The Gateway City: Exploring Gothenburg’s relationship with migration today | Nobel Week Dialogue

A conversation about how Sweden’s second city has experienced migration past and present.

Join the insightful discussion moderated by David Smith as we explore the relationship between Gothenburg and migration. In this engaging conversation, orchestra members and organiser Ron Davis Alvarez, alongside professor Andrea Spehar, delve into the intricate connection between the city's cultural landscape and the diverse tapestry of immigration.

Against the backdrop of recent conflicts, including those in Ukraine and beyond, students in Gothenburg, who are immigrants and refugees, share their personal stories. From the challenges they face, this video sheds light on the real experiences of those navigating a new life in a foreign land.

About Nobel Week Dialogue 2023: From our earliest beginnings, humanity has been on the move. Migration is our past, one of our present’s burning issues and, like it or not, it will be a defining feature of our future.

Time and again, our society has been shaped and reshaped by migrations. Everything suggests that the factors driving people to seek a new life elsewhere will only multiply. Whether forced by starvation or war, by our changing climate, or by the simple human desire to seek a better life elsewhere in the face of inequality, we humans will always be migrants.

Nobel Week Dialogue 2023 brought people together from across the spectrum of science, society and culture to explore the future of migration and how to approach that future. How we think about migration is one of the most pressing and important conversations we can have.

Delving into humanity’s intermingled origins, we asked what the past can tell us about what will come. Surveying the current picture of human resettlement, we discussed how the world is responding. Looking ahead, we investigate what steps we should take to assist and prepare.

In partnership with Carl Bennet AB; City of Gothenburg; Region Västra Götaland; Volvo.

Supporting foundation: Sten A. Olssons Stiftelse För Forskning och Kultur