Monday October 23

Academic Freedom and Responsibility in Policy and Practice

13:15–13:25 Inauguration of the Week (English)
Tora Holmberg, Professor of Sociology & Vice-rector, Uppsala University
Christina Garsten, Principal and Permanent Fellow, SCAS & Professor of Social Anthropology, Uppsala University and Stockholm University
Linda Wedlin, Professor of Business Studies & Director of Democracy and Higher Education, Uppsala University
Mikael Börjesson, Professor in Sociology of Education & Director of HERO, Uppsala University
 
13:30–14:15 Student interests and the Freedom of Teaching: Challenges and How to Respond (English)
Andrea Talentino, Professor of Political Science & President of Augustana College
 
14:15–15:00 Reimagining Academic Freedom in Europe: What is at Stake?(English)
Liviu Matei, Professor of Higher Education and Public Policy, King's College London & representative of The Guild
 
15:00–15:30 Break
 
15:30–17:00 En fri akademi bland ökade krav: Vad behövs för en kunskapsbildning i demokratins tjänst? Panelsamtal (Swedish)
Dag Blanck, Professor of North American Studies, Uppsala University (moderator)
Farshid Jalalvand, PhD in Medical Microbiology and Author
Annika Nilsson, Associate Professor in Public Law, Uppsala University
Göran Rosenberg, Journalist and Author
Linn Svärd, Swedish National Union of Students
Astrid Söderbergh Widding, Professor in Cinema Studies & Vice-Chancellor, Stockholm University
Johan Östling, Professor of History, Director of the Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge (LUCK) and Wallenberg Academy Fellow
 
17:00– Informal reception
Registration is required. Register here.

Organized by: Democracy and Higher Education.

Venue:
Lecture Hall X, University Main Building
Language: Swedish and English

Tuesday October 24

The Relationship between Academia and Society in Troubled Times

13:15–13.20 Welcome
Mikael Börjesson, Professor in Sociology of Education & Director of HERO, Uppsala University
Sharon Rider, Professor of Philosophy & Deputy Director of HERO, Uppsala University
Part I: Variations of Interfaces: Scientific Domains
13:20–13:45 Science Today: Predicaments and Promises
Sven Widmalm, Professor of History of Science and Ideas, Uppsala University
Dan Larhammar, Professor of Molecular Cell Biology, Uppsala University
Mia Phillipson, Professor of Physiology, Uppsala University
 
13:45–14:10 What is Public Social Science?
Johan Heilbron, Guest Professor at HERO, Uppsala University
Kristoffer Kropp, Associate Professor of Sociology, Roskilde University
Julien Larregue, Assistant Professor in Sociology, Université Laval
 
14:10–14:35 Beyond the Integrative Humanities
Anders Ekström, Professor of History of Science and Ideas, Uppsala University
Ulrika Björkstén, Secretary General, Vetenskap & Allmänhet
Nina Wormbs, Professor in History of Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
 
14:35–15:00 Conclusions
Anders Ekström, Johan Heilbron & Sven Widmalm
 
15:00–15:20  Break
Part II: Science, Politics, and Ideology
15:20–15:45 Declining Trust in Science?
Johan Heilbron, Guest Professor at HERO, Uppsala University
Ulrika Björkstén, Secretary General, Vetenskap & Allmänhet
 
15:45–16:10 Research Funding for Excellence: Impact and Consequences
Kerstin Sahlin, Senior Professor of Public Management & Chair of HERO, Uppsala University
Peter Edlund, Researcher in Business Studies, Uppsala University
Audrey Harroche, Research Fellow, Oxford Brookes University
 
16:10–16:35 Between Academe and Politics – Think Tanks and the Quest for Knowledge
Christina Garsten, Principal and Permanent Fellow, SCAS & Professor of Social Anthropology, Uppsala University and Stockholm University
Ulrik Jennische, Junior Global Horizons Fellow, SCAS & Researcher at Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research (Score), Stockholms University
Dieter Plehwe, Senior Global Horizons Fellow, SCAS & Senior Research Fellow, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
 
16:35–17:00 Conclusions
Christina Garsten, Johan Heilbron & Kerstin Sahlin
 
17:00– Informal reception
Registration is required. Register here.

Organized by: HERO.

Venue: Hall C, Uppsala Konsert & Kongress, 13:15–17:00
Language: English

Wednesday October 25

Hur står det till med den akademiska friheten?

13:15–13:30 Inledning (Swedish)
 
13:30–14:25 Den akademiska friheten i Sverige: En lägesbild (Swedish)
Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg, Professor of Political Science & Deputy Director of HERO, Uppsala University
Anna Jonsson Cornell, Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law, Uppsala University
 
14:30–15:00 Vad behöver göras? Diskussion med intresseorganisationer (Swedish)
Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg (moderator)
Ylva Fältholm, Vice-Chancellor of University of Gävle & representative of SUHF
Emil Görnerup, Head of Research and Innovation Policy, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
Rasmus Lindstedt, Board Member, SFS
Karin Åmossa,  Head of Policy and International Affairs, SULF
 
15:00–15:30 Break
 
15:30–16:25 Nordic Comparative Perspectives on Academic Freedom (English)
Sharon Rider, Professor of Philosophy & Deputy Director of HERO, Uppsala University (moderator)
Janne Holmén, Associate Professor in the History of Education, Uppsala University
Asger Sørensen, Associate Professor in Philosophy of Education, Aarhus University
Anine Kierulf, Associate Professor in Constitutional Law, University of Oslo
 
16:30–17:00 Discussion (Swedish/English)

Organized by: HERO.

Venue: Humanities Theatre, English Park Campus
Language: Swedish and English

Thursday October 26

Academic Citizenship in Perspective 

10:15–12:00 The VUIAS Initiative – A Joint Effort in Founding an Institute for Advanced Study for Ukraine
Daniel Schönpflug, Head of Academic Programs, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Professor of History, Freie Universität Berlin & Co-Chair Virtual Ukraine Institute for Advanced Study (VUIAS).
 
16:30–18.00 On Academic Integrity
Sverker Sörlin, Non-resident Long-term Fellow for Programmes on Environmental Humanities, SCAS & Professor of Environmental History, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
 

Organized by: SCAS.

Venue: SCAS, The Thunberg Lecture Hall, Linneanum, The Botanical Garden.
Language: English.
This session will be available via Zoom Webinar: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/63453675775.

Friday October 27

Varieties of Collegiality

10.15–10.30 Introduction
Kerstin Sahlin, Senior Professor of Public Management & Chair of HERO, Uppsala University
 
10.30–10.50 Governing Research. New Forms of Competition and Cooperation in Academia (pre-recorded lecture)
Anna Kosmützky, Professor for the Methodology of Higher Education and Science Research, Leibniz Center of Science and Society (LCSS), Leibniz University Hannover
Georg Krücken, Professor of the Sociology of Higher Education & Director of the International Center for Higher Education Research (INCHER), University of Kassel
 
10.50–11.10 Integrating Horizontal and Vertical Collegiality
Francois van Schalkwyk, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST), Stellenbosch University
 
11.10–11.30 A Slow Form of Governance? Collegial Organization and Temporal Synchronization in the Context of Swedish University Reforms
Hampus Östh Gustafsson, Researcher at the Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge (LUCK), Lund University
 
11.30–12.00 Comments & Discussion
Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg, Professor of Political Science & Deputy Director of HERO, Uppsala University
Johan Boberg, Associate Professor in Sociology of Education & Research Coordinator at HERO, Uppsala University

Organized by: HERO.

Venue: SCAS, The Thunberg Lecture Hall, Linneanum, The Botanical Garden.
Language: English.
This session will be available via Zoom Webinar: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/66417120918

Last modified: 2023-10-19