Speakers - Global Week 2015

Curious about who will participate at this year's event?

Below is a complete list of this year's lecturers, speakers and panelists in alphabetical order (surname). Individuals marked with * are from within the university. You can find additional information about some of the speakers. (linked) This information is updated continuously.

• Elisabeth Abiri, Senior advisor at Emerga Research and Consulting
• Henry Ascher*, Senior lecturer at the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine and Consultant at Angered Hospital
• Zahra Bayati*, Senior lecturer, Department of Education, Communication and Learning
• Henric Benesch, architect, designer and researcher
• Robin Biddulph*, Researcher, Department of Economy and Society
• Jesper Bjarnesen, Senior researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute
• Klara Björk*, Lecturer, Valand Academy
• Andrea Castro*, Senior lecturer, the Department of Languages and Literatures
• Christian Catomeris, Correspondent, SVT (Swedish public service television company)
• Desiree Chalmers, Interpreter, No person illegal
• Thomas Erhag*, Associate Professor, Department of Public Law, Social Insurance Law, EU Law
• Maria Eriksson Baaz*, Senior lecturer, School of Global Studies and Associate Professor at the Nordic Africa Institute
• Thommy Eriksson*, Doctoral student, Department of Applied Information Technology
• Anna Forné*, Senior lecturer, the Department of Languages and Literatures
• Pam Fredman, Vice-Chancellor, University of Gothenburg
• Malin Gemzell, The Swedish Council for Higher Education
• Leticia Gómez*, Doctoral student, the Department of Languages and Literatures
• Claes Haglund, Project manager, Crossroads Göteborg
• Ilse Hakvoort*, Senior lecturer, Department of Education and Special Education
• Khaled Harara*, Hip Hop artist, Academy of music and drama
• Oriana Haselwanter*, Lecturer, School of Design and Crafts (HDK)
• Ingrid Hedin Wahlberg, Doctoral student, Acedemy of Music and Drama
• Mónica Hernández Rejón, producer and film researcher, speaking at the event Future Migration Lab
  Monday Nov 16, 14-15
  Title: Speaking in plural: stereotypes, knowledge production and the colonial truth
  15-16: Curated activity by Business & Design students
• Helena Holgersson*, Lecturer, Department of cultural sciences
• Lotta Huldén*, International administrative officer, Office of Faculty of Arts
• Ingrid Höjer*, Professor, Department of Social Work
• Ann Ighe* Lecturer, Department of Economic History
• Andreas Johnsson*, Researcher, Department of Earth Sciences
• Anja Karlsson Franck*, Senior lecturer at the School of Global Studies
• Linda Karlsson Hammarfelt*, Lecturer, Department of languages and literatures
• Lars-Olof Karlsson*, Communication officer at the Faculty of Social Sciences
• Ulrika Knutson*, Journalist and Honorary Doctor at the Faculty of Arts
• Beniamin Knutsson*, Senior lecturer, Department of Pedagogical, Curricular and Professional studies
• Martin Landin, Through My Own Eyes, Exhibition made by Master´s students at School of Global studies, GU
• Göran Larsson*, Professor, Department of Literature, History of Ideas and Religion*
• Helena Lindholm Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Gothenburg
• Ola Möller*, Lecturer, School of Design and Crafts (HDK)
• Afrah Nasser, journalist and blogger on Human Rights issues, speaking at the event Future Migration Lab Tuesday Nov 17, 14-15
  Title: Migration & Media
  15-16: Curated activity by Business & Design students
• Linda Nordin*, International administrative officer, the Faculty Office of Science
• Maria Nyström*, Professor, School of Design and Crafts (HDK)
• Fredrik Olsson*, Lecturer, the Department of Languages and Literatures
• Lisa Pelling, Chief Analyst at the think tank Arena Idé. Pelling is a former political advisor to the Swedish Minister for Migration
• Amanda Peterson, Marketing Manager, Pantrarna - För upprustning av förorten
• Edgar Platen*, Professor, Department of languages and literatures
• Pooneh Rohi, Author
• Joakim Ruist*, Postdoc researcher, Department of Economics
• Madelaine Seidlitz, Amnesty International, Senior legal advisor, Refugees, migrants and international law
• Linda Shamma, artist and lecturer, speaking at the event Future Migration Lab Wednesday Nov 18, 9-14: ongoing drop in lab /workshop curated by Business & Design students
  Title: Migration - discovering inarticulate issues through art & design
  15-16: Curated activity by Business & Design students with Linda and Henric Benesch
• Oksana Shmulyar Gréen*, Senior lecturer, Department of Sociology and Work Science
• Jonas Simonson*, Senior lecturer, Academy of music and drama
• Henrik Sjövall*, Professor and course leader for the complementary programme for doctors with qualifications from countries outside EU, Sahlgrenska Academy
• Sara Stendahl*, Senior lecturer, Department of Law and Rättspraktiken
• Linda Sternö*, Senior lecturer, Valand Academy
• Maria Sundin*, Senior lecturer, Department of Physics
• Gellert Tamas, Writer, journalist and documentary film maker
• Christer Torstensson, The Swedish Council for Higher Education
• Michele Valsecchi*, Postdoc researcher, Department of Economics
• Ingela Winter-Norberg, Programme Manager, Unit for Humanitarian Assistance, Sida
• Karin Zelano*, Doctoral student, Department of Political Science
• Lotten Zettenström, former cultural educator, MuSEA in Gothenburg
• Klara Öberg*, PhD in anthropology, Faculty Office of Social Sciences

• Brännpunkt Europa
• Utrikespolitiska Föreningen, student association
• Business and Design Master students
• The University Library
• The Camera as Tool, Project members