NB. Audio from the event can be found here. On 8th December Jayantha Dhanapala, the President of Pugwash and former Under-Secretary-General of the UN, spoke to students at SOAS about nuclear issues in South Asia. He covered the relationships between nuclear-armed states like India, China and Pakistan but also how non-nuclear states perceive and interact […]
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Physics students get political – University of Nottingham seminar
Published on 8th December 2016 in Climate Change and Energy Policy, Ethics of Science, Remote Control Weaponry, Recent events, Student Young Pugwash Events
On 28th November, two members of the British Pugwash Executive Committee addressed an undergraduate Physics class at University of Nottingham. It was a lively two hours, in which students, their Professor and Pugwashites debated the ethics of autonomous robots weapons (‘Killer Robots’), the intergenerational fairness of nuclear waste storage policies and learnt about early attempts by physicists, […]
Introduction to Pugwash – Leeds Student / Young Pugwash
Published on 8th December 2016 in Student Young Pugwash Events
Leeds Student / Young Pugwash held its first meeting on 24th November 2016, where students learnt about the history of Pugwash and brainstormed ideas for future activity. This Pugwash group covers all universities in Leeds. To find out more, email is sypleeds@gmail.com and Facebook is here.
Trump or Clinton: Implications for International Security
Published on 5th November 2016 in Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change and Energy Policy, Recent events, Student Young Pugwash Events
Warwick Pugwash Student Society (WPSS) held its first event of the academic year on 3rd November 2016, just a few days before the US Presidential election. The guest speaker was Rory Kinane, Warwick alumnus and manager of the US and Americas Programme at Chatham House. Rory gave a wide-ranging presentation covering the (often changeable) foreign policy […]
The Syrian Conflict : where from and where to
Published on 16th August 2016 in International Peace & Security, Student Young Pugwash Events
The Warwick Pugwash Student Society (WPSS) held it’s first event on the 22nd of October 2015 at the University of Warwick. The discussion on the long lasting Syrian conflict and its complex pattern of alliances and enmities, was led by Dr Nicola Pratt and gathered over 35 students. Dr Nicola Pratt has extensively researched and written on democratization, […]
Ethics and Autonomous Weapons Systems – Bristol event
Published on 7th July 2016 in Remote Control Weaponry, Student Young Pugwash Events
British Student Young Pugwash, in collaboration with Bristol Global Insecurities Centre, held a fascinating seminar on the ethics and politics of robotic weaponry. The event was held on 25th May 2016 at Bristol University. Speakers included: Dr Joanna Bryson (Bath) and Dr Alexander Leveringhaus (Oxford). Chaired by: Prof. Timothy Edmunds (Bristol) Full report here (prepared […]