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Jedidja van Boven
- Sep 30
- 3 min
Recap: The STEAR Dialogue - In Conversation with Ambassador Josef Rychtar
On September 30th, STEAR held its second event in The STEAR Dialogue series, in which events focus on more personal, experience-oriented...
Luke Cavanaugh
- Sep 21
- 3 min
Recap: The STEAR Dialogue: In Conversation with James Crabtree
The 20th September saw the launch of The STEAR Dialogue, a more informal events series where we invite special guests to come in to talk...
Daniel Tafelski
- Aug 25
- 2 min
Recap: Migration and Welfare in times of Crisis Panel Discussion
STEAR hosted its next Guest Speaker Series event last Friday on the topic of migration and welfare in times of crisis, a particularly...
Naletha Pangemanan
- Aug 23
- 7 min
The 2021 "Build Back Better World" G7 Summit: Global Recovery or Power Rivalry?
The COVID-19 pandemic has been present among us for almost two years since its outbreak in 2019, resulting in over 200 million cases...
Jedidja van Boven
- Aug 13
- 4 min
The Resilience Generation: Being Young in a Fast-Paced World
A few months ago, two friends and I organized an online art exhibition around the theme of mental health for a project management class;...
Thu Le
- Aug 12
- 6 min
ASEAN National and Regional Frameworks for Promoting Green Jobs
Introduction Southeast Asia (SEA) is one of the regions that has suffered the most from unchecked environmental calamities caused by...
Jedidja van Boven
- Aug 9
- 4 min
Recap: Let’s Get Together – How to Build and Maintain Networks
Aside from the various events that feature external speakers from all sorts of different backgrounds and countries, STEAR also organizes...
Krista Tammila
- Aug 4
- 6 min
The Syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism in Japan
Introduction Japan is a nation rich in culture, one that is constantly developing yet which has nonetheless succeeded at remaining true...
Elisa Lenker
- Jul 23
- 5 min
Indigenous Legacy: The Formosan Languages of Taiwan
Lokah su'ga! Mihumisang! Aveoveoyx! Akokay! Djavadjavai! Nga’ ay ho! These are all different ways to say hello and greet someone in...
Veronica Burgstaller
- Jul 20
- 4 min
Kkondae Generation 2: Working Culture in South Korea
Recently the term ‘lying flat’ has been trending on China's internet. This, in essence, translates to an ‘I can’t be bothered’ attitude...
Nicola Crowe
- Jul 16
- 7 min
East Asian Popular Culture and the Renegotiation of Gender and Sexuality
Although the representation of diversity in gender and sexual minorities has become a part of mainstream culture, inclusivity remains an...
Toby Zwama
- Jul 12
- 7 min
Living in Pollution: Roma and Environmental Injustice
No working sanitation, denied access to water and living in a landfill; this is the reality for many Romani people living in Central and...
Jedidja van Boven
- Jul 11
- 3 min
Recap: In Conversation With Lord Simon McDonald, 10 July 2021
The STEAR Board is happy and honored to have been able to host today’s event with Lord Simon McDonald! We were very pleased to see 50...
Kyay Mon
- Jul 1
- 6 min
“Learning to Build a Better Earth Than Today’s”: Japan’s Approach to Sustainability in Education
Education plays an important role in ensuring that people around the world have the knowledge, skills and attitudes to tackle sustainable...
Toby Zwama
- Jun 30
- 5 min
Freedom to Discriminate? Religious Freedom and Non-Discrimination in Conflict in the Netherlands
The Netherlands is known as one of the most secularized countries in Europe, as well as a leader in LGBT-inclusion (CBS, 2020). It may...
Nicola Crowe
- May 28
- 6 min
Youth Diplomacy in ASEAN: Bridging the Socio-Cultural Divide
While diplomacy has conventionally been conceptualised as official intergovernmental interactions, this field of international relations...
Veronica Burgstaller
- May 21
- 5 min
‘Catching Up’ or Reinvention?: Redefining Think Tanks in the 21st Century
Think tanks emerged around 100 years ago as a product of international liberalism with its desire to foster cooperation and mutual...
Jedidja van Boven
- May 7
- 4 min
Introducing MEUculture: Just do EU!
The democratic deficit is perhaps one of the most famous problems that has been plaguing the European Union and its (many) organizations...