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KI offers internship opportunities to students and recent graduates from Ukraine

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

Directly following the outbreak of war in Ukraine, and ever since, I have emphasized that KI as a university firmly repudiates and condemns the military invasion and that we support […]

2022-09-08

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• International
• Society
• 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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• International
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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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• English
• International

KI supports the people of Ukraine

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

Last night’s military aggression against Ukraine must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. For one of the world’s most powerful nations, with access to vast conventional and nuclear arsenals, […]

2022-02-24

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• Organisation

Season’s greetings, and thank you for all your efforts in 2022!

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

A productive and intensive year is nearing its end at Karolinska Institutet. As 2022 draws to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on the year […]

2022-12-21

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• Academic Freedom
• akademisk frihet
• English
• International

Responsible internationalisation is a must for Swedish universities

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

I have returned to the topic of responsible internationalisation here on the blog on several occasions. This topic is now more relevant than ever before. Over the past few years, we have […]

2022-12-06

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• Internt
• Pandemi
• Research
• Society
• Student
• War in Ukraine

Welcome to a new term at Karolinska Institutet

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

Each year, when approaching the formal start of the autumn term at Karolinska Institutet, I am filled with excitement and joy. But this time also with a touch of sadness. […]

2022-08-22

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• Academic Freedom
• Collaboration
• English
• International

How shall Swedish universities remain global when democracy and academic freedom are in decline?

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

Below are my reflections after the conference “Academic freedom and international collaboration in a turbulent world”, arranged in KI’s campus in Flemingsberg. How shall Swedish universities remain global when democracy […]

2022-05-12

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• Academic Freedom
• Debatt
• Kriget i Ukraina
• samhälle
• Svenska
• Ukraina

Akademisk frihet och institutionell autonomi – en grundsten i tider av politisk spänning, konflikt och krig

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

Det ryska angreppet och kriget mot Ukraina har väckt många viktiga frågor. En sådan har handlat om sanktioner, bojkotter och andra medel för att öka pressen på Ryssland och stödja […]

2022-05-11

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• International
• Ukraine
• War in Ukraine

We must not let Russia’s aggression give rise to stigmatisation on campus

Posted by Ole Petter Ottersen

War and conflict often have serious consequences remote from the conflict zones, as countless historical and contemporary examples show. Antipathies, hatred and intimidation are transferred from the theatre of conflict […]

2022-04-22

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