Events

In March 2025, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron announced the creation of a Coalition of the Willing in support of Ukraine. Today, one of the pressing questions is how this coalition can provide a credible security guarantee to Ukraine. While the idea of a reassurance force, a Multinational Force Ukraine, […]

Photo: Viacheslav Ratynskyi / the Collection of war.ukraine.ua How is social science data gathered during war, and why does it matter? Join Bergen Global on 13 January for a talk with ESS representatives from Norway and Ukraine on fieldwork challenges and insights under radically different conditions. WHEN: 13 December, 08:30 – 09:30 WHERE: Bergen Global (Jekteviksbakken 31,

Photo: Oleg Mityukhin/Pixabay The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights at the University of Oslo will host an event exploring how international crimes committed in Ukraine are investigated at both national and international levels. This event is part of Oslo Peace Days. During the war, attention has been drawn not only to the humanitarian impact of

The Centre of Migration Research (Warsaw) is hosting a webinar on 2 December 2025. Join to explore European responses to forced migration from Ukraine (since 2022). In this webinar, promoting the newly published Special Issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, researchers present the novel Restrictive, Liberal, Selective or Universal migration and integration policy framework

Global Flows and Frictions in Eastern Europe and Eurasia WHEN: 10-12 June 2026 WHERE: Tartu, Estonia See more information on the event website. Conference abstract submissions are open until 25 January 2026. The Tartu Conference is a venue for academic discussion of the fundamental cultural, social, economic and political trends affecting all aspects of life

HROMADA – Nordic-Baltic Knowledge Network for the Rebuilding of Ukraine – held its third conference at the Stockholm School of Economics 12 November. It was followed by a workshop for HROMADA members on the following day. Oleksandra Deineko, Hanna Vakhitova and Aadne Aasland in panel II At the conference several issues that are high on

Photo: Screen Media WHERE: The University of Tromsø, UB 244 WHEN: 11 November, 09.30–16.30 The large-scale resettlement of Ukrainian refugees across Europe has drawn growing research interest from linguists, sociolinguists, sociologists, and educators. Yet, in most cases, neither researchers nor educators have specialized training in working with populations who may have been exposed to traumatic events.

WHERE: Litteraturhuset Oslo, Kverneland WHEN: 12 November, 14:00 – 15:30 Healthcare preparedness has received a lot of attention in recent years — and for good reason. The COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have demonstrated how vulnerable our societies can be without a comprehensive and inclusive preparedness system. The Nordic countries generally have strong welfare