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Welcome to: Peace, Ethics and Gender for Sustainable Development

Södertörn University and Swedish Defence University invites you to the fourth in a series of seminars and workshops leading up to ISDRS 2022 in Stockholm.

Peace, Ethics and Gender for Sustainable Development

Host: Södetörn University and Swedish Defence University

Date: June 11th 2021

The seminare will be held in English (Zoom link)
Password, if needed: 552021

Program

09:00 – 09:05         Welcome to the seminar

Approaching Call for papers to ISDRS 2022
Stefan Silfverskiöld, SEDU & Peter Dobers, Södertörn University

09:05 – 09:20        Welcome notes

Vice Chancellor SEDU Robert Egnell
Vice Chancellor Södertörn University Gustav Amberg

09:20 – 09:30        Introduction to the theme of the day

Annick Wibben, SEDU

09:30 – 09:40        Algorithmic Authority and the Defence Sector – A Threat or a Solution for Social Sustainability?

Irja Malmio, SEDU

09:40 – 09:50        Sustainability, time, and the ethics of responsibility

Hans Ruin, Södertörn University

09:50 – 10:00        Critical Infrastructure at the Dawn of a Techno-Organizational Shift: Implications for Holistic Sustainability and Accountability

Lindy Eriksson Newlove, SEDU

10:00 – 10:25        Breakout rooms

Socialising and discussions in breakout rooms. Reflections of what has been talked about so far.

10:25 – 10:35        Some thoughts from the breakout rooms

10:35 – 10:45        Break off-screen

10:45 – 10:55        Children, Security and the Climate Crisis

Arita Holmberg, SEDU

10:55 – 11:05        Resisting the energy transition: discursive responses to the falling profitability of traditional energy sources.

Hugo Faber, Södertörn University

11:05 – 11:15         Local mobilization in response to the wildfires in Sweden 2018

Maria Vallström, Södertörn University

11:15 – 11.30         Vulnerability as Virtuosity – A multi-disciplinary take on vulnerability.

** Performer: Marie-Andrée Robitaille, Stockholm University of the Arts

11:30 – 11:50        Breakout rooms: Possible collaborations leading up to ISDRS 2022 and beyond?

11:50 – 12:00        Reflection and Afterword

Peter Dobers and Stefan Silfverskiöld

**  Vulnerability as Virtuosity – A multi-disciplinary take on vulnerability
by performer Marie-Andrée Robitaille, doctoral candidate in performative and mediated practice with a specialization in circus choreography at Stockholm University of the Arts.

This presentation was developed in collaboration with researchers from the SEDU, Stockholm School of Economics, Södertörn University, University College Stockholm and Stockholm University of the Arts:

Frederike Albrecht assistant professor at the Department of Security, Strategy and Leadership of the SEDU works as a researcher at the Center of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science.

Arita Holmberg is associate professor in political science with a focus on security studies, Department of Security, Strategy and Leadership at the Swedish Defence University.

Lindy Newlove-Eriksson is lecturer at the SEDU and doctoral candidate at KTH. Newlove-Eriksson has authored and co-authored publications on crises, public-private governance, infrastructure, technology and psychosocial support in crises.

Sara Bondesson holds a PhD in political science from the Department of Government, Uppsala University and is an assistant professor at the Department of Security, Strategy and Leadership at the Swedish Defence University.

Katarina Wadstein MacLeod is professor in Art history at Södertörn University.

Pierre Guillet de Monthoux is the Director of SSE Art Initiative and fellow of centre for Art, Business and Culture at SSE. He is researcher in the field of Philosophy and Management focusing on Art and Aesthetic.

Emma Stenström is Associate Professor and Director of the Research Center for Arts, Business & Culture at Stockholm School of Economics. 

Lia Molvik is a Phd Candidate based at the department of pedagogy and didactic at Stockholm University.

Biographies or about their talks

– in order of appearance –

Annick Wibben, is Anna Lindh Professor of Gender, Peace & Security at the SEDU. Previously she was professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of SanFrancisco from 2005-2019, where she also served as chair of the Politics Department, and has directed both the Peace and Justice Studies and the International Studies programs. Prior to her time in San Francisco, she worked as co-Investigator (with James Der Derian) of the Information Technology, War and Peace Project [infopeace.org] at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University from 2001-2005. During this time she also taught at Brown University, Bryant University and Wellesley College and spent the fall 2003 semester in New York City as a Rockefeller Humanities Fellow with the National Council for Research on Women and the Center for the Study of Women and Society at the CUNY Graduate Center doing research on human security.

Irja Malmio, is a Ph.D. student at the SEDU, Department of Military Studies, in collaboration with the University of Lund, Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety. Her PhD project is entitled “Systems Science for Defence and Security and Social Sustainability” and will approach sociotechnical defence systems from a norm critical perspective. Her research interests are based in the field of Critical Security Studies, where she is primarily interested in the social effects produced at the intersection between security and technology, especially normative assumptions that arise from securitized technology both in its intended and unintended form. Research interests also include Sustainability, Gender Studies, Epistemology, Pedagogy, Leadership, Socio-technological perspectives and Masculinity studies. She holds a MA in East Asian studies, and a BA in Leadership under Strenuous Conditions.

Hans Ruin, professor in philosophy at Södertörn University with a PhD in Theoretical Philosophy from Stockholm University 1994. Founder of the Södertörn University philosophy department in 1999. Co-founder and former President of the Nordic Society for Phenomenology. From 2010-2015 director of the multidisciplinary six-year research program ”Time, Memory, and Representation – recent developments in historical consciousness” (www.histcon.se). Recent publications include: Between Memory and Forgetting: Essays in Cultural Memory (in Swedish, with J. Redin, 2016). Most recent book: Being with the Dead: Burial, Ancestral Politics, and the Roots of Historical Consciousness (Stanford UP, 2018).

Lindy Newlove Eriksson, is lecturer at the SEDU and doctoral candidate at KTH. Newlove-Eriksson has authored and co-authored publications on crises, public-private governance, infrastructure, technology and psychosocial support in crises. Recent peer-reviewed publications include: Newlove-Eriksson (2020) “Accountability and Public Private Governance in Urban Rail Interchanges: Junctions of London Crossrail and Stockholm City Line Compared, Public Works Management and Policy, 25(2), 105-131; Newlove-Eriksson and Eriksson (2021) “Technological Megashift and the EU: Threats, Vulnerabilities and Fragmented Responsibilities”, The European Union and the Technological Shift, edited by A. Bakardjieva et al: Palgrave Macmillan, 27-55; and Eriksson and Newlove-Eriksson (2021) “Theorizing Technology and International Relations: Prevailing Perspectives and New Horizons”, in Technology and International Relations, edited by G. Giacomello et al. Edward Elgar Publications.

Arita Holmberg: Associate professor in political science with a focus on security studies. Her research concerns normative transformation processes in the field of security and defence in Europe. In recent years, she has written on resistance, military organizations and new security actors. Her work on Children, Security and the Climate Crisis (together with Aida Alvinius) can be placed in relation to the latter theme. It has so far been published in Childhood and Current Sociology.

Hugo Faber, PhD student in political science at the Baltic and East European Graduate School at Södertörn University. His talk will focus on the following: How will energy policy expert discourse respond to the falling profitability of traditional energy sources that is caused by climate policy and renewable energy diffusion, and how will these discursive responses affect political decisions relating to the future of fossil fuels? Preliminary results from an article on the 2016 Energy Agreement in Sweden.

Maria Vallström, senior lecturer and associate professor in ethnology at Södertörn University, program director of the undergraduate program of Cultural Analysis with an emphasis in sustainable development.

Marie-Andrée Robitaille, doctoral candidate in performative and mediated practice with a specialization in circus choreography at Stockholm University of the Arts.


Welcome to : Socially Responsible Art for Sustainable Worlds

Södertörn University and Stockholm School of Economics invites you to the third in a series of seminars and workshops leading up to ISDRS 2022 in Stockholm.

Socially Responsible Art for Sustainable Worlds

Host: Södertörn University and Stockholm School of Economics

Date: May 19, 2021, 13.00 – 16.00

The seminar will be held in English online (zoom link)

Program

13.00 – 13.20 Introduction and welcome notes

Welcome: Vice Chancellor: Gustav Amberg

Introduction: Ann-Sofie Köping Olsson, Pierre Guillet de Monthoux, Tinni Rappe.

Presentation of SSE Art Initiative and Invited Artists; M. Bigert, C. Rives, T. Wallander and Cittadellarte team S. Teruzzi and P. Naldini

(see below biographies)

13:35 – 13:45 Workshop – Breakout rooms

13:45 – 13:50                   Summary

13:50 – 14:00                   Break

14:00 – 14:35                   Presentations

Consumer Culture. Karin Winroth Södertörn University

Business Ethics and Literary Agenda. Erik Wikberg Stockholm School of Economics

Consumer perceptions, value creation and biological and cultural heritage. Paulina Rytkönen Södertörn University

Points of Contact – A Photographic Exploration. Lasse Lychnell Stockholm School of Economics

Freeportology? Specters, Assemblies and Liquid Matter in a world of ruptures. Jessica Backsell Stockholm School of Economics

Anthropocene artefacts. Dan Karlholm Södertörn University

Remake and the art of creating mosaic affinity. Malin Gawell Södertörn University

14:35 – 14:50  Workshop – Breakout rooms

14:50 – 14:55                   Summary

14:55 – 15:00                   Break 

15:00 – 15:30 Terzo Paradiso and
cittadellarte

Michelangelo Pistoletto, Cittadellarte, joins our meeting to present Terzo Paradiso and socially responsible art for vitalizing for community engagements. What could be done in Stockholm?

15:30 – 15:50  Workshop – Breakout rooms

15:50 – 15:55                   Summary

15:55 – 16:00    Afterword

Peter Dobers, president of ISDRS, gives the closing address.

Biographies

Michelangelo Pistoletto Founder of Cittadellarte in Biella, Italy. After his central roles in avant-garde movements from Pop Art to Arte Povera he is together with his spouse artist Maria Pioppi furthering socially responsible art through initiative such as Love Difference and Terzo Paradiso.

Paolo Naldini director of Cittadellarte/Fondazione Pistoletto, initiator of the Art of Demopraxy.

Saverio Teruzzi an “Artivator” hybridizing roles of curator, ambassador and animator he is facilitating wide local community participations in Terzo Paradiso events. Saverio looks forward to a Stockholm art agora for social transformation.

Mats Bigert is one half of Swedish artist duo Bigert & Bergström. B&B’s artistic practice ranges from large-scale sculptures and installations to performance and film. The duo is known to analyze scientific and social issues with a focus on the weather and climate change. Mats Bigert is also an Editor-at-large at Cabinet Magazine, NY/Berlin and contributes regularly to the Swedish art magazine Artlover.

Cécile Rives is an opera singer, circus performer, and artistic director. She plays with symbols & codes, of several fields (opera, cabaret, circus) and esthetics languages (classical, contemporary, traditions), to create poetic performances where we can question our conceptions of boundaries, and where we can experiment our perception of time.

Tora Wallander (b. 1991) works with video and installation, exploring mankind’s present and historical relation to nature. The works oscillate between fact and fiction and are based on thorough research, where real events and phenomena result in a more speculative narrative. Tora Wallander graduated from The Royal Institute of Art in 2020.

Welcome to ESBUC and UCS: Sustainability with a focus on Courage, Culture and Human Rights – Existential Dimensions & Vulnerability

Ersta Sköndal and Bräcke University College & University College Stockholm invites you to a second in a series of seminars and workshops leading up to ISDRS 2022 in Stockholm.

Sustainability with a focus on Courage, Culture and Human Rights – Existential Dimensions & Vulnerability

Hosts: Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College (ESBUC) and University College Stockholm (UCS)

Date and time: April 13, 2021, 9-12

The seminar will be held in English online: Follow this Zoom-link

Program

9-9:15 Introduction and welcome notes:

Vice-chancellors Roger Klinth and Owe Kennerberg.

ISDRS Conference 2022: Peter Dobers

Introducing the program: Sofia Camnerin (UCS) and Johan Gärde (ESBUC)

9:15-10:10: Lectures from the host universities (10 minutes each)

Earth Call:
A musical performance based on the UN Global Development Goals (video), Lone Larsen, professor, Department of Diacony, Church Music and Theology, (ESBUC), video.

Can poverty be eradicated by 2030 or will the poor always be present amoung us? Ethical and theological reflections on the Sustainable Development Goals:
Associate Professor, Mats J Hansson, Department of Diacony, Church Music and Theology, (ESBUC).

Are Human Rights Really in Crisis? 
Linde Lindkvist, Associate Dean and Senior Lecturer, Departments of Human Rights and Democracy, (UCS).

Interdisciplinary thoughts on the protection of children. Child centred coordinated intervention system against violence against children in close relationships:
Maria Eriksson, Professor, Department of Social Sciences, (ESBUC).

Climate, Culture, Courage:
Petra Carlsson, Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies and Theology, Stockholm School of Theology (UCS).

Break 10 minutes

10:20-10:35 Breakout rooms with group discussion 1: Reflection questions

10:35-11:25 Lectures from the host universities (live) + video presentations (10 min each)

How the selection of research methods can give women in homelessness a voice and a choice – an attempt to promote an inclusive society with gender equality, health and well-being for all.
Anna Klarare and Åsa Kneck, Senior Lecturers, Department of Health Care Sciences (ESBUC), video.

Democracy and Creativity. Do We Have the Courage to Be Free? 
Professor Davor Džalto, Department of Eastern Christian Studies (UCS).

Dignity and Conscience in a Digital Age – Challenges of Being Human.
Susanne Wigorts Yngvesson, Professor, Department of Religious Studies and Theology, Stockholm School of Theology (UCS).

One Health – A holistic and interdimensional and perspective on sustainability.
Henrik Lerner, Senior Lecturer, Department of Health Care Sciences (ESBUC).

Poverty in Sweden and the Sustainable Development Goals: Benchmarking and understanding poverty at Swedish City Mission and their interventions.
Professor Magnus Karlsson, Centre for Civil Society Research, (ESBH).

Break 10 minutes

11:35-11:50 Breakout rooms with group discussion 2, reflection questions

11:50-12:00 Conclusions

Welcome to Stockholm University of the Arts: Meeting the International Sustainable Development Research Society on Courage, Culture and Art

Stockholm University of the Arts (SKH) invites you to a seminar titled ”Meeting the International Sustainable Development Research Society on Courage, Culture and Art”.

What is artistic research and how is it linked to sustainability research? As part of the run-up to ISDRS 2022, SKH invites you to a seminar that explores this question.  

The ISDRS international sustainability conference will be held for the 28th time in the summer of 2022. Six higher education institutions in the Stockholm region are hosting the event, including Södertörn University and Stockholm University of the Arts.  

Each year has a specific theme. This year it is courage, culture, art and human rights. As part of encouraging new, cross-boundary cooperation between research disciplines, a seminar series is being organised. On each occasion, researchers from the higher education institutions will present their research. The first to do so are from Stockholm University of the Arts. The seminar will be held online on 9 December and is in English.  

See the programme for more information and links.

Date and time: Wednesday, 9 December 2020, at 13.00-16.00
Place: The seminar will be held in English online:
following this zoom link

Programme
13.00-13.20 SKH, Artistic Research and introduction to the seminar: Sustainable Development: Courage, Culture and ArtCecilia Roos, Vice-rector of Research at SKH
13.20-13.40 Voice UnderEster Martin Bergsmark, Doctoral candidate at SKH (Read more about Voice under)
13.40-14.00 The Scenographic Potential of Acoustic SoundMareike Dobewall, Doctoral candidate at SKH (Read more about The scenographic potential of acoustic sound)

14.00-14.10 Pause

14.10-14.20 Peter Dobers, Professor at Södertörn University and Johan Gärde, Associate Professor at Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College on the basic idea of ISDRS 2022, its themes and tracks.

14.20-14.50 Presentations of scholars from the ISDRS 2022 hosts universities:

Imaging Climate Change: Stereotyping the Arctic in ImagesKatarina Wadstein Macleod, Professor, Department of Art History, School of Culture and Education at Södertörn University

Culture and Sustainability – the Power of ArtAnn-Sofie Köping, Senior lecturer, Department of Business Studies, School of Social Sciences at Södertörn University.

Marginal Suburbs, Gender and CultureSara Ferlander, Associate professor, Departement of Sociology, School of Social Sciences at Södertörn University Indigenous Community-Based Eco-Tourism and Socio-Environmental Justice in South AmericaRickard Lalander, Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies at Södertörn University

SSE Art InitiativePierre Guillet de Monthoux, Professor and Director for SSE Art Initiative, Stockholm School of Economics

14.50-15.20  Group discussions on the themes:
14.50-15.05 (1) Courage and sustainable development
15.05-15.20  (2) Culture and sustainable development
15.20-15.25 Joint discussion and wrap up
15.25-15.30 Pause
15.30-16.00 Continued joint discussions to build new relationships and talk about ideas or ongoing projects with links to research in sustainability

June 2019: Letter of intent signed

Individual talks with leading scholars at the different universities took place from late 2018 and during the spring of 2019. Invited by Prof Robert Egnell, vice-chancellor at the Swedish Defence University, we decided to put the dream of fostering sustainable development at our universities by aiming at hosting ISDRS 2022 in Stockholm to paper. And by June of 2019, we had signed the letter of intent.