Aslı Ceren Aslan at the Gothenburg Democracy Talks
The Place of Journalism in the Struggle for Human Rights in Turkey
Aslı Ceren Aslan is a journalist, editor, and activist from Turkey. Aslan’s work is largely focused on issues of women’s rights, LGBTQ+ equality, and the situation of Kurdish people in Turkey. She has been persecuted and imprisoned by the Turkish judicial system because of her journalistic work and social media activism. She is presently an ICORN resident in the City of Växjö, Sweden. In December 2023 she published her first novel, We Are Each Other's Remedy in Turkish (Birbirimizin Çaresiyiz) and in Swedish (Bara vi själva kan rädda varandra).
This Gothenburg Democracy Talk is part of the International Youth Think Tank’s ongoing work on Democracy’s Need for Truthfulness and Journalistic Safeguarding. Following the presentation by our distinguished guest speaker, a pair of our Youth Fellows will reflect on the subject at hand and give a brief overview of the ideas developed by the think tank so far.
If you are interested, feel free to take part of our previously published Working Paper, Policy Brief and Youth Panel on the subject.
This lunch seminar series is organized by the the IYTT-International Youth Think Tank, and the Department of Law at the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, in collaboration with the student-led lunch event organizer Brännpunkt Europa. It is financed by Gustav Adolf Bratts föreläsningsfond.
The seminar will be held in Volvosalen, Vasagatan 1, Gothenburg, and will also be live-streamed on our Youtube-channel. It is free to attend but please sign up below. You can find the other seminars in the series here.
Programme
Welcome & Introduction
Urban Strandberg, Managing Director IYTT
The Place of Journalism in the Struggle for Human Rights in Turkey
Aslı Ceren Aslan, ICORN guest journalist and writer in the Municipality of Växjö.
Youth Fellows’ Commentators Panel
Lisa Lundgren, Silvia Papic, Jouman Tafnkji
Open Floor Discussion
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Folke Tersman at the Gothenburg Democracy Talks
On the Decline of Democracy: Some Remarks About Causes and Possible Solutions
Folke Tersman is a professor of Philosophy at Uppsala University. He is also Deputy Director of the Institute for Future Studies and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. His research interests lie mainly within a field known as “meta-ethics”, which focuses on the status and function of evaluations and moral commitments. Among his many publications are Folk & Vilja: Ett försvar av demokratin i vår tid. (People & Will: A Defense of Democracy in our Time. 2020) together with Torbjörn Tännsjö.
This Gothenburg Democracy Talk is part of the International Youth Think Tank’s ongoing work on Addressing Democratic Disenchantment. Following the presentation by our distinguished guest speaker, a pair of our Youth Fellows will reflect on the subject at hand and give a brief overview of the ideas developed by the think tank so far.
If you are interested, feel free to take part of our previously published Working Paper, Policy Brief and Youth Panel on the subject.
This lunch seminar series is organized by the the IYTT-International Youth Think Tank, and the Department of Law at the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, in collaboration with the student-led lunch event organizer Brännpunkt Europa. It is financed by Gustav Adolf Bratts föreläsningsfond.
The seminar will be held in Room E44, Vasagatan 1, Gothenburg, and will also be live-streamed on our Youtube-channel. It is free to attend but please sign up below. You can find the other seminars in the series here.
Programme
Welcome & Introduction
Urban Strandberg, Managing Director IYTT
On the Decline of Democracy: Some Remarks About Causes and Possible Solutions
Folke Tersman, philosopher, Uppsala University, Deputy Director at the Institute for Futures Studies
Youth Fellows’ Commentators Panel
Franklin Hysneli, Lisa Mastiaux, Francesca Bonomo
Open Floor Discussion
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Carolina Klüft at the Gothenburg Democracy Talks
Sports in Society: Personal Reflections from a World-Spanning Career
Carolina Klüft is a former track and field athlete, achievements including titles of Olympic and World heptathlon champion. She is now the operations manager of Generation Pep, a Swedish non-profit organisation working to give children and young people the opportunity and will to live active and healthy lives. She is an honorary doctor of medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg.
This Gothenburg Democracy Talk is part of the International Youth Think Tank’s ongoing work on Sports and Social Cohesion. Following the presentation by our distinguished guest speaker, a pair of our Youth Fellows will reflect on the subject at hand and give a brief overview of the ideas developed by the think tank so far.
If you are interested, feel free to take part of our previously published Working Paper and Youth Panel on the subject.
This lunch seminar series is organized by the the IYTT-International Youth Think Tank, and the Department of Law at the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, in collaboration with the student-led lunch event organizer Brännpunkt Europa. It is financed by Gustav Adolf Bratts föreläsningsfond.
The seminar will be held in Volvosalen, Vasagatan 1, Gothenburg, and will also be live-streamed on our Youtube-channel. It is free to attend but please sign up below. You can find the other seminars in the series here.
Programme
Welcome & Introduction
Urban Strandberg, Managing Director IYTT
Sports in Society: Personal Reflections from a World-Spanning Career
Carolina Klüft, former elite athlete, operations manager Generation Pep, honorary doctor of medicine at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
Youth Fellows’ Commentators Panel
Sophia Badhan, Larissa Möckel & Fabian Wiek
Open Floor Discussion