As part of the European-wide Global Education Week programme, the Department of Global and Development Studies welcomes Dr. Tobias Denskus, lecturer at Malmö University, who will deliver a lecture on the changing nature of global responsibility in the Nordic countries titled "The myth of the generous Nordic countries: is Scandinavia still committed to global development?"

The Nordic countries are no longer a positive outlier when it comes to development cooperation or humanitarian aid. Amid budget cuts, a culture war around migration and an often-complacent development sector, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland are no longer progressive donors focusing on gender issues or education. Taking Sweden as a case study, we will discuss the impact on higher education research and teaching, civil society and the broader political and cultural climate. Can we “recover” the standing of Nordic countries and what could a future for cooperation look like amid the many global political challenges from a weakened multilateral system to complex humanitarian crises and a future amid an over-heating planet.

Tobias Denskus is an Associate Professor in Global Development Studies at Malmö University in Sweden, focusing on development and humanitarian communication in his teaching and research.

The event is connected to the Global Education Week, a European initiative, and to the Jean Monnet Module „EUGlobDev- The EU’s Global and Development Dimensions”, hosted by ELTE’s Department of Global and Development Studies.

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