Open Seminar on Sustainability Transitions and Transformations

Welcome to an open seminar on different perspectives exploring sustainability transformation and transition research through different academic perspectives and experiences.

We warmly welcome you to a 90-minute seminar on different perspectives exploring sustainability transformation and transition research through different academic perspectives and experiences. This includes a focus on the role that universities can play in supporting and enacting deliberate societal change. Initially, Dan Karlholm, the seminar facilitator, will make some opening remarks to set the scene for the ensuing discussion. Next, panelists will be asked to present their initial thoughts on their relationship to sustainability transition/transformation. This will be followed by a more in-depth discussion between the panelists on key points of interest in the sustainability transformation/transition field. The audience will then be given an opportunity to put questions to the panelists. The final part of the seminar will be dedicated to distilling key issues raised in the seminar.

Panelists:

Dan Karlholm (Södertörn University, Facilitator)
Björn-Ola Linnér (Linköping University)
Derek Garfield/Ashley Farber (Uppsala University)
Tomas Kjellvist (Södertörn University)
Ignė Stalmokaitė (Södertörn University)
Malin Gawell (Södertörn University)


Program:

13.00-13.10 Intro by Dan Karlholm
13.10-13-25 Opening remarks from panelists
13.25- 14.00 Panel Discussion (around questions of building collaboration, knowledge-action relations and deciding between sustainable futures)
14.00-14.05 Break
14.05-14.25. Audience questions
14.26-14.30 Sum-up

*We plan to hold the seminar in a hybrid format, i.e., physical attendance/in real-time digital access approach through the Zoom link above. If circumstances change (e.g., because of new COVID restrictions or technical problems) we will only hold the seminar through Zoom using the link above. Either way you will be able to attend the seminar through Zoom.

** Funded by the internal Call for Research and writing collaborations for the advancement of the Research themes at the Department of environmental studies, 2021.