Glocally With Judith – Are we fucked?

Sara Flygar is a UX Researcher at HiQ, and Supervisory Board Member at the non-profit organisation Project Vita. This interview is recorded in Mozambique, January 2023 - and at that time Sara was the Chairman of the Board, today she is the designer and supervisory board member. Hear her talk about her roll in the organisation and how she got involved in the first place.

Sara was in her fifth year of the Design and Product Development Programme at KTH (the Royal Institute of Technology) when she undertook her final-year project as an MFS* in Mozambique (source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saraflygar/ and https://www.kth.se/student/studier/utlandsstudier/fieldstudies/reseberattelser/nyhetsarkiv-field-st/intervju-med-sara-flygar-mfs-i-mocambique-1.1467968).

*MFS=Minor Field Study, which is a Swedish scholarship program for university students to do research abroad. It is mentioned in the interview that the MFS scholarship was cancelled from 2023. In January 2023, it was announced that the program would be discontinued in its previous format because the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) decided to step down from managing it. However, the Sida*-funded scholarship is now taken over by Stockholm University as the official national program office coordinating the scholarship across Swedish universities.

*Sida=The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. “Sida is a government agency working to create better living conditions for people living in poverty and under oppression” (sida.se/en).

You can learn more about Sara Flygar on her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saraflygar/

Find her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saraflygar/

And learn more about the organisation she is involved with here: https://projectvita.org/

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You sometimes hear about charity projects that doesn’t quite reach all the way; Perhaps an organisation that helps out directly after a natural disaster and then leaves – moving on to the next place that needs urgent relief. But if something then breaks, there is no local ownership and no one to handle the issue – leaving the situation to its destiny.

Join today’s journey to a remote coastal village in rural Mozambique, to look behind the curtain of the non-profit organisation Project Vita – that operates in a different way to traditional aid projects.

You can follow Project Vita on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/project.vita/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

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The collaboration project mentioned in the episode is together with Bright Products: https://www.instagram.com/brightproducts/

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Welcome back to Glocally With Judith – Behind the Scenes with Intercontinental Sustainability Change-Makers. Today you’ll get to meet Dr. Richard Smith from England, who works with marine conservation all over the world.

I guess you’ve heard of seahorses… but have you heard of PYGMEY seahorses? They are just about a thumbnail long. They are extremely hard to find, but Richard has become an expert at it.

Richard Smith is a British award-winning underwater photographer, author, and marine conservationist who has dedicated his career to promoting appreciation for the ocean's inhabitants and raising awareness of marine conservation issues. As the world's leading authority on pygmy seahorses, Richard has fundamentally shaped our understanding of these remarkable creatures through pioneering research, species discoveries, and conservation efforts.

Visit his website: dr-richardsmith.com

Visit his YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@dr-richardsmith?si=_1Qy2Y7rUBpStq6w

Richard is the focal lead for pygmy seahorses in the IUCN Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group of the world's seahorse experts: https://www.iucn-seahorse.org/ . He is a Fellow of both London's Royal Geographical Society and The Linnean Society of London, and he is the author and photographer behind the book The World Beneath: https://dr-richardsmith.com/the-world-beneath-book .

Want to join him on one of his expeditions? 🐠 See here: https://dr-richardsmith.com/expeditions-our-beloved-seas

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I conducted this interview for deepseareporter.com in March 2026. You can see that article and video clip here: https://www.deepseareporter.com/passionate-expert-on-pygmy-seahorses/

For other reportages I did for Deep Sea Reporter, see here: https://www.deepseareporter.com/?s=Judith

(In Swedish: https://www.deepseareporter.com/sv/?s=Judith )

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Today I am talking about an interview that I conducted in Swedish earlier this year, regarding Professor Peo Hansen’s research on the economic reality of migration: resources vs. fiscal myths.

Hansen is a researcher and professor in political science at the Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society (REMESO), Linkoping University, Sweden.

He is also an Adjunct professor at John Hopkins University, and Senior Fellow at European University Institute in Florence, and has written books like The Politics of European Citzenship (with Sandy Brian Hager); Eurafrica: The Untold History of European Integration and Colonialism (with Stefan Jonsson); and A Modern Migration Theory: An Alternative Economic Approach to Failed EU Policy.

You can read more about Peo Hansen here: https://liu.se/en/employee/peoha18

You can find him on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/peohansen?stkn=Z2tvd3JoZGZmNjNw

You can follow this podcast’s Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/glocally_with_judith?stkn=MTBta3luMDc2c3U1bg==

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Welcome back to Glocally With Judith, and to the journey of today’s episode.

This podcast takes you Behind the Scenes with Intercontinental Sustainability Change-Makers, and

in this episode you’ll get to meet Marine & Wildlife Biologist Ida Kaller-Vincent as she talks about her nature conservation work.

She talks about the devastating reality for the oceans and its inhabitants, as well as success stories about her marine-, nature-, and endangered species protection work around the world.

Ida Kaller-Vincent is a marine and wildlife biologist. She is the Executive Director (CEO) at Earth Discovery Institute, and the Founder and CEO of Our Eco Planet.

If you want to learn more about Ida and the work she does, you’ll find her at LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ida-kaller-vincent-59b9a815?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios

and on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/ourecoplanetexpeditions?stkn=emxsMTM0cHNicXZr

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In today’s episode you’ll hear a conversation I had with Sarah Mitchell towards the end of 2025. She explains how she works to strengthen international ties, and we discuss our roles in SASUF (South Africa–Sweden University Forum).

Sarah Mitchell is the Africa Coordinator at the International Office at Linköping University, and she also coordinate the Visiting Fellows programme at SweCSS. Through her work she is keeping and strengthening international relations and collaborations. You can read more about her here: https://se.linkedin.com/in/sarahjanemitchell and about her work here: https://liu.se/en/employee/sarmi68 .

The outro voice in this episode has been generated with some help from AI. The music in this podcast comes from Epidemic Sound.

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Welcome to this podcast called Glocally with Judith - Are we fucked? 

This podcast takes you behind the scenes with intercontinental sustainability change-makers. 

With everything that’s going on in the world today, it is easy to lose hope for a sustainable present and future. 

In this podcast, you’ll hear interviews and discussions about interviews I’ve done with national and international sustainability change-makers. 

These are professionals who in one way or another are working for a sustainable society and environment. 

I want to give a voice to the work that is happening out there as a counterpoint to the news we usually hear in our everyday lives.

I hope you’ll 

*enjoy these interviews and discussions;

*that you’ll find a bit of hope in the otherwise so overwhelming reality we live in; 

*and that you even might feel motivated to do something yourself. 

You’ll find this podcast wherever you find podcasts! See you there! 

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Welcome to Glocally with Judith - Are we fucked? 

For this podcast, I have been interviewing professionals in the fields of everything from 

• Ecological & Marine Biology,
• Migration, Economy and Rural Development, to
• School Integration and Inclusion.

The purpose of this podcast is to bring hope for a sustainable future and to give a voice to those professionals and enthusiasts who work towards a brighter future. 

I hope you’ll join me on this journey!

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