Sweden - Meaning of Freedom of Speech, Academic Freedom, PhD students, and NATO

I am welcoming back to the podcast distinguished Swedish Skyttean Professor of Eloquence and Political Science Li Bennich-Björkman. (She was on the program May 2023).

A brief recap and background.

Li Bennich-Björkman was the first female professor in political science at Uppsala University here in Sweden and the first female holding the prestigious Skytte chair, which is the oldest professorship in political science in the world going back to 1622 (Skyttean Professor of Eloquence and Government). She has a passion for history and especially about the Baltic countries Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia.

In today's Sånt är livet i Sverige or That's life in Sweden!,  Li shares her thoughts about Academic Freedom, Freedom of Speech in Higher Education. She explains the equal rights being a PhD student here in Sweden to other academic staff. She also speaks of current concerns about Putin and Trump. 

Simply a fascinating academic to listen to.

For more information about this brilliant academic please note the references below.

Researcher Profile:

Li Bennich-Björkman https://www.katalog.uu.se/profile/?id=xx3449

Li Bennich-Björkman: Academic freedom fighter  (22 May 2018) https://www.uu.se/en/news/article/?id=13548&typ=artikel#:~:text=The%20Skyttean%20Professorship%20is%20probably,an%20internationally%20renowned%20political%20scientist.

Bennich-Björkman, Li., & Sergiy Kurbatov (2019). When the future came: the collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of national memory in post-Soviet history textbooks. Ibidem-Verlag

Bennich-Björkman, Li (2017) Post-Soviet Developments: Reflections on Complexity and Patterns of Political Orders. Debatte, ISSN 0965-156X, E-ISSN 1469-3712

Bennich-Björkman, Li (2017) Academic leadership: Embracing uncertainty and diversity by building communication and trust. Handbook of research on leadership and creativity, 419-434

Bennich-Björkman, L. (2017) Sörja ett liv, leva ett annat: om flyktingens mörker och ljus (‘Mourning one life, living another: on the refugee’s darkness and light’) Appell Förlag, Sverige.