David Nilsson and Terje Oestigaard published an articel at NAI Forum on Nov 15:

“Scandinavia in the ‘Scramble for Africa’ – Then and Now”

Pls see link below

http://naiforum.org/2013/11/scandinavia-in-the-scramble-for-africa/

David Nilsson writes about the history and future of the MDGs at Swedish Water House:

http://www.swedishwaterhouse.se/common/blog/article_0216.html

David Nilsson published a new scientific paper in Current African Issues, September 2013:

“Sweden-Norway at the Berlin Conference 1884–85: History, national identity-making and Sweden’s relations with Africa”

Can be downloaded from:

http://nai.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2:650999

New Article by David Nilsson on Nordic Africa Institute Forum, discussing the 2013 elections and democracy in Kenya in a historic perspective. Please click on link below.

http://www.naiforum.org/2013/03/elections-in-kenya/

David Nilsson wrtites on SIWI’s newsservice NewsStream 29 January, about what the water crisis implies for an urbanising world. Pls click link below.

The “Water Supply Crisis and the Cities”. A drama review.

The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) in November 2012 granted more than 5 MSEK to a new research project at the Royal Institute of Technology, with the title:

“Sweden and the Origins of Global Resource Colonialism: Exploring a Small Country’s Natural Resource Interests in Africa, Caucasia and the Arctic, 1870-1930″.

The project will be carried out by a team of researchers at the Division for Historical Studies, School of Architecture and the Built Environment, where Dr. David Nilsson will also be included. Pls also visit KTH division-pages:

http://www.kth.se/en/abe/inst/philhist/2.3231

Starting November 2012, David Nilsson is part of the editorial team of the webpublication “NewsStream”, by Stockholm International Water Institute and Swedish Water House. A first article in the NewsStream was published on November 20:

Realising human rights to water and sanitation for the Urban Poor: Can new MDG indicators help?

David Nilsson wrote on the news and debate website on October 18:

Article on Newsmill (in Swedish) about water, sanitation and development

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