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Opening Week of Kollaboratoriet Uppsala
April 4, 2017 - April 7, 2017
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Kollaboratoriet Uppsala’s is a new physical space in the center of Uppsala near Gamla Torget. It’s main goal is to host new collaborations for a better world and we invite you to make use of it in the year ahead. Kollaboratoriet works with three themes
– Opening new, valuable channels between academia and civil society
– Crossovers of art and science, culture and critique in the shadow of global challenges and transitions
– Supporting new pathways for social innovation and action towards sustainable futures
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Tuesday 4 April, 16:15 – 18:00
Official Opening and a conversation with Bert De Vries, Kevin Anderson and Josefin Wangel
Kollaboratoriet Uppsala official opening. Visit the new space and imagine some possibilities for events and collaborations here. Join a ‘public conversation’ with Bert de Vries, climate, energy and global change researcher, Kevin Anderson, Zensström Visiting-Professor in Climate Change Leadership, and Josefin Wangel, Associate Professor in Sustainable Urban Development. If you would like to attend let us know by email at kollaboratorietuppsala (at) gmail . com.
Wednesday 5 April, 8:15 – 9:00 (På svenska)
Lansering av Frukostmöten på Kollaboratoriet med Anneli Ekblom
Under våren lanseras konceptet Frukostmöten på Kollaboratoriet – samtal utifrån aktuella händelser och ny forskning. Det första frukostmötet gästas av Anneli Ekblom, föreståndare på Centrum för miljö- och utvecklingsstudier samt lektor i arkeologi, på temat ‘Bygga murar eller broar? Om relationen mellan akademi och samhälle’. I en värld där vad som är fakta och sanning tycks vara öppet för förhandling – vilken roll har akademi och forskning?
Friday 7 April, 12:00 – 18:00
‘Calm Emergency’ exhibition including works from Acclimatize
Kollaboratoriet is transformed into an art installation. Also on display will be some works from Moderna Museet Stockholm’s ‘Acclimatize’.
Kollaboratoriet Uppsala is supported by the Live Baltic Campus project at UU and CEMUS, Center for Environment and Development Studies, UU and SLU.
