Meet leading transport and energy transition researchers, hear cutting-edge insights on urban transport, celebrate art-science collaborations and engage in discussion! Join a research seminar and/or panel discussion with an urban transport transitions art reception!

What do comic books, textile art, urban transport, energy transitions, and social inclusion have in common? They are all in focus on 6 May at the Nordic Expo seminar and launch event on urban transport transitions. Meet world leading researchers on urban transport and energy transitions, join in an academic seminar and a public panel discussion, and join the buzz around the launch of a comic book and textile art. Be part of celebrating the power of art-science collaboration sponsored by EVerJUST, a project to communicate research-based knowledge on the global justice implications of Norway’s electric vehicle revolution, funded by UH-nett Vest.

Register HERE for the 6 May seminar, panel discussion and reception - Nettskjema

PROGRAMME

11:30-12:30 Sponsored lunch and meet and greet with invited guests

12:30-13:15 Talk by Marianne Ryghaug, Senior Researcher, SINTEF Community on urban transport transitions (https://www.sintef.no/alle-ansatte/ansatt/marianne.ryghaug/)

13:15-14:00 Talk by Dominic Boyer, Professor, Rice University, on impactful social science and humanities (https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/dominic-boyer)

14:00-14:15 Coffee break

14:15-15:00 Talk by Siddharth Sareen, Professor, University of Stavanger, on socially inclusive transport digitalisation (https://www.uis.no/en/profile/siddharth-sareen)

15:00-15:45 Talk by Cymene Howe, Professor, Rice University, on reimagining collective energy futures (https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/cymene-howe)

Art reception and panel discussion on urban transport and energy transitions (16:00-19:00)

16:00-17:00 ROLES and EVerJUST: Insights from research on transport transitions in Norway with the launch of thematic art-science collaborative outputs on textile (Margrethe Brekke) and as a comic book (Leo Ribeiro)

17:00-18:30 Panel discussion on transport and energy transitions and the impact of SSH

18:30-19:00 Audience questions to Marianne Ryghaug, Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe