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LINKING SCIENCE TO SOCIETAL BENEFITS: WHY, HOW AND WHEN?
14-17 September 2009 | Norrköping, Sweden

Workshop Agenda

MONDAY 14 SEPTEMBER

17.30 Meet in Elite Grand Hotel lobby to walk to CSPR

18.00 Welcome reception at the Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research
VENUE: CSPR, 7th floor Kåkenhus, Campus Norrköping

TUESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER

Venue: K8A, 8th floor Kåkenhus, Campus Norrrköping

9.00-9.15 Welcome address
Björn-Ola Linnér, Director of the Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research, Linköping University

9.15-9.45 Presentation of workshop aim and theme
Roger Pielke Jr, University of Colorado & Eva Lövbrand, Linköping University

9.45-10.15 Coffee and Tea

10.15-12.30 THEME I: WHY SHOULD SCIENCE BE LINKED TO SOCIETAL BENEFITS?
Presentations by: Shali Mohleji, Silke Beck, Mark Howden, Netra Chhetri, Erik Glaas
Chair: Björn-Ola Linnér
(5 minutes per participant followed by chaired discussion)

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.30-15.30 THEME II: WHAT DO WE MEAN BY SOCIETAL BENEFITS?
Presentations by: David Demerrit, Mark Neff, Mathias Friman, Benjamin Hale,
Magdalena Kuchler
Chair: Steve Rayner
(5 min per participant followed by chaired discussion)

15.30-16.00 Coffee and Tea

16.00-16.30 Sum up reflections and practical info
Roger Pielke Jr & Eva Lövbrand

16.45-17.45 City tour of the old industrial landscape in Norrköping

19.00 Workshop Dinner

WEDNESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER

Venue: K8A, 8th floor Kåkenhus, Campus Norrrköping

9.00-11.00 THEME III: WHEN AND HOW SHOULD SCIENCE BE LINKED TO SOCIETAL BENEFITS?
Presentations by: Reinar Grundmann, Mark Brown, Victoria Wibeck, Anna
Jonsson, Björn-Ola Linnér
Chair: Roger Pielke Jr
(5 minutes per participant followed by chaired discussion)

11.00-11.30 Coffee and Tea

11.30-12.30 WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM PAST RESEARCH AND WHAT NEW RESEARCH IS NEEDED IN THIS FIELD?
Break-out groups A, B, C

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.30-14.30 Reports from break-out groups
Presentations by participants followed by chaired discussion

14.30-16.00 Plenary discussion: How do we move on from here?
Moderator: Roger Pielke Jr. and Eva Lövbrand

THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER

Venue: K4, Entrance floor. Kåkenhus, Campus Norrköping

10.15-12.00 LINKING SCIENCE TO SOCIETAL BENEFITS: WHY, WHEN AND HOW?
PANEL DISCUSSION OPEN TO UNIVERSITY STAFF AND STUDENTS

Panel participants:

  • Uno Svedin, Formas
  • Silke Beck, UFZ/ Leipzig
  • Benjamin Hale, CSPTR/ University of ColoradoReiner Grundmann, Aston University
  • Chairs: Eva Lövbrand, CSPR/LiU & Roger Pielke Jr., CSPTR/University of Colorado

12.30-13.30 Lunch