📣 WE ARE BACK 📣 We know you have missed our podcast, so we have launched a third episode! Do you want to learn more about deterrence theory? Come listen to our newest episode! This time, SYP Board Member Jan Quosdorf interviews Dr. Polina Sinovets – director of the Odessa Center for Nonproliferstion. They talk […]
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SYP Event: What to know about Oppenheimer
Published on 25th July 2023 in Student Young Pugwash Upcoming Events
SYP UK will be hosting a webinar tomorrow July 26th at 3:30 BST on what to know before watching the second most anticipated movie of the summer (after Barbie). We will be joined in this webinar by Lilly Adams, Emily Faux and Mackenzie Knight. Please fill out the RSVP if you wish to attend: https://forms.gle/WimegwaZxFW8j8F1A
SYP Podcast: Second Episode is Out Now!
Published on 12th July 2023 in Student Young Pugwash Events
The second episode of the SYP Podcast is out now! In this episode, our SYP Coordinator Andrea is joined by Darya Dolzikova, from RUSI’s Proliferation and Nuclear Policy programme. The Research Fellow shares what first inspired her to research nuclear issues, and then takes us on a journey to examine diplomacy and deterrence in both […]
NEW Student and Young Pugwash Podcast!
Published on 27th June 2023 in Student Young Pugwash Events
Hello everyone! Student / Young Pugwash UK has started a new podcast on Spotify! Make sure to check it out and learn more about nuclear policy. In its first season, the SYP UK Podcast will be covering nuclear diplomacy. This first episode features SYP Board member Jan Quosdorf interviewing Dr. Mark Bell, Associate Professor of […]
Event: The Pugwash Nobel Peace Prize 27 Years On: Reflections and Outlook
Published on 18th November 2022 in Student Young Pugwash Events
On December 10th 1995, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs and Sir Joseph Rotblat, the youngest original signee of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto, received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo “for their efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics and, in the longer run, to eliminate such arms.” The first Nobel Peace Prize jointly […]
Video Games and Nuclear Weapons
Published on 12th September 2022 in Student Young Pugwash Events
What role do nuclear weapons play in popular culture, like video games? To celebrate national video games day on 12/9, SYP UK’s Emily Faux will host a discussion with 4 experts: Dr Megan Condis (TexasTech University) Dr Cameron Hunter (University of Leicester) Professor Joseph November (University of South Carolina) Rebekah Pullen (McMaster University) Tune in […]