gothenburg University) in our first CeCAR research podcast. This episode focuses on the complex nature of trust and the role it plays in our ongoing battle against climate change. The discussion also highlights some of the major challenges researchers, politicians and the public face when dealing with these crucial environmental issues - as well as offering some reasons to be optimistic about the future. Malcolm Fairbrother is a comparative political sociologist at Umeå University, who studies environmental policy and politics, economic globalization, trust, and social science research methods — and the relationships among them.

What’s it all about? I’m sure you get frustrated with all the EV and battery haters telling you how dirty and wasteful they are, and how they can’t be, or aren’t recycled. I do. So I approached an industry expert to shed some light on the life and uses of a lithium-ion battery. The answers even surprised me a little. Take a listen. About our guest Hans Eric Melin is the founder of the London-based Circular Energy Storage (CES) which is a consultancy focused on lifecycle management of lithium-ion batteries. He is also the main contributor to the company’s report “The lithium-ion battery end-of-life market” covering volumes, prices, market and technical development in the recycling and reuse industry. Prior to starting Circular Energy Storage Hans Eric served as Vice President New Markets at Battery Solutions in Michigan, USA where he primarily worked with collection solutions and reuse of lithium-ion batteries. Before that he was the CEO of Refind Technologies in Gothenburg in Sweden which is a leading company in intelligent sorting of batteries and electronics. Besides batteries and recycling Hans Eric has long experience from working with eco design and renewable energy. He holds a BSc in Communication Studies and Business administration from Gothenburg University. Circular Energy Storage Research and Consulting is a London-based consultancy specialized in life cycle management of lithium-ion batteries. We help battery companies, car and device makers, utilities and recyclers to develop end-of-life strategies for lithium-ion batteries, and advise investors and the raw material industry on how the the end-of-life sector affects the overall energy storage market. We do it through reports and monthly updates as well as through bespoke consulting projects. As a foundation of the work lies a continuous data collection of what's happening on the energy storage and raw material markets as well as trends in mobility and consumer electronics. Hans Eric Melin on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/hansericmelin/ Hans Eric Melin on Twitter https://twitter.com/hanseric Circular Energy Storage website https://circularenergystorage.com/ Follow us online, write a review (please) or subscribe I'm very keen to hear feedback on the podcast and my guests, and to hear your suggestions for future guests or topics. Contact via the website, or Twitter. If you do enjoy the podcast, please write a review on iTunes, or your usual podcast platform, and tell your cleantech friends about us. That would be much appreciated. Twitter https://twitter.com/weekincleantech Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thisweekincleantech/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhunt2013/

In the seventh episode of the Ocean Governance Podcast, we are joined by Brita Bohman, post doc researcher in ocean governance law at Gothenburg University and lecturer in environmental law at Stockholm university. In her research, Brita has focused on issues of adaptivity and legitimacy in relation to marine governance. That is fitting since preconditions for adaptive and legitimate governance can be said to be the overall theme of this episode. One of the two articles discussed identifies, based on the relevant literature, impediments to and models for facilitating knowledge exchange among scientists and decision-makers as a precondition for adaptive governance. The second article, which draws on interdisciplinary assessments of the resilience of six North American water basins, formulates guidelines for evaluating ways in which law can be used, adapted, and reformed to facilitate adaptive governance in ways that also enhances the legitimacy of governmental action. While it is evident that creating the right conditions for knowledge-based governance where law provides both legitimacy and facilitate adaptivity is challenging, the texts discussed offer suggestions, at different levels of specificity, for how that can be facilitated. The articles discussed in this episode are: B. A Cosens, R. K. Craig, S. Hirsch, C. A. (T.) Arnold, M. H. Benson, D. A. DeCaro, A. S. Garmestani, H. Gosnell, J. Ruhl, and E. Schlager, The role of law in adaptive governance, Ecology and Society 22(1):30 C. Cvitanovic, A.J. Hobday, L. van Kerkhoff, S.K. Wilson, K. Dobbs, N.A. Marshall, Improving knowledge exchange among scientists and decisionmakers to facilitate the adaptive governance of marine resources: A review of knowledge and research needs, Ocean & Coastal Management 112 (2015) 25-35 It should also be mentioned that Brita Bohman is the author of ‘Transboundary Law for Social-Ecological Resilience?: A Study on Eutrophication in the Baltic Sea Area’ (Department of Law, Stockholm University , 2017) If you want to comment on the content or otherwise communicate with us, please do so by sending an email to: aron.westholm@law.gu.se. We hope that you will enjoy listening!

For this episode of Rendering Unconscious Podcast, we have Elisabeth Punzi, PhD presenting her work with Per Magnus Johansson, PhD on Freud and H.D. This paper "Psychoanalysis and the Freedom of Thought; Hilda Doolittle (H.D.) was originally presented at the conference Re-writing the Future: 100 Years of Esoteric Modernism and Psychoanalysis, at Schloss Pienzenau, Südtirol, on May 30, 2019. Another paper on the relationship between H.D. and Freud by Drs. Elisabeth Punzi and Per Magnus Johansson, “‘She is perfect’ – Nuancing Freud’s View of Femininity through Reading ‘Tribute to Freud’ with respect to mystical and religious themes,” can be found in Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry (Trapart Books, 2019).  www.trapart.net H.D's works "Tribute to Freud" and "End to Torment" are both mentioned in this episode.  Dr. Punzi is organizing a conference at Gothenburg University, The Material and Immaterial Heritage of Psychiatry, June 11-12th, 2019, where both Dr. Johansson and Dr. Sinclair will be presenting.  Elisabeth Punzi is a licensed psychologist, PhD and a lecturer at the Department of Psychology at Gothenburg University (GU). She leads a project concerning heritage and health at the Centre for Critical Heritage Studies, GU and teaches psychoanalytic theory, psychology of religion and qualitative research methods, and many other topics. Her research concerns clinical practice, critical psychology/psychiatry, the importance of expressive arts for health and recovery as well as Jewish identity, heritage and congregational life. Per Magnus Johansson is a licensed psychologist, psychoanalyst, PhD and Associate professor in the History of Ideas at the University of Gothenburg (GU). He teaches psychoanalytic theory, psychoanalytic psychotherapy and Foucauldian discourse analysis, and many other topics. He is also in private practice in Gothenburg. His research mainly concerns the history of psychoanalysis, psychotherapy and psychiatry. Rendering Unconscious is a podcast hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, an American psychoanalyst based in Stockholm. Dr. Sinclair interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, philosophers, creative arts therapists, social workers, artists, poets, writers, scholars and other clinicians and intellectuals about their process, work, current events, activism, mental health care, diverse theoretical lenses and various worldviews. Episodes also include lectures given and recorded at various events hosted by Dr. Sinclair internationally. www.renderingunconscious.org/about Rendering Unconscious is also a book! Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry published by Trapart Books, 2019. Visit www.trapart.net Book release party at Aeon Books, 151 E Broadway, Manhattan June 15 @ 7pm For more information visit www.dasunbehagen.org If you enjoy what we’re doing, please support the podcast at www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl For more info visit: www.drvanessasinclair.net www.dasunbehagen.org www.trapart.net www.renderingunconscious.org The song at the end of the episode is from “Wormhole Staircase” by Carl Abrahamsson (feat. Vanessa Sinclair) available on Abrahamsson's new solo album "O Time Thy Pyramids" from Highbrow-Lowlife on iTunes, Spotify, Bandcamp, YouTube & all major streaming platforms. www.carlabrahamsson.bandcamp.com www.highbrow-lowlife.com Photo of Elisabeth Punzi by Vanessa Sinclair

In this episode, Emma and Sanjay talk about their experiences of living in student dorms and apartments, Emma, Katharina and Lauren provide their hints and tips for ways to look for housing, whether that's in student accommodation or not. This podcast covers the specifics of housing situations in: Stockholm, Uppsala, Malmö, Gothenburg and Jönköping! Show notes - links out! Accommodation for students broadly in Sweden - hints and tips: https://studyinsweden.se/life-in-sweden/accommodation/ Stockholm University Housing Association - https://www.sssb.se/en/ Tips from Göteborg/Gothenburg University on student housing - https://utbildning.gu.se/education/studenthousing/internationalstudent/student-housing-companies Uppsala University Housing - https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/accommodation/ Lund University Housing - https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/student-life/housing/lu-accommodation Linköping University Housing - https://liu.se/en/article/accommodation Umeå University Housing - https://www.umu.se/en/education/accommodation/student-housing/ Malmö University Housing - https://mau.se/en/after-admission/housing/ And if you have any further questions for us, write us a comment on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/studyinsweden/), and be sure to check out the blog and Instagram: http://blogs.studyinsweden.se/ https://www.instagram.com/studyinsweden/

Episode 3: Jon Pierre, professor of political science at Gothenburg University, discusses his 2011 book "The Politics of Urban Governance." Outlining his four models on governance, Pierre explores the changing dynamics of governance and government in 21st-century cities, and discusses its implications on everyday living for the urban citizen. Jon Pierre is a research professor in the department of political science, University of Gothenburg and professor of public governance at the Melbourne School of Government, University of Melbourne. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh. He has held numerous overseas visiting appointments, most recently at the City University of Hong Kong, University of Melbourne and University of Auckland. Selected Works: Pierre, J. (2019). Multilevel governance as a strategy to build capacity in cities: Evidence from Sweden. Journal of Urban Affairs, 41(1), 103-116. Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07352166.2017.1310532

Catherine Keller recently visited Sweden to deliver a few lectures in Betlehemskyrkan, Gothenburg. This episode is from the opening day which focused on introducing Catherine to the visitors. In the forthcoming weeks we will publish some of her lectures too. Organizers of the event Teologi som förändrar världen: Göteborgs stift, Equmeniakyrkan, Oscar Fredriks församling, Betlehemskyrkan, Sensus and Gothenburg University. Participants: KG Hammar, Petra Carlsson and Andreas Nordlander. Music by: Jonatan Bäckelie and Roma Ransom.

In this episode, we talk to Angelina Hjelm of AngelinaNaturalis.comHer passion is to gather nature's intrinsic knowledge and share it with others.She's studied alpine botany at Umeå university. Did a Bachelors in organic gardening and design systems at Gothenburg University.And also a Permaculture Design Course with Richard Perkins, at Ridgedale Permaculture Farm. Angelina's love for nature and her inquisitive disposition has given her extensive knowledge of plants, both wild and cultivated, their use in gardens and their medicinal and culinary properties.Join us as Angelina shares some of her journey. We get into a great discussion about connecting to nature, wild foraging, herbs, and she shares with us some ‘how to' on her favourite ferments.Check out what Angelina is up to:AngelinaNaturalis.comInstagramFacebookThanks for investing your time in this podcast. You are welcome to financially support us at patreon.com/probioticlifeTo all who have been reaching out and connecting, thanks being part of this journey!Show Notes- studied and worked with plants for last 13 years- alpine botany and organic gardening at university- strong sense of belonging in the natural world, and therefore curiosity, has been the inspiration for her work all her life- “everyday magic”, being part of this little bubble (Earth) among the stars- discussion of oldest place in Sweden- Angelina had a farm near the Arctic circle- now lives in the southern part of Sweden, and works there to guide people into the natural world- certified in permaculture- since 2016 has run “Angelina Naturalis”: specialises in edible and medicinal wild plants, herbal therapy, plant-based wild and green foods- incorporating plants into everyday life is gentler on the body, creates longterm solutions- Angelina helps people find ways to use these plants regularly- discussion of Angelina's early experiences in nature- wanted to learn more details about how plant kingdom was defined- she learned how to read the landscape based on what plants were growing and how they tasted- colours and flavours, and therefore nutrients, are intensified in certain landscapes, where food is less available- we have focused on sweeter plants in our cultivated crops, and neglected more bitter-tasting medicinal ones- bitter substances serve specific functions in our body, to stimulate enzymes, gallbladder & pancreatic juices, digesting and absorbing foods- Angelina advocates a balance of annuals, biannuals, and perennials in the diet- because of her connection to nature, Angelina grew up with a sense of trust, and a very positive outlook on the world, in contrast to many others she encountered- she saw the world as dynamic, resilient, and capable, a world of possibilities- “we are in space, no one knows why, I love you”- understanding the natural world gives a sense of responsibility and care, that we have natural capital and resources available to use to benefit each other and the worldTrust- the world has billions of years experience, and so many functional systems to learn from- a striving to understand, but also an openness that there is so much more to knowLooking Forward- base knowledge of the world in and around us, tending to our health while not overloading the systems around us that we are totally dependent on- instead of conquering and controlling, we have the possibility to collaborate- oldest book in Chinese medicine, which is about the relationship between human being and nature, constantly adapting for optimum functionHerbalism- fermented “Jun” culture- using Jun to make different herbal brews and medicinal teas- fermenting flowers and leaves into different teas- discussion of fermentation process- discussion of plants and flavours to useCurrent Interests- studying phytochemistry, otherwise known as herbal therapy- herbal tours from south to the north of Scandinavia- people have a hunger and openness to gain useful knowledge of plants, especially childrenFinal Thoughts- Angelina wants to encourage even the smallest expression of cultivating a healthier approach to life- support people who are already doing so- engage with your curiosity- willingness to be amazedAngelina's Inspirations- intensive permaculture design course with Richard Perkins- Stephen Barstow, “The Extreme Salad Man”

Peace and Gender is a new podcast about the people behind the research on gender, peace, and security. In this episode, AndreaThiis-Evensen meets up with Professor Karin Aggestam, a Swedish researcher who specialises in the underrepresentation of women and LGBT people in diplomacy.  This is the first in a series – a collaboration betwen Mojo News (Monash Journalism) and   Monash Gender, Peace and Security, a group of policy and community engaged scholars whose research is focused in this area. The aim is to use the research to inform people, educators and policy-makers on the gendered politics of armed conflict and the search for peace. TRANSCRIPT Andrea:  Hey, my name is Andrea Thiis-Evensen.  Welcome to Peace and Gender, the podcast about the people behind the research on gender, peace and security.  In this podcast series I'm going to meet up with new professors and academics coming from all around the world who specialise in gender, peace and security.  In this podcast I'm trying to not only get a better understanding of the studies, but also the people behind the papers and research.  Who are they?  Why do they research these issues?  Most importantly, what are the issues regarding gender, peace and security that we actually need to talk about today? In this episode, you will meet Professor Karin Aggestam.  Karin is a professor in political science at Lund University in Sweden.  In this episode, Karin's going to talk about the underrepresentation of women in diplomacy and why this is a problem.  Karin also talks about a topic that I myself had never considered which is how difficult it can be for LGBT people in diplomacy, but more on that later. To begin with, when did Karin start studying gender, peace and conflict? Karin:  My area of interest in - generally like peace and conflict - has been all my career, including also as an under graduate and a post graduate.  Peace and conflict has been an area which I find extremely interesting because it's also inter-disciplinary, and it provides lots of opportunity to lots of interesting stuff in academia.  I've never left that area. Then I've worked also for a very long time on the Middle East, and particularly on the Israeli Palestinian conflict.  When it comes to gender it's something that I already - as a PhD candidate, together with some other of my colleagues, we got together in the 1990s - in the end of the 1990s - and had a big conference on feminist perspective in international relations, which at the time was considered very new area.  We had a great conference and a great launch at Lund University.  That also goes a long way back in time. Andrea:  Like many other professors and people, Karin has a life project within her academic world.  A specific academic curiosity as she calls it, or an issue that she wants to explore.  Karin:  My sort of curiosity, academic curiosity, has always been driven by a search for how we can sort of enhance a peaceful world order.  That's actually one reason why I did get - I was promoted to the Pufendorf Chair Professor because I have been working consistently in all my work, even though it has been very diverse, and diverse empirical domains.  Also theoretically it has always had us and our overarching quest of how we can advance a more peaceful world order. Andrea: One of Karin's most recent books is Gendering Diplomacy and International Negotiation. Karin:  There is so few studies in the field of diplomacy.  I put together, a couple of years ago, two panels at one of the big international conferences for international studies on diplomacy, together with Ann Towns who's a professor at Gothenburg University. We had these two panels and very exciting discussions and interesting papers.  From there we decided that we wanted to pull together these papers into book because - to make one step further to create a more robust theoretical field and also for empirical studies, so having a first take on that. Andrea: Karin's book addresses the critical question of where are the women in contemporary diplomacy and international negotiation.  Karin: Well my key interest in diplomacy is related to peace and conflict and that's why I have studied.  I spent lots of time on peace negotiations which are so critically important in the transition between war and peace.  This is, most of the time, conducted by men only, and I find this very troubling.  Andrea:  Can you tell me a bit about the issue about the lack of women and the overrepresentation of men in diplomacy? Karin:  Well if you have an institution of diplomacy where 85 per cent of them are men, there is an issue to be dealt with and needs to be addressed.  That's a starting point to problematize this very male institution and why that is the case.  You can do that through various approaches and that's what we try to show in the book.  Obviously there have been a number of bans in place excluding formerly women from participating in diplomacy.  As we point out this is a relatively new phenomenon in the sense that they were introduced as part of the professionalization of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the nineteenth century, and lifted first at the beginning of the twentieth century.  That was still in place when it came to marriage ban which was first lifted in the 60s and the 70s.  It's actually only in the last few decades that women have been able fully to participate and make careers as diplomats.  Andrea: The history of women in diplomacy is more complex than one might think.  Karin: What is interesting when - to take a more historical perspective that's why we argue in the book also that we need to analyse and study microhistory of specific periods of time because we can see that exclusion and inclusion of women fluctuates over time.  What we show, by looking and digging deeper into diplomatic history, is that actually women during the sixteenth, seventeenth century, eighteenth century, did take a very active part especially on the cases that we have on European history where women could make use of the fact that the boundaries between formal and informal institutions were much more fluid.  That created lots of opportunities for women to take part.  Of course we are then talking about elite women, women married to an ambassador, connected to the Royal Court.  These were women with very interesting stories, highly skilled, who played critical role both in negotiations, facilitating communication, building trust and so on.  This is sort of adding new critical insights, I would say, to history.  Also there were different concepts like Cynthia Enloe has discussed the role of the diplomatic wife which is more recent.  If we go back in time, another very interesting arena or forum where diplomats often made the critical decision was in the saloon.  In the saloon these were hosted and often orchestrated by women who then again were - you could say - playing the role as mediators, negotiators, communicators; the key critical functions of diplomacy. Andrea: As I mentioned earlier, Karin does not only focus on women being underrepresented in contemporary diplomacy. Karin: First of all, when it comes to not only women but also the LGBT people, first of all we also need to recognise - I'm probing again the barriers that are at play here, and how these people may find it difficult to operate in a very traditional masculine institution as diplomacy.  The question is to what extent diplomacy as an institution constrain and enable actions for women, for LGBT people, transgender.  It's something we need to probe, and to analyse, and to unpack in the quest of transforming diplomacy in the sense of becoming more inclusive and open.  What is interesting is if we take this historical perspective and look back in time, it's very interesting to find cases of transgender who act as diplomats.  We have a case in the seventeenth century of a man, born as a man but - and becoming a diplomat - but always dressed as a women, and identifying as a women, until he died.  There are many many more cases that we can look for and study, learn and understand also how gender categories are fluid at times in specific historical periods of time, and others where it's much more of policing and controlling boundaries. Andrea: As Karin writes in her book, women now make up just 15 per cent of the top diplomatic positions worldwide.  While Nordic countries stand out with an average of 35 per cent female ambassadors, the numbers are still pretty low.  Karin argues that the more gender equal a country is, the more likely they are to appoint female ambassadors.  How does it make a difference to have more women in diplomacy? Karin: We need much more studies on the effects of the increasing number of women, that we now see women participating in diplomacy.  What are the effects?  To what extent do women have to adjust to the traditional script of diplomacy?  Are they able to bring forth new issues?  Are they able to promote specific women issues?  All these questions needs to be discussed more thoroughly.  There's not a clear-cut answer to that question, and it's too naïve and too simplistic by stating, as some policymakers at times are doing, saying that adding more women by itself creates gender equality because that does not always correlate.  Of course there's a number of different school of thoughts here.  There are some who would say that if you reach a critical mass, things change.  There are different schools of thought on this.  We have seen this - for instance very interesting by other gender scholars on domestic politics and national institutions, but very few studies when it comes to the field of diplomacy.  That's why we hope to see many many more studies unpacking this assumption that is still there in the contemporary international policy [unclear].  First of all when it comes to not only women but also the LBGT people, first of all we also need to recognise and probing again the barriers that are at play here, and how these people may find it difficult to operate in a very traditional masculine institution as diplomacy.  The question is to what extent diplomacy as an institution constrain and enable actions for women, for LGBT people, transgender.  It's something we need to probe, and to analyse, and to unpack.  Andrea:  That was Karin Aggestam.  Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Peace and Gender.  My name is Andrea Thiis-Evensen, and this podcast was produced from Monash Gender Peace and Security and Mojo News. Music: "Solitude" by Broke for free –  Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License Artwork: Shayla Rance

Back in the second episode of this podcast, we interviewed two scholars on China’s aspirations in the Arctic region, the University of Oslo’s Iselin Stensdal and Fudan Development Institute’s Arthur Guschin. In this episode, Arthur is back, this time with a lecture for economics students from Gothenburg University, which was part of a series of lectures on Chinese society that Nordic Centre organized for them. The lecture discusses infrastructure investments, resources extraction, and in shipping in the Arctic along the Northern Sea Route, and China’s role therein, including perspectives on the Belt and Road Initiative, which is Beijing’s signature foreign policy. Recorded in December 2017.See the slides here.

Jan Jörnmark is a writer and a docent at Chalmers Technical University in Gothenburg and at the Business school in Gothenburg University. Jan has written books about international enterprise and globalization and has managed to reach a big crowd with his book “Övergivna platser”, which in English translates to “Abandoned places”. He has also written the book “Stockholm i den globala förkastningen” and has participated in a documentary called “Glömda platser”.

In this first edition we look at the results from last week's election in the Netherlands together with Bo Dohmen, Dutch master’s student and Jonathan Polk, political scientist and researcher at Gothenburg University, Center for European Research. This spring, our podcast Radio Utblick takes a closer look at the national elections in the European Union. Focusing on key issues e.g. populism, right wing extremism, mainstream parties and new parties.   Spoken languages: Intro - swedish (5%), Interviews - english (95%)   Radio Utblick is a podcast produced by The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg, Sweden.  

Asgeir B. Torfason is Assistant Professor in the School of Business at the University of Iceland where he teaches Finance, Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis. Asgeir defended his PhD at Gothenburg University in May 2014 with dissertation: Cash Flow Accounting in Banks - A study of practice. His research combines bank management, finance theory, monetary economics and accounting studies. Previous research has focused on asset values and long-term investment in real estate, a field where Asgeir has extensive practical experience, covering the Nordics as VP for a REIT listed on NYSE. Prior to that he worked in university management after getting an MBA from Norwegian Business School in Oslo, and studied earlier Philosophy and Economics in Iceland. Check out the links, resources and books mentioned in this episode at www.economicrockstar.com/asgeir

SUNDAYS, 9:00PM 'til 11:00PM (central) - The INTREPID RADIO PROGRAM with Scotty Roberts and John Ward - www.intrepidradio.com and www.ipbn-fm.com/listen-chat.html Joining the lads this time 'round, is none other than Dr. Maria Nilsson​, archaeologist and Mission Director of the Gebel el Silsila Epigraphic Survey Project and Lead Archaeologist at Gebel el Silsila, Egypt. Following the disputation on her doctoral thesis on Hellenistic Queen Arsinoë II's crown at Gothenburg University in 2010 Maria now focuses her research on the relatively new topic "pseudo script", primarily Ptolemaic and Roman quarry marks in Gebel el Silsila, Egypt. That research has now lead her to the new discovery of the lost Temple of Khenu at Gebel el Silsila, where with John Ward and her phenomenal team, they are continuing to make discoveries and expand the preservaion of the site and its antiquities. Tune in for what will surely be an intriguing show. * * * You can listen to the program LIVE at www.intrepidradio.com and www.ipbn-fm.com as well as on your Android and Smart devices with our app you can download, here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details… Go to: www.TalkStreamLive.com - where you can download the TSL android app and search for "Intrepid Radio." Join our LIVE chatroom at www.intrepidradio.com We'll be taking your calls on the Intrepid Radio Program at (651) 760-8906 ALL CALLERS will be entered into a drawing to win a copy of "HERODOTUS' HISTORIES." * * *

Elena Raviola, Gothenburg University, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute seminar series.

Audio Journal of Medicine, December 8th, 2007 Reporting from: American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, December 8-11 2007, Atlanta Large Risk Reduction For Rivaroxaban In Blood Clot Prevention BENGT ERIKSSON, Gothenburg University REFERENCE: Abstract 6 In a large phase III trial of patients having a hip replacement, the oral anticoagulant rivaroxaban has shown significant benefit when compared to enoxaparin. Derek Thorne heard more from Bengt Eriksson of Gothenburg University.