Serious criminals rarely change course and become law-abiding. So-called defector programs, criminal and probation systems do not succeed...

In a course at Georgetown University, conservative Christian and liberal students play each other. The theme is the storming of the...

Warm weather and vacation (and sometimes beer and wine) open us up. Perhaps you are in a new setting, where you can be just you, without...

Rage and blame over new abortion law in the US. The far right and left slide apart in the recent French election. In Sweden a loud and...

A couple of hours after the outbreak of war on February 24, Pope Francis went to the Russian Embassy in Rome to propose mediation. A...

Russian artist Pavel Otdelnov wants to open for Russians to interact with others in arts and culture, academia, sports and business....

War is the ultimate divide. The gap between people does not get deeper than that. Many are now involved in a digital war between Russia,...

Emma Stenström, Stockholm We should talk more about the war in workplaces, universities, and schools. Here are some of my experiences of...

"When our environment is made up of information that polarises, that enrages, it leads to a loss of trust in each other. This version of...

Fika co-founder Emma Stenström is awarded Pedagogical Award 2021 at Stockholm School of Economics. “For her long-standing passion for...

...can be really difficult to talk about for authorities, you and me. Below are three observations of the lay of the land in Germany,...

I was very excited when I heard about “The Room“, a new TV format by and with journalist Eva Schulz. “The Room” is a sort of journalism...

Swedish media entrepreneur Petter Beckman has engaged five Swedish media companies, a university, and the Research Institute of Sweden to...

Is it “easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism?” This is asked by our favorite cli-fi-author, Kim Stanley...

Climate protection may split politicians in an ongoing election campaign. A new study shows potential that the climate challenge can...

There is no right or wrong about the future since it does not exist. It makes the future a good place to bring people together who are...

Summer is a time of conflicts. Riots start. Governments break. Conflicts around screen time amplify. Marriages end. The most common time...

If you – like us – want to become better at having productive conflicts, here are four books we think you should read at the beach (or...

Join us at the Mindshift conference on May 12 2021. Fika will be hosting a mini-workshop on bubble-hopping, 9.50-11 am. You will learn...

Bubble-hoppers are creative explorers, critical thinkers, worriers, and know-it-alls. When more than 800 people have tried bubble-hopping...