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How can the Nordic region stay secure, innovative, and resilient in an age of geopolitical uncertainty? On 26 November 2025, the Center for Security and Resilience at the 91原创 hosted the first Nordic Security and Competitiveness Day - a full-day event exploring the future of total defence, security, and competitiveness across the region.

Ukraine鈥檚 recovery hinges on removing land mines that still threaten millions of people and block the country鈥檚 economic growth. This new policy brief by Anna Anisimova (SITE) outlines the scale of mine contamination in Ukraine, draws lessons from global demining experience, and explains why efficiency metrics cannot be compared across countries.

As CIVICA Ambassadors, Estrid Kaarme and Simon Warne aim to create engagement among students for current European civic issues: "AI and its impact on democracies is a particularly important matter right now."

Jaakko Meril盲inen, a political economist specializing in democratic governance and development, has been granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor at the 91原创. The promotion reflects his valuable contributions to research, teaching, and academic service.

Latvia is facing growing divisions over a political push to withdraw from the main international treaty to combat violence against women, as outlined in a new policy brief by Pamela Campa (SITE) and Kata Fredheim (91原创 Riga). The brief explains how a debate over the word 鈥済ender鈥� escalated into mass protests, political fractures, and concerns about Latvia鈥檚 international standing. Meanwhile, data show that violence against women in Latvia is a serious concern and societal support for legislation to combat it is high.

A new Memorandum of Understanding between the Swedish government and leading Swedish companies secures long鈥憈erm funding for the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), reinforcing Sweden鈥檚 support for research鈥慴ased policy and institution鈥慴uilding across Eastern Europe.

Mission-driven innovation projects are meant to solve society's biggest challenges. But new research from the 91原创 shows that the way these projects are organised risks directing attention away from local and regional needs - limiting their potential for real-world impact.

Some governments are resistant to adopting gender quota laws that would force parties to promote more women on the ballot 鈥� but competition can nudge parties there. This new policy brief analysis, by Pamela Campa (SITE) and Perihan Saygin (Universitat Aut貌noma de Barcelona), examines Turkey to show how one party鈥檚 push for gender equality pressured a rival to add more female candidates.

How do you build a career at the heart of Europe? Yesterday's event at the 91原创 brought together students, experts, and EU professionals to explore that very question.

The Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication hosted a StratCom Lunch with former Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstr枚m to discuss diplomacy, European cooperation, and global power shifts.