Newly arrived international students at the universities of Stockholm were invited to a reception at the Stockholm City Hall on 10 October. Hosted by the City of Stockholm, the reception is an eagerly awaited fixture on the City's annual calendar. This year, the event saw about 250 international students being welcomed to Stockholm – the [...]
Emerging human problems are complex, and therefore need complex, cross-disciplinary solutions - this was the main premise of the sixth webinar of the Stockholm Explorative Talks series (15 October), 'Multidisciplinary Teams: Working across academic boundaries foster creative environments.' As Stockholm Explorative Talks keeps growing and finding more viewers, this exploration was attended by an audience [...]
Stockholm Explorative Talks at an on-stage event on 23 September at KMH, the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, brought together academics from all 18 universities of Stockholm to explore the global challenges of our time. The academics - dubbed The Explorers - represented a diverse range of disciplines such as applied aesthetics, political geography, [...]
For the first time ever, academics from all 18 universities in Stockholm are gathered on the same stage. On the 23rd of September, Stockholm Explorative Talks will take place in the Royal Hall at KMH, Royal College of Music in Stockholm. The 18 academics have not been able to prepare in advance. They do not [...]
The Stockholm Explorative Talks series in its fourth webinar explored an issue that is especially relevant today – the effects of the pandemic on early childhood and adolescence. The topic – ‘Growing up during a pandemic: Mental health among a ‘lost generation’’ saw our explorers (Anna Norlén, Michiko Ueda, Dan Woodman, Livia Tomova, and Örjan [...]
The third webinar of the Stockholm Explorative Talks series explored various perspectives around the topic – ‘The Art of Ignoring: Understanding the space between knowing and not-knowing’. The explorers – Anna Essén, Jens David Ohlin, Pallabi Chakravorty, Ramón López de Mántaras and Sabina Čehajić-Clancy – discussed the differences between ‘ignorance’ and ‘ignoring’, and how the [...]
‘Cyber Warfare: Understanding digital aggressions and their implications for the future’ was the topic explored at the second pitstop of The Stockholm Explorative Talks webinar series. The explorers – Marika Ericson, Niv David, Natasia Kalajdziovski, Cheryl Akner-Koler and Uche Mbanaso – engaged in an interdisciplinary discussion about the nature of modern-day cyber operations, which was [...]
The Stockholm Explorative Talks webinar series started out on its maiden journey with an engaging exploration of the topic – ‘Persuasive Technologies: How can we better steer the technologies designed to steer us?’. Interdisciplinarity was the watchword of the session, both in terms of the ‘explorers’ – Gustav Borgefalk, Dr Claire Ingram Bogusz, Dr Stanley [...]
Stockholm Explorative Talks is a meeting place for academic discussions confronting global problems with an interdisciplinary approach, by pairing unlikely academics together. Stockholm Explorative Talks welcomes experts from all over the world for a dialogue best described as dedicated, courageous and surprising. The aim is to gather the world's brightest brains to examine current issues [...]
Congratulations, Peng Wu - the recipient of the 2020 SDCN International Talent of the Year Award! For a third consecutive year, an exceptional member of SDCN will be felicitated in recognition of their active participation at SDCN, their professional achievements in Stockholm, their determination and tenacity in pursuing and grasping opportunities, and their willingness to [...]
