Welcome to Speakers’ Corner and listen to short lectures on sustainable development from different perspectives. Take the opportunity to ask questions!
Location: “Vardagsrummet” aka the University Library foyer, Sandgärdet entrance.
Most of the presentations will be in Swedish, but some will be in English.
26 March:
12:00 Climate transition and justice. Lotta Johansson, former director of Navet Science Center. Birgitta Påhlsson, former teacher and sustainability coordinator at the University of Borås. Questions and discussions on solutions and opportunities for climate transition and justice. Birgitta and Lotta are both volunteers in Klimatomställning Borås and the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, Borås.
12:10–12:30 Hållbarhet, klimatförändringar och perspektiv på lärande. Sumit Sharma, Senior Lecturer at Department of Textile Technology, speaks about “Advanced Nonwoven Structures for Water Harvesting and Energy Efficiency: Towards Sustainable Resource Management”. He will discuss how the unique fiber arrangements in nonwoven structures enable efficient fog harvesting and coalescing by balancing droplet capture, airflow resistance, and pore clogging. His research showcases innovative nonwoven materials that surpass conventional fog harvesting systems. These design principles can also be applied to advanced coalescing filters for industrial use, significantly improving energy efficiency by reducing moisture in HVAC systems. By enhancing water collection in fog-rich regions, these materials provide a sustainable solution for clean water access in vulnerable areas while reducing industrial energy consumption, contributing to environmental conservation.
(In English)
12:30–12:50 Social Sustainability Through Inclusive Innovation and Practices. Speakers are Nasrine Olson, docent, Associate Professor, and Veronica Johansson Sydqvist , Senior Lecturer at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science:
– This talk explores the role of inclusion as a fundamental pillar of social sustainability and outlines how INCLUDE - Centre or Inclusive Studies and the EU-funded project MuseIT contribute to a more equitable society by developing strategies and technologies that ensure cultural and social participation for all.
(In English)
27 March:
11:40-12:00 Meeting Place Social Innovation at the University of Borås (under establishment at Science Park Borås) is presented by Ulrika Sjölund who is the node manager together with Maria Wolmesjö, Professor of Social Work, who is involved in the knowledge platform as a researcher. The development of the activity, current projects and processes, and opportunities to participate are presented.
12:00-12:20 The automotive industry's transition within the green transition and its social impacts. Mattias Bengtsson, Professor of Sociology, discusses in conversation with Marita Flisbäck, Professor and Scientific Director at the Centre for Welfare Studies, social sustainability consequences of the automotive industry's green transition in western Sweden.
12:20-12:35 Sustainability, climate change and perspectives on learning. Therése Wahlström, Lecturer, doctoral student at the Department of Educational Work, talks about the research on climate change and ecological sustainability from a learning perspective. She also shares perspectives on how teaching about climate change can be more equitable and inclusive
12:35-12:55 This is not a socially sustainable society: Socio-economic examples from pre-school and primary education. Fredrik Zimmerman, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Educational Work on:
Children and students from more disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds are more likely to fail at school and have poorer mental health, increasing their risk of exclusion. Parents' poorer economic conditions and lower education have the clearest relationship to this. This creates a negative spiral that reproduces exclusion. The fact that not all children in Sweden get the same chance is not socially sustainable. Fredrik Zimmerman's lecture focuses on giving examples of why poorer economic conditions and lower education have a negative effect at group level. In the lecture, several examples will focus on the income, education and occupation of guardians. So the lecturer's hope is to contribute with examples that teachers in different programmes can take with them to discuss social sustainability in Sweden.
