Young Researchers Conference: Harnessing creativity for a sustainable future

Please register at this link: https://axacoair.se/go?Kk3Ix0fe

Note: You will be asked to upload a 300 word maximum abstract in your registration form. The abstract should describe your research background and interests. It will be used by the planning committee for preparing the conference, and gauging the diversity of expertise. It will not be published. 

Day 1, 6 November – Växjö

09.30 Registration, welcome fika and mingle

10.00 – 10.15 Welcome and opening remarks. Introduction to Linnaeus Community Knowledge Environments and Sustainability at Linnaeus University, Niklas Ammert

10.15 – 10.45  Presentation of conference aims and program

10.45 - 11.15 Plenary lecture and discussion: The Practice of Transdisciplinarity: Connecting Knowledge, Stakeholders, and Identities, Sophie Haslett, Stockholm University, researcher and co-creater of the TRACEE Transdisciplinary research program 

11.15 - 11.30 Fika 

11.30 - 12.00   Early Career Research Grant Presentations,  FORMAS, Familjen Kamprads Stiftelse

12.00 - 13.00  Lunch

13.00 - 14.00 Group breakouts, Icebreaker session (2 minute presentations) + group research presentations, 5 minutes each.

14.00 – 14.30 Fika

14.30 – 15.00 Merle Jacob, Lund University , presentations of sustainable development goals UN Sustainable Development Goals

15.00 - 16.00 Group breakouts, discussion of SDGs, groups should make arguments and decide which SDG (and challenge within) that they will focus on for their project 

16.00 - 16.30 Plenary speaker, Maryna Lytvyn, Director of Sustainable Development Center at DniproTech, PhD in Economics, Vice-Head of Sectoral Expert Council at NAQA & including questions

16.30 - 17.30   Fika & Poster/Presentation session, followed by closing words 

18.30 - 22.00 Mingle and dinner at Teleborg Castle 

Day 2, 7 November – Växjö

08.45 - 09.00 Welcome fika and mingle

09.00 - 09.15 Summary of Day 1 with reflections

09.15 - 09.30 Presentation by Jörgen Forss, SHIFT program

09.30 - 10.00 Presentation from Young Researchers Academy Sweden

10.00 -12.00  Develop your projects to address your chosen challenge

12.00-13.00  Lunch

13.00-14.00  Project presentations

14.00-14.15  Fika 

14.15-16.00  Project presentations

16.00 - 16.30 Prize ceremony! 

Daiva Balciunaite Håkansson, School of Business and Economics

Joel Martinsson, Department of Political Science 

Chiara Lenza, Department of Health and Caring Sciences

Emily Hanscam, Department of Cultural Sciences

Caroline Littlefield, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences

Irene Achieng Ochieng, Department of Marketing and Tourism Studies