SWACCS Annual December Workshop 2024 - Interdisciplinary collaboration for a safe and sustainable future

Örebro University invites you to the workshop December 10-11 , 2024 (lunch to lunch). Venue: Örebro University, Prismahuset, second floor, Room P204.

Klick here to register to the workshop. The registration closes by November 22.

Agenda

Day 1

13:00 Welcome, Assoc.prof. Ingrid Ericson Jogsten, ORU

13:15 Perspectives on interdisciplinary collaboration for a safe and sustainable future – How to optimize research and societal interaction?
Presentations by RECETOX representative, Prof. Martin Scheringer (Masaryk University, Brno; ETH, Zürich, Platform for a sustainable future at Örebro University, Prof. Frans Prenkert, ORU

14:00 Questions and remarks to the panelists

14:15  Start of workshop with refreshments (ends 15:05)

15:15 Reporting back and an interactive open discussion

15:45 "Leg stretcher"

16:00 Case studies/projects

17:15 End of the day 1

Joint dinner (at own personal cost). 


Day 2

08:30  Societal Competence Provision Needs in Risk Assessment and Communication.

Presentation of the stakeholder competence needs in the Nordics, Prof. Åke Bergman, ORU, incl. the life-long learning perspective, Prof. Jana Jass, ORU, followed by time for group discussions. The groups will receive questions to discuss for 60 minutes and then we have feedback at 10 with in plenum discussion for in total 30 min.

10:30 Break

11:00 Chemical pollution in focus: UN Science to Policy Platform,
Prof. Martin Scheringer (Chair of International Panel on Chemical Pollution (IPCP)

Open In Plenum discussion

12:00 End of workshop

 

About RECETOX
RECETOX is engaged in research and education on managing the environmental and health risks associated with the chemicals around us. They are building a Centre of Excellence in Environmental Health Sciences. Through research and innovation, the Centre addresses the most current societal needs and scientific challenges at national and global levels and provides stakeholders and policymakers with robust scientific evidence and innovative tools for diagnosis and prevention.

About IPCP
The International Panel on Chemical Pollution (IPCP) is an independent assembly of academic scientists. It aims to provide an objective assessment of research on chemical pollution and waste and provides a platform for independent academic researchers across the globe to inform regional and global guidance for science policy. The IPCP contributes to shaping chemicals and waste management policies at regional to international scales.

About WATCH
The starting point for the research within WATCH is to identify and understand solutions to the increasing challenges arising from strategies for sustainable planning and the built environment, such as densification, waterfront development, and water use, as well as water challenges in the form of flooding, drinking water shortage, water pollution, etc. The research school aims to develop interdisciplinary, transformative knowledge that will contribute to helping various actors working in sectors relevant to sustainable planning at the national, regional, and local levels meet these challenges

About PSF
Platform for a sustainable future at Örebro University, PSF@ORU, is based on the premise that we must fundamentally change society in order to create a sustainable future. An important component of this transformation is the access to and development of new and scientifically grounded knowledge that can form the basis for conscious and systematic decisions by all actors in all functions of society – from the national to the global level. The most important purpose of the platform is to contribute to necessary changes by developing such knowledge through research and education and through interaction with society outside the university. The platform will initiate and facilitate multidisciplinary research and education within Örebro University in cooperation with the surrounding society