Mass Media and Public Debate

Staff and Students from the Department are regularly featuring in media and public debate. On this page we have links to ongoing debates and discussions.

Sten Hagberg and Karolina Jeppson demonstrate that the government decision to stop development cooperation with Burkina Faso was taken on erroneous grounds in Omvärlden 15 May 2013
Sten Hagberg et al. react against the systematic racism practised against African Researchers coming to Schengen in Upsala Nya Tidning 12 May 2013
The Vega Day Symposium with Paul Stoller was chaired by Sten Hagberg and the event was reported in Huffington Post on 25 April 2013
Sten Hagberg lectured on opposition politics and grassroots democracy in West African Municipalities in Ouagadougou 4-5 April 2013
Girls' race in Kunskapskanalen. Ethnologist Karin S. Lindelöf talked at Gymnastik- och Idrottshögskolans researchers' relay on 8 March 2013.
Forum for Africa Studies co-hosted a public lecture with Professor Hans Rosling on 7 February 2013. It was reported in Ergo and in Omvärlden.
Sten Hagberg commented the liberation of Timbuktu in Swedish Radio P1, Studio Ett, on 29 January 2013
Sten Hagberg was interviewed about the international intervention in Mali in Arbetaren, on 26 January 2013
Sten Hagberg commented the international intervention in Mali in Swedish Radio P1, Studio Ett, on 14 January 2013
In a reply to Migrationsverket published in Upsala Nya Tidning Sten Hagberg and Karin Greenberg ask why some adult children to Swedish citizens are denied tourist visa to the country, 8 January 2013
In an article published by Svenska Dagbladet, Sten Hagberg questions the government decision, 27 December 2012
Sten Hagberg and several researchers and other professionals collaborating with the country protest against the Swedish government decision to phase out development cooperation with Burkina Faso, Svenska Dagbladet, 27 December 2012; also published in English at NAI Forum
Sten Hagberg describes how the Migration Board discriminates Afro-Swedish citizens in Upsala Nya Tidning, 25 November 2012
Our student Adelaida Caballero, who is also a poet with roots in Mexico, was interviewed by Ergo, #10 2012
Sten Hagberg on the political situation on northern Mali in Swedish Radio P1, 22 August 2012
Karin Linderlöf participated in Swedish Radio P1 about the new runners, 4 and 5 August 2012
Eren Zink was interviewed on his work on research communities in Vietnam on Vietnamese Television, 3 May 2012
Annie Linderson was interviewed about lifestyle migration of Swedes to Costa del Sol, Dagens Nyheter, 26 May 2012
Karin S. Lindelöf on Female running in Spring-time, Sveriges Television Nordnytt 25 May 2012
Karin S. Lindelöf on women running competitions, Sveriges Radio 21 Maj 2012
Student in Ethnology Olle Jonsson is interviewed in Upsala Nya Tidning, 13 May 2012
Sten Hagberg on Images of Africa in Swedish Media, Second Opinion, 9 May 2012
Sten Hagberg on the Cake Debate, Svenska Dagbladet, 18 April 2012
Sverker Finnström on Kony2012 and the Northern Uganda, Newsmill, 12 March 2012
The newly created Forum for Africa Studies is presented in the Uppsala University Personnel Monthly Universen, May 2012
Sverker Finnström about his research in Northern Uganda, Uppsala University Personnel Monthly Universen, May 2012
Sten Hagberg on coup d'état in Mali, Swedish Radion Studio Ett, 23 March 2012
Oscar Pripp on diversity and disability, UR Samtiden, 22 March 2012
Mikael Kurkiala on Honour killings in Sweden, UR Samtiden, February 2012
Mikael Kurkiala on the Climate Crisis as Spiritual Challenge, Interfaith Climate Summit