Breakfast seminar on May 31, 2023 at the library in Mariehamn. We all know that Åland is called the islands of peace, but what the concept of demilitarization is, means and implies for Åland, Finland and the outside world is not always so obvious. Åland’s demilitarization has been regularly questioned
We are used to seeing justice as something delivered by a judge in court. The punitive justice system primarily aims to restore justice in relation to the state and the law. The restorative justice is a complementary system to manage conflicts or criminal cases and puts the parties first. The
Are facts needed in politics and in decision-making? What kind of facts are needed for good decisions? Do the decision makers have access to the facts they need? Are facts enough for making good decisions? During this super election year 2023, the KUT network wants to raise questions about knowledge
Welcome to an interesting seminar about Åland and the EU on Tuesday the 1st of March at 12.00 at Kallas Stadskrog. Don’t miss the chance to also have a sneak preview of the new restaurant in town on Norra Esplanadgatan 2. Katarina Fellman, director of ÅSUB and Susann Simolin, researcher at the Åland
Which are the global megatrends of today? Wednesday 27.10.2021 at 11.30 am in hotel Arkipelag’s restaurant What are the greatest challenges for humanity today and in the years to come? Climate change, environmental degradation, population growth, urbanisation, increasing inequality, migration, our growing cyber-dependence, the increasing debt of the world economy
Date: Wednesday 9 October 2019 Time: 11.30-12.30 Location: Restaurant, Hotel Arkipelag Language: Swedish In a time when the cities grow and the digital development advances with giant steps, small societies get into trouble. In the light of such trends and from an economic perspective, what are the prospects for the
Paradiplomacy has become a strategy for autonomous regions to get their voices heard in international contexts. Paradiplomacy means that the autonomous regions have their own representatives abroad and conduct their own foreign policy although they are subordinated to the countries they belong to. Occasionally some regions like the Faroe Islands
Lunch seminar 11.12.2018: Who will save the Baltic Sea? The role of law in environmental governance. Tuesday, 11.12.2018 at 11.30-12.30 in hotel Arkipelag’s restaurant. Professor Henrik Ringbom is a specialist in maritime law and the law of the sea. At this seminar he presents research recently conducted within the framework
Date: 10.4.2018 Time: 11:30 am – 12.30 pm Place: the restaurant at Hotell Arkipelag How does islanders perceive their identity and their history in relation to the national state and to the surrounding world? Historian Janne Holmén has researched on the one hand on islands, identity and historical writing, and on the other
The next lunch seminar will be held on April 19, from 11.30 am to 12.30 pm, at Hotell Arkipelag. The speaker is Lia Markelin from the think tank Magma, and her topic is “What’s happening to the Swedish language in Finland?” The seminar is held in Swedish. A lot is
