News: Oct 08, 2020
GSF is organising an event on November 25th 9-12 (CET). A Research Conference.
Collaboration across national borders and academic disciplines is more important than ever. In practice, however, international collaboration often faces challenges that arise from differences in contexts, incentives and traditions. We are convinced that these can be overcome and that we can do more and do better. You are invited to a conference that brings together people from different academic backgrounds and contexts with a common interest to collaborate across borders in order to learn from each other, share experiences and overcome obstacles.
GSF Event objectives• Increase the visibility of researchers, research findings and research interests to stimulate and strengthen/develop more collaboration across disciplines, universities and geographical boundaries.
• Share experiences of successful research collaboration with low- and middle income countries (for instance good examples and practices – referring to the research results and/or the collaboration itself).
8.45 Check in opens
9.00 Platform Leader Magdalena Eriksson, Global Sustainable Futures (GSF) -
What we do and where we are heading
9.15 -09.40 Keynote Professor Ernest Aryeetey, Secretary General African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Building blocks of fruitful university collaborations
9.40 -11:25 Parallel sessions including networking activities and breaks (see programme content below)
Session 1: Examples of research findings, research interests and experiences from research collaboration
Session 2: Examples of research findings, research interests and experiences from research collaboration.
11.25 Keynote Docent and affiliated researcher Madelene Ostwald, Chalmers University of Technology, Translate science into policy and practice through capacity building –experiences from the AgriFoSe2030 programme
11.40 Student speed talks Short student presentations and information about the new mentorship programme at Chalmers and Minor Field studies at Gothenburg University. Student speakers: Markus Zorn "The Seedling project"
Kim von der Heide "Media framing and environmental (in) justice"
Jose Andres Hernandez "Maya biosphere reserve".
11.55-12 Wrap up and next step
12.00 End of webinar
25 Nov: Examples of research findings, research interests and experiences from research collaboration
Baking bread with high iron bioavailability for low-income countries, Ulf Svanberg, Chalmers
Can democracy deliver an alternative to extractivism? A post-capitalist dream for political action
Nicolás Acosta García, GU
Environmental grassroots innovations: a circular economy from below
Maria José Zapata Campos, GU & Patrik Zapata, GU & Jaan-Henrik Kain, Chalmers & Michael Oloko JOOUST (Kenya)
Energy geography in East Africa: spatial dimensions of renewable energy transitions and sociotechnical change
Sylvere Hategekimana, Chalmers and University of Rwanda
Climate sensitivity and reforestation of African tropical trees,
Johan Uddling, and Mirindi Eric Dusenge, GU
Global Engagement in Science: The University’s Fourth Mission?
Lars Öhrström, Chalmers.
Dealing with Education in a Fragile Context: Contributions from a Research Training Partnership,
Gun-Britt Wärwik & Aimee Haley, GU & Alebachew Kemisso, Addis Ababa University
25 Nov: Examples of research findings, research interests and experiences from research collaboration
Cooking up some empowerment: Improved Cooking Stoves (ICS) women and empowerment in rural Odisha India, Linda Lane, GU
Collaboration and its challenges: Lessons from Digital Community Currencies Project for Inclusive Economic Growth in Kenya
Richard Dimba Kiaka, JOOUST (Kenya)
Multidisciplinarity, Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity/ Crossdisciplinarity in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage (TDC)
Antonia García Martínez, Universidad de Sevilla (Jan Roswall, GU)
From research to societal impact: innovation hubs in Africa,
Pauline C Cherunya, Chalmers
New Metal-Organic Frameworks for catalysis and energy applications: Carbon dioxide capture and conversion
Gift Mehlana, Midlands State University, (Zimbabwe)
Building global capacity for the observation of volcanic and atmospheric change
Santiago Arellano, Chalmers
Small-scale renewable energy systems as catalysts for agrarian change
Helene Ahlborg, Chalmers
Researchers, teachers and students at Chalmers and GU with an interest in and/or ongoing collaboration with Low- and Middle Income countries (LMICs), their partner researchers at universities in LMICs.
It is a multidisciplinary audience with an interest and profile in Agenda 2030 and sustainability efforts beyond 2030.
Wednesday 25th 9.00-12.00 (CET). via Zoom. Register here or read more at the the Resarch Conference webpage and register. Two tracks with weibnars/seminars will be offered. You will be able to adjust which track to attend on the webinar-day the 25th also.
Global Sustainable Futures (GSF) - a joint collaboration platform at Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg with the overall objective to develop new science-based knowledge, education and collaborations that contribute towards attaining Agenda 2030, as well as to the needs of society beyond 2030.
The unique niche of GSF is its focus on promoting, developing and strengthening collaboration between the two universities and partners in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). For more information, see the GSF webpage. For more information about the side event please contact project leader olof.drakenberg@gu.se; for more information about GSF, please contact Magdalena Eriksson at: magdalena.eriksson@chalmers.se
