Jönköping University hosts panel discussions in Almedalen
Photo: Mia Stuhre, Region Gotland.
Almedalen Week 2025 will take place on 23–27 June in Visby. The week will be filled with political discussions, seminars and events focusing on democracy and societal development. This year, Jönköping University (JU) will participate in a number of activities and host panel discussions.
During Almadalen Week, JU will participate in seminars almost every day, and on Thursday 26 June, JU's President Måns Svensson will participate in the panel discussion ‘The time has come for a new Swedish university city’, which is about Jönköping University being granted university status.
Måns will participate alongside Regional Councillor Rakel De Basso, Julia De Geus, Chair of the Student Union at JU, and Henrik Dahlström, CEO of the Jönköping Chamber of Commerce. Other researchers from JU participating in Almedalen include Johanna Falck, Doctor of Health and Care sciences, Annika Engström, Associate Professor in Work Organization, Ernesto Abalo Caldera, Associate Professor in Media and Communication Studies, Lucia Naldi, Professor in Business Administration and Thomas Winman, Managing Director and Dean at the School of Education and Communication and Vice President for Education at JU.
"JU is a player in societal development and, as such, we want to be an active voice in the public debate. We are not only a producer of knowledge, but also a player that contributes to sustainable development, lifelong learning and innovation. Almedalen gives us the opportunity to meet decision-makers, other higher education institutions, the business community and civil society and engage in conversations that can lead to real change in the short and long term," says Salem Seifeddine, Executive Vice President at JU.
JU highlights issues of societal importance
The panel discussion on the theme ‘Are we at war or at peace? Hybrid warfare and state-sponsored terrorism’, organized by JU, will take place on Wednesday 25 June in Almedalen.
During the discussion, Marco Nilsson, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, will talk with representatives of Swedish authorities and researchers about how foreign powers can use state-sponsored terrorism in the form of sabotage and other hybrid attacks to damage and weaken society both before and during an armed conflict.
“We are particularly proud that JU is hosting a number of seminars that reflect the breadth and excellence that characterize us. We highlight many socially significant issues that are important to emphasize in a changing society. In addition, our participation is an expression of our ambition to be an open and accessible educational institution – where research and education do not remain within the walls of academia but actively contribute to societal development," says Salem Seifeddine.
