Category: Alumni

Liubou Lanina participated in SI Leader Lab in the spring of 2022 where she represented the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski’s organisation Viasna. Here she shares her thoughts on the situation for human rights defenders in Belarus, the impact of the Nobel Prize and what her participation in SI Leader Lab meant to her.

Liubou Lanina participated in SI Leader Lab in the spring of 2022 where she represented Viasna. Photo: Darya Roskach

Alumni, Leadership programmes, SI alumni stories

“The Nobel Peace Prize is a recognition of our work for human rights in Belarus.”

Liubou Lanina participated in SI Leader Lab in the spring of 2022 where she represented the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski’s organisation Viasna. Here she shares her thoughts on…

Alumni, Leadership programmes, SI alumni stories

SI Alumni acts for raising awareness on the climate issue in Pakistan

Umair Mushtaq, SI alumni, shares the idea behind an initiative gathering civil society leaders, young changemakers, climate experts and artists in Pakistan and what participating in a SI Leadership Programme has…

Alumni, SI scholarships, Study in Sweden

Swedish higher education – a significant export industry

International students contribute between 3.5 and 4 billion SEK yearly to Swedish economy, making the education sector an export industry comparable with Sweden’s music export.

Alumni, Democracy, The 2030 Agenda

Alumni activities focus on inclusive societies

This year, SI:s alumni networks focuses its activities on the UN’s sustainability goal 16 – peaceful and inclusive societies. During the month of October, extra focus will be placed on…

Alumni, Leadership programmes, The 2030 Agenda

“We share challenges and have a common goal”

SI alumni Japleen Pasricha, founder of “Feminism in India”, is the host in the podcast “Advocacy, Passion & Beyond: Voices from the SI Leader Lab”. In the podcast Japleen speaks with…