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“The Dark Side of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar” by Dr. Sandra Meeuwsen
Mesacosa Zwanestraat 35, Groningen, NetherlandsSports can play a surprisingly important political role. The soccer World Cup Championship of 2022 has been doused by controversies due to Qatar’s questionable human rights record regarding, amongst others, ...
“The moral dilemmas in medicine” by Dr Anika Nagelkerke
Mesacosa Zwanestraat 35, Groningen, NetherlandsAnimal testing is a vital part of drug design in today's medicine, but it raises many ethical questions and isn't even representative of the human body. Dr. Anika Nagelkerke from ...
“Space law 101” by Deepika Jeyakodi
Mesacosa Zwanestraat 35, Groningen, NetherlandsDeepika Jeyakodi works as a space lawyer and is a member of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL). Space lawyers concern themselves with a combination of international, public and ...
“The geopolitics of the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan” by Dr. Agha Bayramov and Dr. Mustafa Ali Sezal
Mesacosa Zwanestraat 35, Groningen, NetherlandsArmenia and Azerbaijan have been clashing about the Nagoro-Karabakh region since 1988, when both states were getting ready to leave the Soviet Union. Since the initial 6-year war, border clashes ...
“Yesterday’s war – memories of a correspondent in the Middle East” by Jan Keulen
Mesacosa Zwanestraat 35, Groningen, NetherlandsAs a journalist and correspondent, Jan Keulen has extensive experience in the Middle East. He was in Beirut during the Lebanese civil war, and has worked as a reporter in ...
“Five years and counting – revisiting the state of Rohingya crisis” by Palash Kamruzzaman
Mesacosa Zwanestraat 35, Groningen, NetherlandsIt is now over five years since the latest episode of state-led violence forcibly displaced hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas in 2017. Bangladesh currently shelters nearly one million Rohingyas in ...
“Tweeting about Daesh; What opponents and proponents of IS say on Twitter” by Matteo Colombo
The Cabin Gedempte Zuiderdiep 67, Groningen, NetherlandsThe Islamic State gained international attention when in June 2014 it proclaimed a Caliphate in cities it captured in Iraq and Syria. After initial military success, IS gradually started to ...
“The Future of Energy in Europe”
Groninger Forum Nieuwe Markt 1, Groningen, NetherlandsThe war in Ukraine made 'energy' an important topic of political discussion throughout Europe. While more and more people suffer from energy poverty, the transition to sustainable energy is in ...
“We Need a New Humanitarianism” by Mukesh Kapila
Van Swinderen Huys Oude Boteringestraat 19, GroningenHuman desperation and vulnerability are increasing everywhere. Meanwhile, humanitarian aid has become big business and humanitarian agencies have mushroomed. However, trust in humanitarians has plummeted. So, what is going wrong in the global kindness ...
Lecture on the Development of Board Games by drs. Arjan van Houwelingen
Mancala, the SIB’s one and only Board Games Dispuut, presents the Board Games Lecture! For this lecture, we’ll be visited by drs. Arjan van Houwelingen, who is intimately familiar with ...