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Summer School 2021
August 23, 2021 @ 09:00 - August 27, 2021 @ 17:00
The 2021 WASP-HS Summer School will be held on 23-27 August. Because of restrictions due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Summer School will be held online.
The program consists of themed blocked presented by WASP-HS researchers and invited guest speakers. There will be group work and the week will end with student presentations. There till also be a PhD Student Council meeting and outdoor social activities will be organised at the local university campuses.
Program
Monday 23 August
09:00 Block 1 : Individual reading time
10:00 Break
10:30 Welcome!
Instructions for the coming week
11:00 Block 2: Defining Sustainability
Kalle Grill
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Kick-Off: Scenario
Frank Dignum & Kalle Grill
Work in groups: Defining sustainable energy use.
15:30 Groups merge for discussion.
Short presentations from each group.
16:30 Wrapping up
17:00-19:00 Social event
Co-organised with WASP Summer school (outdoor at the local universities)
Tuesday 24 August
09:00 Block 3: Behaviour Change
Helena Lindgren
10:00 Break
10:30 Block 4: Technology for Promoting Behaviour Change
Helena Lindgren
11:30 Reflections about the previous day and introducing group work
Helena Lindgren & Kalle Grill
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Work in groups
16:30 Get together for questions and thoughts
Frank Dignum & Helena Lindgren
17:00 Photo task
Take photos of nudging in your environment.
18:00 Wrapping up
Wednesday 25 August
09:00 Block 5: Resource Optimization
Johanna Björklund.
10:30 Break
11:00 Block 6: Power and Democracy
Simon Lindgren
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Possible Connections
Johanna Björklund & Simon Lindgren
Work in groups
16:30 Photo task
Sustainability: Good and bad examples of city planning
17:30 Everyone meets up
Questions etc
18:00 Wrapping up
Thursday 26 August
09:00 Block 7: The Environmental Science Perspective
Keith Larson
10:00 Break
10:30 Work in groups
Keith Larson
11:30 Discussion in whole group
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Block 8: Creating a New Sustainable Neighbourhood
Johan Sjöström
14:00 Preparing for Friday presentation
16:00 PhD Student Council meeting
18:00 Wrapping up
Friday 27 August
09:00 Block 9: Sustainability in Social Context
Frank Dignum
10:00 Break
10:30 Block 10: Umeå Energi Project
Martin Berglund
11:30 Follow-up questions from morning talks
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Student Presentations
Simon Lindgren & Frank Dignum
15 mins presentations and 10 mins feedback, break after every 2 presentations
16:45 Evaluation
17:00 Wrapping up
Registration for PhD students
Registration is closed.