Research spotlight: War in Ukraine
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine raises many questions – about the impact on the security situation in Europe and the world, about the backdrop to the conflict and the prospects of resolving it, about violations of international law and human rights. A great deal of research at Uppsala University provides perspectives on the current crisis and can deepen our understanding of it.
Researchers on the war in Ukraine
Mass exodus calls for many health actions
7 April 2022. What health measures need implementing for people fleeing from the war in Ukraine? Soorej Jose Putho ...
Text
Putin’s vision of a conservative orthodox superpower
6 April 2022. Following traditional, conservative and Christian Orthodox ideals, in contrast to the “morally adrif ...
Text
12 million Ukrainians expected to flee to the EU
30 March 2022. Some 12 million Ukrainian refugees are expected to come to the EU. It's anticipated that more than o ...
Text
Related news
-
“There wasn't one Soviet Union – there were a lot of Soviet Unions”
27 januari 2023
Hello there, Li Bennich-Björkman, professor at the Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies and Skyttean Professor of Eloquence and Political Sci...
-
The Nobel laureates visit Uppsala
02 december 2022
Philosophical discussions, lectures on groundbreaking discoveries and the chance to see the celebrities of science in real life. Uppsala University...
-
Cultural heritage – a target in war
17 maj 2022
In the world heritage city of Visby, Mattias Legnér conducts research into cultural heritage in conflict zones. A lot of times, cultural heritage b...
-
Mass exodus calls for many health actions
07 april 2022
What health measures need implementing for people fleeing from the war in Ukraine? Soorej Jose Puthoopparambil, researcher and Senior Lecturer at U...
-
Putin’s vision of a conservative orthodox superpower
06 april 2022
Following traditional, conservative and Christian Orthodox ideals, in contrast to the “morally adrift” West, and defending Russia as a superpower. ...
-
12 million Ukrainians expected to flee to the EU
30 mars 2022
Some 12 million Ukrainian refugees are expected to come to the EU. It's anticipated that more than one in three of them will want to travel to Germ...
-
The threat of nuclear weapons creates a completely new situation
30 mars 2022
When Putin threatened use of nuclear weapons, the world saw the emergence of a new security situation. “Deployment of nuclear weapons is now seen a...
-
New means of protecting Ukraine’s refugees
30 mars 2022
“The biggest refugee situation since the Second World War.” This is how international law scholar Rebecca Thorburn Stern describes the situation pr...
-
Powerful voice for democracy and academic freedom
24 mars 2022
Today, academic freedom and democracy are under threat around the world, including nearby European countries. And Uppsala University has a key part...
-
“There are many, many steps from a nuclear reactor to a nuclear weapon”
17 mars 2022
Hi there… Sophie Grape, senior lecturer in applied nuclear physics, group leader in Technical Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Safeguards, and work pa...
-
Ukrainian researchers get help from Scholars at Risk
15 mars 2022
Anna Jonsson Cornell, Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at the Faculty of Law, is currently working intensively with the organisation Sch...
-
Online source evaluation important in wartime
07 mars 2022
Hello there Thomas Nygren, member of the EU’s expert group on fake news and online disinformation and professor at the Department of Education. Wha...
-
“The war in Ukraine is welding all of Europe together”
02 mars 2022
Hello there... Li Bennich-Björkman. You’re the University’s Johan Skytte Professor of Eloquence and Government, affiliated with the Institute for R...
-
Regarding the invasion of Ukraine
25 februari 2022
Uppsala University endorses the Swedish Government’s firm condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
-
Europe’s Universities must stand up for democracy
25 februari 2022
The Guild calls on Europe’s governments, and the EU, to enable our universities to support Ukrainian students and staff on our campuses, and throug...
-
New measuring tool to improve radiation safety in Chernobyl
22 februari 2022
Hello there... Peter Andersson, researcher in the Division of Applied Nuclear Physics (part of the Department of Physics and Astronomy), now settin...
-
Important to understand the flow of refugees from conflicts
24 februari 2021
Hello there, Margareta Sollenberg, a researcher at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research. You were recently awarded a grant from the Swedis...
-
The professor wanting to contribute to peace on Earth
25 januari 2021
Isak Svensson is, as he describes it, a product of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research. Since his undergraduate studies, he has stayed tr...
-
New Centre for Nuclear Disarmament for Uppsala University
22 december 2020
Today, the Swedish Government decided to assign to Uppsala University the task of setting up a new national knowledge centre for research on nuclea...