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...

Right now, 65 international master students are bubble-hopping. They are meeting with someone from another bubble. They use the skills...

The most successful host of a radio talk-show in the US rarely asked questions. If he asked, he would answer himself. Rush Limbaugh is...

When you set the intention to understand instead of convince another person, it will change the outcome of the conversation, a meeting,...

Trump wrote more than 19,000 tweets during his time as president. Many with false claims, according to the New York Times (NYT). On...

The fact that President Trump has lost the election does not mean that a growing mistrust between people disappears. Within the field of...

Some shy away from people they think are very different or have strongly opposing views. To meet and talk with an open mind is another...

Instead of doing mandatory military service young people could help making society sustainable. Fika has started to explore a “societal...

Max Hawkins has worked for Google, YouTube and Apple. Now he is finding ways to break out of the bubbles that digital life reinforces....

Why do men buy sex? That’s being discussed in a Swedish TV show. The aim is to nuance the debate. The result is the opposite. Divides...

Stockholm School of Economics publishes a series or articles about “Sweden through the Crisis” – and one of them is about bubble-hopping....

The reasons behind polarization are so complex that a strategic masterplan is needed. Here is what must be done, according to professor...

The Albertinum art museum in Dresden has arranged a series of public talks on themes like nationalism and extremism. The meetings have...

“I don't want us to depolarize. I want us to stick to the constitution of all people's equal value. It is a major conflict because some...