Needs regularly exceed supplies: warmly welcome to our blog-post on how the basic problem of humanitarianism has been addressed in key episodes of famine relief in history– and how the current pandemic's discussion on triage reminds us of our research.

New paper on US Congress and humanitarian aid during the Biafra War from project "Civil Society without Boundaries: Nordic Humanitarianism Facing the Biafra Crisis". OA free download provided by Södertörn University - congratulations Dimitrios Tziogkas - urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nb…

Call for applications: CBEES Summer School 2025 Transnational Perspectives on Eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea Region: Past and Present Date: 18-23 August 2025 Place: @sodertorn , Stockholm, Sweden More info and application: forms.office.com/e/TQYG0jVTp…

#ICWABook titled "Idea of Order: Perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe (1989-2022)" by Rakesh Batabyal explores how, in 1989, many Central and Eastern European countries transitioned from socialism to neoliberal economic and political systems. This break from the past and the aspiration for a more secure socio-economic order sparked critical intellectual and political imaginations. This book examines how ideas of order are constructed within national locations, shaped by social, political, and cultural variables such as nation, empire, and religion. It delves into the emergence of a 'national order' alongside global financial and European transnational systems, ongoing secularization despite Christian rhetoric, and Russia's national assertions, all shaping the 'Idea of Order' as influenced by the socio-economic and cultural histories of intellectual and academic traditions in Central and Eastern Europe. Click 👉 amzn.to/3W1f3wp

FROM KINDERTRANSPORT TO POST-WAR SWEDEN: New memoar book by Holocaust survivor Lucie Widl, with images, additional documents and research by Norbert Götz, @sodertorn. Free download under urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nb…

New OA-publication on the humanitarianism/media-nexus: Biafra and the Nordic Media: Witness Seminar with Uno Grönkvist, Lasse Jensen, Pierre Mens, and Pekka Peltola, edited by Carl Marklund and myself. Thanks @Vetenskapsradet and @sodertorn. Free download urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nb…

Great group of emerging scholars at the 2023 @ReNEWHub Academic Writing Workshop, organised by @sodertorn. So much fun again to learn the art of writing from Madeleine Hurd. Many good papers on their way thanks to the generous funding from @NordForsk!

The 2023 ReNEW Early Career Paper Prizes were awarded to Betina Slagnes and Niri Ragnvold Johnsen at the 6th Nordic Challenges Conference in Oslo. Congratulatios! helsinki.fi/en/researchgroup…

My report "Nordic added value in Nordic research co-operation. Concept and practice" was published today! The report is avilable online at nordforsk.org/2023/nordic-ad… #CENS @helsinkiuni @HYhumtdk @ReNEWHub @NordForsk

Martin Johansson defended his @ReNEWHub thesis on Nordic rivalry&humour "De nordiska lekarna: Grannländer i pressen under olympiska vinterspel" @sodertorn 12 May with magnific @AinurElma as faculty opponent. GRATTIS, MARTIN! Thanks @NordForsk. OA-download: urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nb…

Check out Tony's podcast with @ResearchpodHQ👇 Coming soon in Swedish on #KnowledgeOnTheNordics! @ReNEWHub @Goetz_v_B @sodertorn

Great to see our book "Humanitarianism in the Modern World: The Moral Economy of Famine Relief" at @cambUP_History out as paperback – full of new perspectives, co-authored with @ProfGinaB and @drwerther. Now it's not only rewarding, but also affordable! cambridge.org/se/academic/su…

Pandemic Twitter communication and digital authority in the very special country of Sweden, insightfully analyzed through theory of reported speech by my colleagues Jaakko Turunen, @drwerther, and @wsaqaf from @sodertorn, using #Mecodify tool. #COVID19 doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2022.94…

Denmark is the pioneer to send youth delegates to the UN since 1970. The background is outlined in my book "Deliberative Diplomacy: The Nordic Approach to Global Governance and Societal Representation at the United Nations", pp. 356-362 - it's open access: diva-portal.org/smash/get/di…

It´s been a long journey but birdie is finally out & flying. Many thanks to Professor Brian McKercher for not giving up on my piece. #Norway #Slovakia #CzechRepublic #History #Diplomacy #recognition #WW2 #EXILE tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Congratulations, @FrancescoZavatt

6th #nordicchallengesconference: Identities: Pasts, Presents, Futures Join @ReNEW scholars in Oslo in May 2023! Call for panel proposals 👉bit.ly/3RjepVv @Goetz_v_B @johanstrang @NordForsk @nordensk @CivilNordic

My article “Lionel de Rothschild and the Great Irish Famine: The Origins of the British Relief Association” is out now – fun to contribute to @HistIreHedge magazine with this nicely illustrated article on a hitherto misunderstood history. #irishhistory historyireland.com/lionel-de…

Project members and colleagues from across the Nordics (and beyond!) gathered at @CBScph last week to reflect on NCS as it reaches its midway point. The seminar was accompanied by NCS workshops on Bureaucratic Voluntarism and Nordic Foreign Politics in Popular Culture. 🇩🇰🇫🇮🇮🇸🇳🇴🇸🇪

⁦@Goetz_v_B⁩ giving the keynote lecture on “Synergies & Clashes of Civil Society: National, Regional and Global” ⁦@CivilNordic⁩ Midway Seminar generously hosted by ⁦@CBScph⁩ ⁦@sum_uio⁩ ⁦@UniOsloHF⁩ ⁦@AdeBengyP⁩ ⁦⁦