Since the storming of the U.S. Capitol, QAnon has flourished as a widely-known conspiracy theorist cult. Its followers believe that paedophiles control media and politics and that a deep state – where a hidden government rules over the legitimate elected body – has been created in the United States. They
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▶︎ Travel Report: Chile & Singapore Part 1
Tag along on UPF:s online trip to Chile & Singapore! In part 1 of this year’s Travel Report you will hear Linnea, our travel correspondent, talk to the two heads of UPF:s travel committee. They will reflect on how it was planning UPF Lunds first ever online trip, what they
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▶︎ Towards A Secure And Sustainable Space Age With Daniel Porras
Boom welcome to the Space Age! The Perspective met up with Daniel Porras to discuss the urgent need for corporations in outer space. Daniel who is the Director of Strategic Partnership and Communications at the Secure World Foundation and Non-Resident at the UN Institute for Disarmament Research, elaborates on astonishing
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To The Frontline and Beyond. Portraits of Swedish War Correspondents
PART 3: Niclas Hammarström & Magnus Falkehed In a new interview series, The Perspective sat down with four Swedish foreign correspondents to discuss the contrasting realities of peace and conflict, and their own thoughts on the clashes they cover. Parts 1 (Johan-Mathias Sommarström) and 2 (Terese Cristiansson) were published in
To The Frontline and Beyond. Portraits of Swedish War Correspondents
PART 2: Terese Cristiansson In a new interview series, The Perspective sat down with four Swedish foreign correspondents to discuss the contrasting realities of peace and conflict, and their own thoughts on the clashes they cover. Part 1 (Johan-Mathias Sommarström) was published in The Perspective Magazine Issue 1/2021, while Part
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▶︎ Talking Greenish: S2E2 – Islands at Risk with Komal Narayan
Talking Greenish is the podcast dealing with all things climate change related. For this episode we follow up on our previous episode, on the importance of the oceans, by speaking with Fiji climate activist Komal Narayan. We got to hear about how very real the effects of climate change already
▶︎ The Istanbul Convention: A Feminist View
In this week’s episode we interviewed Kristina Lunz, co-Founder and co-Executive Director of the Center for Feminist Foreign Policy, who gave us her perspective on the Istanbul Convention and on the pushback that Europe has experienced in the last years. This pushback has been threatening to the security and well-being
▶︎ Interviewing Engineers Without Borders
The Perspective Pod had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Siri and Nafis from Engineers WIthout Borders (EWB) chapter in Lund. This student driven organisation mission is: “Through humanitarian engineering, we engage, inspire and unite people to build a sustainable future.” In the episode we talk about the
▶︎ Get to know UPF
“Get to know UPF” is a podcast version of the live show broadcasted on the 27th of August as promotion for UPF. During the episode, the radio studio was visited by two members of the presidium as well as the heads of several committees. Together we discuss the plans for
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▶︎ Private-Public Partnerships: New Perspectives on International Development
Curious about the most recent debates and discourses among development practitioners working in the public and the private sector? Tune in to this week’s episode focused on the latest perspectives regarding public-private partnerships, which are regarded as one of the more comprehensive means of tackling challenges to global development and