How to Shape the Knowledge Environments of Tomorrow?

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1 How to Shape the Knowledge Environments of Tomorrow?

2 KTH DIVISION OF HISTORY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT Including: KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory KTH Research Policy Platform

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6 fighting poverty; safeguarding the environment; combatting climate change

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8 IGY 1957/58: monitoring the planet Global oceans, atmosphere: CFC/ozone hole, CO2, methane Climate science and models (Edwards 2010) Resource dependencies: energy, minerals (Limits to Growth 1972) Nuclear planet: age of fallout (Masco 2010). Teleconnections earth systems interdependencies Below: Fallout from Mike and Bravo explosions as analyzed by Machta, List, and Hubert (1956)

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11 Sabine Höhler, History, KTH

12 Anthropocene temporalities Histories of the Future The Method: Applications of temporal and spatial scaling to historiography Homogenization of humanity to species Scaling down to history (short term, limited range) issues from planetary and humanity levels = Anthropocene history Locating history within soft constraints framework ( planetary boundaries etc.) Antecedents: Huntington 1907, 1915 Vernadsky 1926 Lovelock 1976 The Actors: Earth systems science community IHOPE initiative 2003: Integrated History and Future of People on Earth, Science qua history : inbuilt predictive tendencies that easily turn into determinism. The genres: Reports on fate of earth Science syntheses (Flannery 2004, Kolbert 2014) Big History (Christian 2004)

13 Golden Spike

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16 Knowledge interests?

17 Knowledge interests?

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22 fighting poverty; safeguarding the environment; combatting climate change

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24 Challenge-motivated integrative knowledge To tackle our global challenges from water and food scarcity and climate change to digital learning, innovation, and human health we need ambitious new answers from science and engineering. But because these challenges are rooted in culture, economics, and politics, meaningful solutions must reflect the wisdom of these domains too. MIT PRESIDENT RAFAEL REIF

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26 Transitions/transformations Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) State as key agent and funder (Mazzucato) Involving civil society citizens, organizations, business Directionality Andy Stirling Transitions research Johan Schot Balancing national and corporate interests with universal needs

27 Stanford University breaks records 6.2 BiUSD in 5-year fund-raising Money from the Stanford Challenge is being used to fund an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and research on areas such as education, environment, human health and international affairs, officials said. We ve undertaken a new model in higher education, with experts from different fields joining together, the school s president, John Hennessy, said in a statement. This kind of collaboration has enabled Stanford to assume a larger role in addressing global problems.

28 New interest in the humanities about values

29 There are no easy answers, but at this difficult and confusing time of public debate, voices from the social sciences and humanities community are playing a critical role in helping Canadians get the information and perspectives they seek. Legal and human rights faculty like Professors Catherine Dauvergne and Efrat Arbel at UBC and Audrey Macklin at the University of Toronto have been offering their expertise to the media; academics like the University of Ottawa s Nadia Abu Zahra and Jennifer Bond have spoken at public rallies; and national and international decision makers turn to Canadian scholars for policy recommendations, including François Crépeau, Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law at McGill University and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants (here is his interview on ICI Radio-Canada). Other academics who have contributed their expertise include Umut Ozsu, Sharry Aiken and Howard Adelman, among others.

30 Viktiga forskningspolitiska frågor Bristande sambandet forskning-utbildning Bristen på integrativ finansiering Bristen på verkligt avancerade integrativa kunskapsmiljöer Bristen på jämställdhet Bristen på ambitioner Den krympande forskarutbildningen (och dess kostnader) De sjunkande FoUinvesteringarna Den låga rörligheten och den svaga mångfalden Den principlösa rekryteringen och de oklara karriärvägarna

31 Forskningspolitiska regimer Säkerhet/kallt krig: Linjära modellens logik Globaliseringslogik Utmanings- och komplexitetslogik 2009-

32 En ansvarstagande forskningspolitik Forskningspolitiken behöver bli ansvarstagande inför globala utmaningar och samhällelig transformation Den behöver utvecklas till en brett samhälleligt förankrad kunskapspolitik Forskning och utbildning behöver reintegreras Den ska stimulera framväxten av framtidens kunskapsmiljöer som kan integrera forskningutbildning-samverkan

33 Integrativa kunskapsmiljöer vad är det? Flerdisciplinära kunskapsområden också över områdesgränser Integrering av forskning och utbildning på alla nivåer Mångsidig och explorativ integrering av samverkan [nytt begrepp behövs] i forsknings- och utbildningsmiljöerna

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36 Tverrvitenskap: Mette Halskov Hansen ved Universitetet i Oslo

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39 Gynna långsiktighet Byt perspektiv! Investera i en ansvarsfull samhällsomställning i linje med FN:s hållbara utvecklingsmål och Parisavtalet om klimatet. Integrera utbildning, forskning och samverkan i morgondagens kunskapsmiljöer. Utjämna villkoren. Enhetlig ersättning för olika kunskapsområden: H-S-T-N-M-Konst/design. Bygg långsiktiga program för olika kunskapsområden hos forskningsfinansiärerna engagera departement, myndigheter, civilt samhälle och näringsliv.

40 och ansvarstagande Öka samarbetet mellan forskningsmyndigheterna för att åstadkomma större tvärgående initiativ. Ta ansvar för framväxten av en kvalitetskultur börja bygg en infrastruktur för kvalitetsutveckling. Ge universitet självansvar men följ upp dem mångsidigt ta ansvar för ansvarstagandet.

41 Vad sker? Collaboration National research capacity Research institution Individual researcher since Aristotle

42 How to Shape a Post-disciplinary Integrative Environment?

43 Development Professorship History of Technology education since 1960s Industrial Heritage Research Philosophy Environmental History Joint Department 2005 Strategy since 2007: Diversification (e.g. KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory 2012) Diversity-conscious & cautious recruitment Mission: Humanities for KTH & society Furthering an innovative post-disciplinary environment Education, collaboration, public interaction

44 Five years of the Environmental Humanities Laboratory Training Public

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48 How can we be of more use? 1 What could KTH history/humanities offer to society and to KTH? 2 In particular openings following the 2016 research bill? 3 If humanities & history are part of the desired future of KTH how might this field develop further?

49 42 anställda (+ gäster) 50% kvinnor, 50% män 50% utlandsfödda 14 nationaliteter 8 publiceringsspråk ( ; Diva) 50 forskningsprojekt 100% disputerade 25 PhD (motsv.) i 17 discipliner (majoriteten historiska), från 17 universitet i 9 länder Genrer: peer reviewed articles, böcker, kritik, essäistik, debatt, film, poddar

50 Financing Turnover 40 MSEK Undergraduate Teaching <10 % FoFu etc. 30 % External Funds >60% (average Sw. humanities <25%) Funding Institutions (selection): VR RJ Formas ERC EU Marie Curie H2020 KAW, MMW Nordforsk Vinnova Mistra Sida Energimyndigheten

51 multinuclear structure Resource geopolitics, history of infrastructures, industry and large technical systems, energy history, industrial heritage studies Environmental history, political ecology, urban ecology Environmental Humanities Media studies, visual studies Science policy studies unique combinations of projects at the intersection of science, technology and environment Temporal focus: 19 th -20 th- 21 st centuries Spatial foci: Sweden, Nordic Countries, Europe, Russia, the Arctic and the polar regions; North America, East and South Africa, Asia (India, China, Japan); a global historical perspective.

52 Major initiatives since 2012: KTH Environmental Humanities Lab Making Universities Matter Vinnova Knowledge Platform REXSAC Nordforsk Arctic Center of Excellence EU Marie Curie International Training Network Public humanities Vittnesseminarier: data, rymd Publishing record: Ca 120 publikationer/år 40% peer reviewed articles/chapters 35% other academic 20% other (popular science, op-ed, discussion) Ca 6 böcker per år, eng., sv, ital., ty, no

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57 KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory Experiments, Incursions, Interventions

58 The Age of the Environmental Humanities Anthropocene Climate Change New Humanities

59 Where have we been? Training Research Third Mission

60 Inside the Lab Eight PhD students (from Sweden, Spain, UK, US, and Italy) 1 post doctoral fellow for 2 years ( ) (another one on his way) 12 visiting scholars (from Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Italy, US) 40 events, 3 EU projects Part of the EH journal DagensNyheter En ny humanism för en ny värld (7 articles)

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