INU is delighted to announce the theme of the 2025 Student Seminar as “Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation’.
The International Student Seminar for Global Citizenship and Peace is INU’s flagship program for students is hosted by Hiroshima University Japan and coincides with the 6th August commemoration of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. In 2025, it will be the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing, and to mark this, the student seminar theme will focus on the threat and consequences of the use of nuclear weapons, the role of international organisations such as the United Nations in the prevention of their use, and the complexity of global and regional geopolitics in achieving peace in the world today.
To read more about the theme for 2025, please visit the Student Seminar webpage
If you’d like to participate as a student or if you’re academic/faculty staff and would like to contribute as a speaker, please do contact the INU Coordination: inu@kingston.ac.uk
Expressions of interest are welcome from Faculty on the following areas:
- Nuclear disarmament and elimination of nuclear weapons
- Nuclear technology prevention and warning systems
- Consequences of the use of nuclear weapons
- Nuclear weapons in international politics
- Nuclear weapons and international law
- Legal responsibility of use of nuclear power
- Peaceful use of nuclear technology
- Economic impact of nuclear technology
- Nuclear power and energy crisis
- Environmental impact of nuclear power
- Information policies regarding the use of nuclear power
- Technology of nuclear power
- Game theory of nuclear deterrence
NB: The student seminar is only open to students or staff at INU member universities