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News published on the website of the Swedish Defence University.
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Spotlight on soft power07 Dec 2020Stephanie Winkler’s PhD thesis explores how the concept of soft power has developed over time and shaped world politics. "I show that academic concepts not onl...
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Peter Haldén receives this year’s Hugo Raab Award03 Dec 2020Peter Haldén, Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in War Studies has been awarded the 2020 Hugo Raab Award, the Swedish Defence University´s award for scien...
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How can compliance with the law of armed conflict be improved?12 Nov 2020In a recently published article in the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, Jann Kleffner takes the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions as the sta...
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Rebel soldiers after the war – a new book16 Oct 2020Mariam Bjarnesen, Associate Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the Swedish Defence University, has recently published a book – Repurposed Rebels: Postwar Rebel N...
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A recent study of the role of crisis communicators14 Oct 2020The status and professional role of crisis communicators improves with experience of real crises and close cooperation with blue light organisations, such as th...
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New study on the radical nationalist environment in Sweden31 Aug 2020A study by the Centre for Asymmetric Threats and Terrorist Studies (CATS) at the Swedish National Defence University states that the Swedish radical nationalist...
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A new decision regarding limited return to campus-based teaching08 Jul 2020The Swedish Defence University will open up for a limited return to campus-based education starting the autumn 2020 term.
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Research into collaboration on the corona crisis11 May 2020When Associate Professor Erik Hedlund was awarded research funding to study collaboration within the framework of total defence, the plan was that he and resear...
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Swedish Defence University’s experts in demand in the corona crisis11 May 2020Some of the Swedish Defence University’s experts have been asked to work in the Government’s Office for crisis management. Crisis management experts from the Ce...
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Director General, Gunnar Holmgren new chairman of the board at the Swedish Defence University30 Apr 2020Gunnar Holmgren, Director General at the Swedish Agency for Government Employers, has been appointed new chairman of the board at the Swedish Defence University...
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Sweden participates in world's largest Live-Fire Cyber Exercise24 Apr 2020On April 10-11 2020, the world's largest cyber defense exercise, Locked Shields, takes place, organized by the NATO Cyber Defense Center in Estonia. In total, a...
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Professor Jan Ångström, member of national Ethical Review Department06 Apr 2020Jan Ångström, Professor of War Studies at the Swedish Defence University, has been appointed as a member of one of the recently established Swedish Ethical Revi...