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Presidents of Swedish universities and higher education institutions: Iran must release Ahmadreza Djalali

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

The text below is signed by the presidents of all Swedish universities and colleges. It demands the release of KI alumnus, researcher and physician Ahmadreza Djalali, who has spent more […]

2022-06-29

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• Education
• English
• Exams
• Internt
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• Student

Thanks for your input this spring term!

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

This coming Sunday, 5 June, is formally the last day of the spring term here at Karolinska Institutet. For the first time in two years, we can look back at […]

2022-06-03

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• Academic Freedom
• English
• International
• Society

The ordeal of Ahmadreza Djalali: a case of hostage taking and extortion

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

Two days ago, we arranged an international conference on academic freedom and internationalization, Today, this topic became depressingly relevant. A demonstration in support of Ahmadreza Djalali was held on Sergels […]

2022-05-14

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• Ukraine

“A call for an immediate ceasefire and peaceful end to the Russian aggression against Ukraine”

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

Last week, the Lancet–SIGHT Commission on Peaceful Societies through Health and Gender Equality (of which I am a member), published an article in The Lancet that strongly condemns the Russian Government’s aggression […]

2022-03-28

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• Ukraine
• War in Ukraine

Many questions and activities on the war in Ukraine

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

This is the English version of a previous blog post in Swedish After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, events have moved with shocking speed and raised issues that we are compelled […]

2022-03-10

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