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 […]
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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 […]
Young citizen journalists reporting from international disarmament conferences
Published on 10th June 2022 in Current projects – feed, Student Young Pugwash Events, Student Young Pugwash Upcoming Events
Atomic Reporters & SYP UK Partnership: Student/Young Pugwash (SYP) UK is pleased to support the work of Atomic Reporters (here), who will be sending a team of citizen journalists to Vienna to cover three back-to-back disarmament conferences this month. From mid-June, the team from Atomic Reporters will be at: The first meeting of member states […]
SYP UK appoint new leadership team
Published on 7th June 2022 in Current projects – feed, Student Young Pugwash Events
Student/Young Pugwash (SYP) UK has appointed a new Executive Board. The Board will provide strategic leadership and coordinate the activities of SYP UK members and affiliated groups across the country. Members of the Executive Board are: Emily Faux Emily is a PhD candidate at Newcastle University, researching the intersection between nuclear weapons and popular culture. […]
VIDEO: Technology & Peace Conference – SYP UK
Published on 10th January 2022 in Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Strategic Stability, Nuclear Weapons, Ethics of Science, Remote Control Weaponry, Recent events, Student Young Pugwash Events
On the 12th February 2022, Student/Young Pugwash (SYP) UK hosted its online Annual Conference on the theme of ‘Technology & Peace’. The co-hosts were University of Leicester’s Third Nuclear Age project. Full programme is here Video Workshop 1 – Emerging / digital technologies in warfare Workshop 2 – The politics and future of UK nuclear […]
Event: Science & Diplomacy, with Sir Christopher Llewellyn Smith, 1st March 2022
Published on 10th December 2021 in Current projects – feed, Events, Ethics of Science, Recent events, Student Young Pugwash Events
On Tuesday 1st March, Oxford Student/Young Pugwash hosted Prof. Sir Christopher Llewellyn Smith for a talk and discussion about the relationship between science and diplomacy. Sir Christopher is a theoretical physicist and was knighted ‘for services to particle physics’ in 2001. He is currently leading a Royal Society study of large-scale electricity storage and is […]