WS1: Co-Producing Knowledge for Sustainability: Risks and New Avenues
Convenors: Albrecht, E., Haapasaari, P., Lyytimäki, J.
Room: Pub309 (Publicum / UTU)
NESS2024 | Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference
Scientific programme
Tuesday, June 4th
Day 1
9:00 – 10:15
Registration & Coffee (Arken, Åbo Akademi University)
Address: Tehtaankatu 2, 20500 Turku
10:15 – 10:45
Welcome (Arken)
Nina Tynkkynen, Chair of the org.com & Marko Joas, Vice-Rector
10:45 – 11:45
KEYNOTE 1 (Arken)
Josie Chambers ”A speculative co-production of the future?”
Session chair Nina Tynkkynen (ÅAU)
11:45 – 12:45
Lunch at restaurant Arken
13:00 – 15:00
Workshop Session I
Detailed Programme
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.
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., Westin, M.
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: Pub126 (Publicum / UTU)
WS11: Governing urban climate transformations: Towards climate neutrality and resilience
Convenors: Kern, K., 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.
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. & Litmanen, T.
Room: Palladium (C103; AURUM / ÅAU, UTU)
WS24: Engaging with citizens and notions of citizenship in mobility and transport research and practice
Convenors: Henriksson, M., 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: Wilson, M. & Holmgren, S.
Room: Athena (B311; ASA / ÅAU)
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee (Arken, Asa, Aurum & Publicum)
15:30 – 17:30
Workshop Session II
Detailed Programme
WS1: 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.
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., Westin, M.
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: Pub126 (Publicum / UTU)
WS11: Governing urban climate transformations: Towards climate neutrality and resilience
Convenors: Kern, K., 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.
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., Litmanen T.
Room: Palladium (C103; AURUM / ÅAU, UTU)
WS24: Engaging with citizens and notions of citizenship in mobility and transport research and practice
Convenors: Henriksson, M., 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: Wilson, M., Holmgren, S.
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., Gebara, MF.
Room: Pub469 (Publicum / UTU)
18:00
Turku City Hall reception
Address: Aurakatu 2
Wednesday, June 5th
Day 2
8:30 – 10:00
Workshop Session III
Detailed Programme
WS1: 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)”
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., Westin, M.
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: Pub126 (Publicum / UTU)
WS11: Governing urban climate transformations: Towards climate neutrality and resilience
Convenors: Kern, K., 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.
Room: Lorelei (B206; ARKEN / ÅAU)
WS16: Repower the people? The role of citizens in accelerating energy transition
Convenors: Lukkarinen, J., Laakso, S.
Room: Arkipelag (B302; ARKEN / ÅAU)
WS19: Co-production of techno-scientific promises: communities, institutions, and materialities
Convenors: Lehtonen, M., Kojo, M, Husu, HM., Litmanen, T.
Room: Palladium (C103; AURUM / ÅAU, UTU)
WS20: Environmental social sciences and the critique of technological optimism
Convenors: Ruuska, T.
Room: Rhodium (C104; AURUM / 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: Henriksson, M., 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: Wilson, M., Holmgren, S.
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., Gebara, MF.
Room: Pub469 (Publicum / UTU)
10:00 – 10:15
Coffee (Arken)
10:15 – 11:45
KEYNOTE 2: (Arken)
Jasper Montana ”Intersections under construction: Co-production for more sustainable worlds”
KEYNOTE 3: (Arken)
Christina Voigt ”Climate Change Litigation: The Turn to International Courts”
Session chair Sam Grönholm (ÅAU)
11:45 – 12:45
Lunch at restaurant Arken
13:00 – 15:00
Workshop Session IV
Detailed Programme
WS1: 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., Westin, M.
Room: Fänriken, Fabriken (A208A & A208B; 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: Pub126 (Publicum / UTU)
WS11: Governing urban climate transformations: Towards climate neutrality and resilience
Convenors: Kern, K., 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 (M136; 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.
Room: Lorelei (B206; ARKEN / ÅAU)
WS16: Repower the people? The role of citizens in accelerating energy transition
Convenors: Lukkarinen, J., Laakso, S.
Room: Arkipelag (B302; 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., Litmanen, M.
Room: Palladium (C103; AURUM / ÅAU, UTU)
WS20: Environmental social sciences and the critique of technological optimism
Convenors: Ruuska, T.
Room: Rhodium (C104; AURUM / 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: Henriksson, M., 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: Wilson, M., Holmgren, S.
Room: Athena (B311; ASA / ÅAU)
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee (Arken)
15:30 – 17:00
Panel discussion: (Arken)
Co-creating research for sustainability
Facilitator: Anna Törnroos-Remes, associate professor (Åbo Akademi University)
Panelists:
Associate professor Mikaela Vasstrøm (University of Agder),
University lecturer Mikael Karlsson (Uppsala University),
Professor Taru Peltola (University of Eastern Finland & Finnish Environment Institute)
Vice rector, professor Marko Joas (Åbo Akademi University)
18:30 –
Transportation to the conference dinner in Ruissalo
Ferry Aura leaves at 18.30, address: Kristiinankatu 1,
Turku (pre-registration has been required, limited number of tickets)
Bus transportation; from Sokos hotel Kupittaa at 18.30 (leaves opposite hotel Kupittaa, yellow bus marked with the sign NESS2024), address: Joukahaisenkatu 1, Turku via Scandic hotel Hamburger Börs (at 18.40).
19:15 –
Conference dinner (Ruissalo Boatyard, address: Hevoskarintie 23)
Thursday, June 6th
Day 3
8:30 – 10:00
Workshop Session V
Detailed Programme
WS7: Justice in transitions: A critical discussion on politics and governance across cases and countries
Convenors: Kaljonen, M., Huttunen, S., Fischer, A., Westin, M.
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., Kochskämper, E.
Room: Pub368 (Publicum / UTU)
WS15: The Promise and Pitfall of the Green Energy Transition
Convenors: Bjärstig, T., Lempinen, H.
Room: Lorelei (B206; ARKEN / ÅAU)
WS19: Co-production of techno-scientific promises: communities, institutions, and materialities
Convenors: Lehtonen, M., Kojo, M, Husu, HM., Litmanen, T.
Room: Palladium (C103; AURUM / ÅAU, UTU)
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: Henriksson, M., Oldbury, K.
Room: Pub269 (Publicum / UTU)
WS26: Storytelling as, and for, Sustainability Thinking
Convenors: Wilson, M., Holmgren, S.
Room: Athena (B311; ASA / ÅAU)
10:00 – 10:15
Coffee (Arken)
10:15 – 11:45
KEYNOTE 4: (Arken)
KEYNOTE 5: (Arken)
Markku Ollikainen ”Science-policy interface: a challenge and opportunity for policy sciences”
Session chair Kirsi Sonck-Rautio (UTU)
11:45 – 12:45
Lunch at restaurant Arken
13:00 – 14:45
Panel discussion: (Arken)
Co-producing science and policy
Facilitator: Professor Mikko Jalas (Aalto University School of Business)
Panelists:
Anthropologist Maria Fernanda Gebara (Yorenka Tasorentsi Institute)
Research Professor Juha Hiedanpää (Natural Resources Institute Finland, Luke)
Researcher Paavo Järvensivu (BIOS Research Unit)
Research Professor Minna Kaljonen (Finnish Environment Institute)
Associate Professor Sebastian Linke (University of Gothenburg)
14:45 – 15:00
Announcing the 17th NESS (Arken)
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee & Goodbye (Arken)
