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NESS2024 | Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference

Scientific programme

Tuesday, June 4Wednesday, June 5Thursday, June 6
Detailed Programme

WS1 (tent.): Co-Producing Knowledge for Sustainability: Risks and New Avenues
Convenors: Albrecht, E., Haapasaari, P., Lyytimäki, J.
Room: Pub309 (Publicum / UTU)

WS2: Who is the expert? Knowledge use in policy decision making for natural resource governance and management
Convenors: Mancheva, I., Hasselquist, E., Keskinen, M.
Room: Pub299 (Publicum / UTU)”

WS3: Co-construction of actionable knowledge for just governance of coastal and marine areas
Convenors: Varjopuro, R., Svels, K., Schreiber, MA.
Room: Mary P. Follet (B329; ASA / ÅAU)

WS4: Articulating the politics of nature: giving voices to animals, plants, forests, waters, places, and atmospheres
Convenors: Vinnari, E., Vollmer, H.
Room: Pub499 (Publicum / UTU)

WS5 (CLOSED session): Exploring ”humanatures”: methodological workshop on studying and representing more-than-human ways of knowing
Convenors: Kallio, G., Koskinen-Koivisto, E.
Room: Panorama (B301; ARKEN / ÅAU)

WS6: Governance of Critical Maritime Infrastructure
Convenors: Ringbom, H., Argüello, G.
Room: Fiesta (B205B; ARKEN / ÅAU)

WS7: Justice in transitions: A critical discussion on politics and governance across cases and countries
Convenors: Kaljonen, M., Huttunen, S., Fischer, A.
Room: Fänriken, Fabriken (A208; ASA / ÅAU)

WS8 (tent.): Does what happens in a deliberative citizen assembly stay in the citizen assembly? Exploring the impacts of deliberative mini-publics on environmental governance and attitudes.
Convenors: Daw, TM., Lindell, M., Marquardt, J., Möckel, F., Rapeli, L.
Room: Pub209 (Publicum / UTU)

WS9: Environmental ethics and political theory: recent developments
Convenors: Kortetmäki, T., Casi, C.
Room: Demos (A402; ASA / ÅAU)

WS10: Promoting Collaborative Multifunctional Governance for Biodiversity
Convenors: Gilek, M., Karlsson, M., Powell, N.
Room: Pub469 (Publicum / UTU)

WS11: Governing urban climate transformations: Towards climate neutrality and resilience
Convenors: Kern, K., Haupt, W., Kochskämper, E.
Room: Pub368 (Publicum / UTU)

WS12: Fit for purpose – towards a transformative and fair climate policy
Convenors: Alfredsson, E., Malmaeus, M., Karlsson, M.
Room: Simone Weil (M134; ARKEN / ÅAU)

WS13: Unravelling the socio-political conditions for more inclusive Nature-Based Solutions
Convenors: Pihlajamäki, M., Soini, K., Hiedanpää, J.
Room: Chromium (A316; AURUM / ÅAU)

WS15: The Promise and Pitfall of the Green Energy Transition
Convenors: Bjärstig, T., Lempinen, H., Sjölander Lindqvist, A.
Room: Lorelei (B206; ARKEN / ÅAU)

WS16: Repower the people? The role of citizens in accelerating energy transition
Convenors: Lukkarinen, J., Laakso, S.
Room: Saussure (M128; ARKEN / ÅAU)

WS17: Co-producing knowledge for research-based Education for Sustainability (EfS) in Higher Education
Convenors: Gallagher, S., Granberg, A.
Room: Voltaire (M127; ARKEN / ÅAU)

WS18: Transformative law for sustainability transitions
Convenors: Similä, J., Ballardini, R.
Room: Carboneum (A406; AURUM / ÅAU, UTU)

WS19: Co-production of techno-scientific promises: communities, institutions, and materialities
Convenors: Lehtonen, M., Kojo, M, Husu, HM.
Room: Palladium (C103; AURUM / ÅAU, UTU)

WS24: Engaging with citizens and notions of citizenship in mobility and transport research and practice
Convenors: Hendriksson, M., Sørensen, CH., Oldbury, K.
Room: Pub269 (Publicum / UTU)

WS25: On the fringes of Nordic urban sustainability
Convenors: Saari, HE., Meriläinen, E.
Room: Pub399 (Publicum / UTU)

WS26: Storytelling as, and for, Sustainability Thinking
Convenors: Bussey, M., Holmgren, S., Powell, N., Wilson, M.
Room: Athena (B311; ASA / ÅAU)

Detailed Programme

WS1 (tent.): Co-Producing Knowledge for Sustainability: Risks and New Avenues
Convenors: Albrecht, E., Haapasaari, P., Lyytimäki, J.
Room: Pub309 (Publicum / UTU)

WS2: Who is the expert? Knowledge use in policy decision making for natural resource governance and management
Convenors: Mancheva, I., Hasselquist, E., Keskinen, M.
Room: Pub299 (Publicum / UTU)”

WS3: Co-construction of actionable knowledge for just governance of coastal and marine areas
Convenors: Varjopuro, R., Svels, K., Schreiber, MA.
Room: Mary P. Follet (B329; ASA / ÅAU)

WS4: Articulating the politics of nature: giving voices to animals, plants, forests, waters, places, and atmospheres
Convenors: Vinnari, E., Vollmer, H.
Room: Pub499 (Publicum / UTU)

WS5 (CLOSED session): Exploring ”humanatures”: methodological workshop on studying and representing more-than-human ways of knowing
Convenors: Kallio, G., Koskinen-Koivisto, E.
Room: Panorama (B301; ARKEN / ÅAU)

WS7: Justice in transitions: A critical discussion on politics and governance across cases and countries
Convenors: Kaljonen, M., Huttunen, S., Fischer, A.
Room: Fänriken, Fabriken (A208; ASA / ÅAU)

WS8 (tent.): Does what happens in a deliberative citizen assembly stay in the citizen assembly? Exploring the impacts of deliberative mini-publics on environmental governance and attitudes.
Convenors: Daw, TM., Lindell, M., Marquardt, J., Möckel, F., Rapeli, L.
Room: Pub209 (Publicum / UTU)

WS9: Environmental ethics and political theory: recent developments
Convenors: Kortetmäki, T., Casi, C.
Room: Demos (A402; ASA / ÅAU)

WS10: Promoting Collaborative Multifunctional Governance for Biodiversity
Convenors: Gilek, M., Karlsson, M., Powell, N.
Room: Pub469 (Publicum / UTU)

WS11: Governing urban climate transformations: Towards climate neutrality and resilience
Convenors: Kern, K., Haupt, W., Kochskämper, E.
Room: Pub368 (Publicum / UTU)

WS12: Fit for purpose – towards a transformative and fair climate policy
Convenors: Alfredsson, E., Malmaeus, M., Karlsson, M.
Room: Simone Weil (M134; ARKEN / ÅAU)

WS13: Unravelling the socio-political conditions for more inclusive Nature-Based Solutions
Convenors: Pihlajamäki, M., Soini, K., Hiedanpää, J.
Room: Chromium (A316; AURUM / ÅAU)

WS15: The Promise and Pitfall of the Green Energy Transition
Convenors: Bjärstig, T., Lempinen, H., Sjölander Lindqvist, A.
Room: Lorelei (B206; ARKEN / ÅAU)

WS16: Repower the people? The role of citizens in accelerating energy transition
Convenors: Lukkarinen, J., Laakso, S.
Room: Saussure (M128; ARKEN / ÅAU)

WS17: Co-producing knowledge for research-based Education for Sustainability (EfS) in Higher Education
Convenors: Gallagher, S., Granberg, A.
Room: Voltaire (M127; ARKEN / ÅAU)

WS18: Transformative law for sustainability transitions
Convenors: Similä, J., Ballardini, R.
Room: Carboneum (A406; AURUM / ÅAU, UTU)

WS19: Co-production of techno-scientific promises: communities, institutions, and materialities
Convenors: Lehtonen, M., Kojo, M, Husu, HM.
Room: Palladium (C103; AURUM / ÅAU, UTU)

WS24: Engaging with citizens and notions of citizenship in mobility and transport research and practice
Convenors: Hendriksson, M., Sørensen, CH., Oldbury, K.
Room: Pub269 (Publicum / UTU)

WS25: On the fringes of Nordic urban sustainability
Convenors: Saari, HE., Meriläinen, E.
Room: Pub399 (Publicum / UTU)

WS26: Storytelling as, and for, Sustainability Thinking
Convenors: Bussey, M., Holmgren, S., Powell, N., Wilson, M.
Room: Athena (B311; ASA / ÅAU)

WS28: Unlearning Eurocentric Modernity: undoing hegemonic scientific truths for transformative change towards just socioecological futures
Convenors: Ehrnström-Fuentes, M., Ramcilovic-Suominen, S., Vihma, K., Gebara, MF.
Room: Pub126 (Publicum / UTU)

Detailed Programme

WS1 (tent.): Co-Producing Knowledge for Sustainability: Risks and New Avenues
Convenors: Albrecht, E., Haapasaari, P., Lyytimäki, J.
Room: Pub309 (Publicum / UTU)

WS2: Who is the expert? Knowledge use in policy decision making for natural resource governance and management
Convenors: Mancheva, I., Hasselquist, E., Keskinen, M.
Room: Pub299 (Publicum / UTU)”

WS3: Co-construction of actionable knowledge for just governance of coastal and marine areas
Convenors: Varjopuro, R., Svels, K., Schreiber, MA.
Room: Mary P. Follet (B329; ASA / ÅAU)

WS4: Articulating the politics of nature: giving voices to animals, plants, forests, waters, places, and atmospheres
Convenors: Vinnari, E., Vollmer, H.
Room: Pub499 (Publicum / UTU)

WS5 (CLOSED session): Exploring ”humanatures”: methodological workshop on studying and representing more-than-human ways of knowing
Convenors: Kallio, G., Koskinen-Koivisto, E.
Room: Panorama (B301; ARKEN / ÅAU)

WS7: Justice in transitions: A critical discussion on politics and governance across cases and countries
Convenors: Kaljonen, M., Huttunen, S., Fischer, A.
Room: Fänriken, Fabriken (A208; ASA / ÅAU)

WS8 (tent.): Does what happens in a deliberative citizen assembly stay in the citizen assembly? Exploring the impacts of deliberative mini-publics on environmental governance and attitudes.
Convenors: Daw, TM., Lindell, M., Marquardt, J., Möckel, F., Rapeli, L.
Room: Pub209 (Publicum / UTU)

WS10: Promoting Collaborative Multifunctional Governance for Biodiversity
Convenors: Gilek, M., Karlsson, M., Powell, N.
Room: Pub469 (Publicum / UTU)

WS11: Governing urban climate transformations: Towards climate neutrality and resilience
Convenors: Kern, K., Haupt, W., Kochskämper, E.
Room: Pub368 (Publicum / UTU)

WS13: Unravelling the socio-political conditions for more inclusive Nature-Based Solutions
Convenors: Pihlajamäki, M., Soini, K., Hiedanpää, J.
Room: Chromium (A316; AURUM / ÅAU)

WS14: Potential and challenges of citizen science in sustainability transformations
Convenors: Peltola, T., Suškevičs, M.
Room: Agnes Lundell (A309; ASA / ÅAU)

WS15: The Promise and Pitfall of the Green Energy Transition
Convenors: Bjärstig, T., Lempinen, H., Sjölander Lindqvist, A.
Room: Lorelei (B206; ARKEN / ÅAU)

WS16: Repower the people? The role of citizens in accelerating energy transition
Convenors: Lukkarinen, J., Laakso, S.
Room: Saussure (M128; ARKEN / ÅAU)

WS19: Co-production of techno-scientific promises: communities, institutions, and materialities
Convenors: Lehtonen, M., Kojo, M, Husu, HM.
Room: Palladium (C103; AURUM / ÅAU, UTU)

WS20: Environmental social sciences and the critique of technological optimism
Convenors: Ruuska, T., Roos, A., Heikkurinen, P.
Room: Baud (C202; AURUM / ÅAU)

WS22: Digitalisation and sustainability governance: exploring the power of games, artificial intelligence and machine-learning
Convenors: Malmström, A., Williams, S.
Room: Pipping (A302; ASA / ÅAU)

WS23: Working with nature: embodied knowledge and the labours of (un)noticing
Convenors: Houtbeckers, E., Kallio, G., Lahikainen, L., Lonkila, A.
Room: Ranganathan (B212; ASA / ÅAU)

WS24: Engaging with citizens and notions of citizenship in mobility and transport research and practice
Convenors: Hendriksson, M., Sørensen, CH., Oldbury, K.
Room: Pub269 (Publicum / UTU)

WS25: On the fringes of Nordic urban sustainability
Convenors: Saari, HE., Meriläinen, E.
Room: Pub399 (Publicum / UTU)

WS26: Storytelling as, and for, Sustainability Thinking
Convenors: Bussey, M., Holmgren, S., Powell, N., Wilson, M.
Room: Athena (B311; ASA / ÅAU)

WS28: Unlearning Eurocentric Modernity: undoing hegemonic scientific truths for transformative change towards just socioecological futures
Convenors: Ehrnström-Fuentes, M., Ramcilovic-Suominen, S., Vihma, K., Gebara, MF.
Room: Pub126 (Publicum / UTU)

Detailed Programme

WS1 (tent.): Co-Producing Knowledge for Sustainability: Risks and New Avenues
Convenors: Albrecht, E., Haapasaari, P., Lyytimäki, J.
Room: Pub309 (Publicum / UTU)

WS2: Who is the expert? Knowledge use in policy decision making for natural resource governance and management
Convenors: Mancheva, I., Hasselquist, E., Keskinen, M.
Room: Pub299 (Publicum / UTU)”

WS3: Co-construction of actionable knowledge for just governance of coastal and marine areas
Convenors: Varjopuro, R., Svels, K., Schreiber, MA.
Room: Mary P. Follet (B329; ASA / ÅAU)

WS5 (CLOSED session): Exploring ”humanatures”: methodological workshop on studying and representing more-than-human ways of knowing
Convenors: Kallio, G., Koskinen-Koivisto, E.
Room: Panorama (B301; ARKEN / ÅAU)

WS6: Governance of Critical Maritime Infrastructure
Convenors: Ringbom, H., Argüello, G.
Room: Fiesta (B205B; ARKEN / ÅAU)

WS7: Justice in transitions: A critical discussion on politics and governance across cases and countries
Convenors: Kaljonen, M., Huttunen, S., Fischer, A.
Room: Fänriken, Fabriken (A208; ASA / ÅAU)

WS8 (tent.): Does what happens in a deliberative citizen assembly stay in the citizen assembly? Exploring the impacts of deliberative mini-publics on environmental governance and attitudes.
Convenors: Daw, TM., Lindell, M., Marquardt, J., Möckel, F., Rapeli, L.
Room: Pub209 (Publicum / UTU)

WS9: Environmental ethics and political theory: recent developments
Convenors: Kortetmäki, T., Casi, C.
Room: Demos (A402; ASA / ÅAU)

WS10: Promoting Collaborative Multifunctional Governance for Biodiversity
Convenors: Gilek, M., Karlsson, M., Powell, N.
Room: Pub469 (Publicum / UTU)

WS11: Governing urban climate transformations: Towards climate neutrality and resilience
Convenors: Kern, K., Haupt, W., Kochskämper, E.
Room: Pub368 (Publicum / UTU)

WS12: Fit for purpose – towards a transformative and fair climate policy
Convenors: Alfredsson, E., Malmaeus, M., Karlsson, M.
Room: Simone Weil (M134; ARKEN / ÅAU)

WS13: Unravelling the socio-political conditions for more inclusive Nature-Based Solutions
Convenors: Pihlajamäki, M., Soini, K., Hiedanpää, J.
Room: Chromium (A316; AURUM / ÅAU)

WS14: Potential and challenges of citizen science in sustainability transformations
Convenors: Peltola, T., Suškevičs, M.
Room: Agnes Lundell (A309; ASA / ÅAU)

WS15: The Promise and Pitfall of the Green Energy Transition
Convenors: Bjärstig, T., Lempinen, H., Sjölander Lindqvist, A.
Room: Lorelei (B206; ARKEN / ÅAU)

WS16: Repower the people? The role of citizens in accelerating energy transition
Convenors: Lukkarinen, J., Laakso, S.
Room: Saussure (M128; ARKEN / ÅAU)

WS18: Transformative law for sustainability transitions
Convenors: Similä, J., Ballardini, R.
Room: Carboneum (A406; AURUM / ÅAU, UTU)

WS19: Co-production of techno-scientific promises: communities, institutions, and materialities
Convenors: Lehtonen, M., Kojo, M, Husu, HM.
Room: Palladium (C103; AURUM / ÅAU, UTU)

WS20: Environmental social sciences and the critique of technological optimism
Convenors: Ruuska, T., Roos, A., Heikkurinen, P.
Room: Baud (C202; AURUM / ÅAU)

WS22: Digitalisation and sustainability governance: exploring the power of games, artificial intelligence and machine-learning
Convenors: Malmström, A., Williams, S.
Room: Pipping (A302; ASA / ÅAU)

WS23: Working with nature: embodied knowledge and the labours of (un)noticing
Convenors: Houtbeckers, E., Kallio, G., Lahikainen, L., Lonkila, A.
Room: Ranganathan (B212; ASA / ÅAU)

WS24: Engaging with citizens and notions of citizenship in mobility and transport research and practice
Convenors: Hendriksson, M., Sørensen, CH., Oldbury, K.
Room: Pub269 (Publicum / UTU)

WS25: On the fringes of Nordic urban sustainability
Convenors: Saari, HE., Meriläinen, E.
Room: Pub399 (Publicum / UTU)

WS26: Storytelling as, and for, Sustainability Thinking
Convenors: Bussey, M., Holmgren, S., Powell, N., Wilson, M.
Room: Athena (B311; ASA / ÅAU)

Detailed Programme

WS1 (tent.): Co-Producing Knowledge for Sustainability: Risks and New Avenues
Convenors: Albrecht, E., Haapasaari, P., Lyytimäki, J.
Room: Pub309 (Publicum / UTU)

WS2: Who is the expert? Knowledge use in policy decision making for natural resource governance and management
Convenors: Mancheva, I., Hasselquist, E., Keskinen, M.
Room: Pub299 (Publicum / UTU)”

WS3: Co-construction of actionable knowledge for just governance of coastal and marine areas
Convenors: Varjopuro, R., Svels, K., Schreiber, MA.
Room: Mary P. Follet (B329; ASA / ÅAU)

WS6: Governance of Critical Maritime Infrastructure
Convenors: Ringbom, H., Argüello, G.
Room: Fiesta (B205B; ARKEN / ÅAU)

WS7: Justice in transitions: A critical discussion on politics and governance across cases and countries
Convenors: Kaljonen, M., Huttunen, S., Fischer, A.
Room: Fänriken, Fabriken (A208; ASA / ÅAU)

WS8 (tent.): Does what happens in a deliberative citizen assembly stay in the citizen assembly? Exploring the impacts of deliberative mini-publics on environmental governance and attitudes.
Convenors: Daw, TM., Lindell, M., Marquardt, J., Möckel, F., Rapeli, L.
Room: Pub209 (Publicum / UTU)

WS11: Governing urban climate transformations: Towards climate neutrality and resilience
Convenors: Kern, K., Haupt, W., Kochskämper, E.
Room: Pub368 (Publicum / UTU)

WS13: Unravelling the socio-political conditions for more inclusive Nature-Based Solutions
Convenors: Pihlajamäki, M., Soini, K., Hiedanpää, J.
Room: Chromium (A316; AURUM / ÅAU)

WS14: Potential and challenges of citizen science in sustainability transformations
Convenors: Peltola, T., Suškevičs, M.
Room: Agnes Lundell (A309; ASA / ÅAU)

WS15: The Promise and Pitfall of the Green Energy Transition
Convenors: Bjärstig, T., Lempinen, H., Sjölander Lindqvist, A.
Room: Lorelei (B206; ARKEN / ÅAU)

WS19: Co-production of techno-scientific promises: communities, institutions, and materialities
Convenors: Lehtonen, M., Kojo, M, Husu, HM.
Room: Palladium (C103; AURUM / ÅAU, UTU)

WS20: Environmental social sciences and the critique of technological optimism
Convenors: Ruuska, T., Roos, A., Heikkurinen, P.
Room: Baud (C202; AURUM / ÅAU)

WS22: Digitalisation and sustainability governance: exploring the power of games, artificial intelligence and machine-learning
Convenors: Malmström, A., Williams, S.
Room: Pipping (A302; ASA / ÅAU)

WS23: Working with nature: embodied knowledge and the labours of (un)noticing
Convenors: Houtbeckers, E., Kallio, G., Lahikainen, L., Lonkila, A.
Room: Ranganathan (B212; ASA / ÅAU)

WS24: Engaging with citizens and notions of citizenship in mobility and transport research and practice
Convenors: Hendriksson, M., Sørensen, CH., Oldbury, K.
Room: Pub269 (Publicum / UTU)

WS26: Storytelling as, and for, Sustainability Thinking
Convenors: Bussey, M., Holmgren, S., Powell, N., Wilson, M.
Room: Athena (B311; ASA / ÅAU)