Political Gymnastics
The current government inherited many challenges. However, they also inherited a tradition of decreasing emissions and growing climate measures. Since 1995, Swedish emissions have decreased every year. How have they managed to keep up?
Why Control the Seas?
Remember Christopher Columbus or the pirates from your primary school history lessons? It might feel like maritime adventures belong to the past. But in reality, the seas are just as central to our world today as they were centuries ago.
Crisis, Starvation and the World Food Programme
Among declining funds, an increasing amount of political obstacles and an ever-growing number of conflicts, Carl Skau gives us insight into the work done by the World Food Programme in a world where most things are moving in the wrong direction.
Polarization and Apathy – How one word became the big issue of our time
Around the world, the gap between voters, and people, is steadily growing. Around the world, debates are turning into fights, and polarization is soaring. It is the big issue of today – but is it really a problem, or rather a consequence?
From Open Doors to Higher Walls
“Mitt Europa bygger inga murar” and“Öppna era hjärtan”. In 2015, the left and the right unanimously agreed to help war-stricken refugees resulting in a bipartisan consensus rarely seen in Swedish politics. Today´s reality is a stark contrast.
Skavlan & Lund
He has been a staple of Nordic television for decades and after a four-year hiatus, his comeback series Skavlan & Sverige has sparked national debate. Come along for the first Studentafton of 2026, an evening with Fredrik Skavlan.
Is America still Cool?
Amongst political drama, shifting trends, rising tensions and aftersheds of the global pandemic, it is customary that we would be scared for our future. However, it seems that the byproduct of being controversial is losing your status quo. Is America still cool?
Sweden’s Environment – Change and What Drives It
Sweden’s environmental progress is real, but fragile. From wetlands and forests to oceans and energy, lasting change has usually come only when public pressure became impossible to ignore.
Climate policy under political constraint: An Interview with Romina Pourmokthari
Romina Pourmokhtari, today 30 years old has already been president of the Swedish liberal Youth, she has been named the most powerful Swedish politician under 30, holds a seat in the Swedish parliament, and, at the age of 26, she ascended to the position of Minister for climate and the environment.
Teenage girls drive societal change, again
There are few groups of people as tantalised as teenage girls. The way they move, act and talk, as well as their interests and looks, are continuously looked down upon. They are the polar opposite of the adult man; of the people in power.
