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 […]
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Event: The Pugwash Nobel Peace Prize 27 Years On: Reflections and Outlook
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
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
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
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
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 […]