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Become an ambassador for gender equality – join our webinar and find out how

The forestry and agricultural sectors are two of the Nordic region’s most gender-segregated sectors. At the same time, they constitute a significant part of the economies.

The ongoing digital transformation in these sectors risks strengthening the existing power structure since both professionals active in digital technologies and university educations are also male dominated.

We have to change that! We have to change it so that all people have the right and opportunity to do what they want, but also because the sectors need more labour and it is stupid to leave half the populations out of question.

Therefore we hereby announce our free webinars aimed at empowering university teachers and researchers to promote gender equality within the bioeconomy sector. Join us for a 30-minute session where you will discover:

  • The Bioequality project: mission and goals
  • Introduction to the Method manual: be an agent of change in gender inequality during your lectures
  • Interactive Q&A session and discussion: share your thoughts and find out everything you need to start a positive change

Choose one of these dates:
• November 21:  12.30-13.00 CET
• November 22: 12.30-13.00 CET
• December 2: 15.00-15.30 CET

Register here

 

BACKGROUND
THE METHOD MANUAL The ambition with the manual was to create an accessible guide for teachers and students to incorporate a layer of gender issues into digitalisation topics within academic degrees in forestry and agricultural management.

This was pursued as an effort to tackle the extensive inequality within the sectors. The rising digitalisation of the sector, with increasing demand for typically male-dominated competences related to information technology and data analysis accentuates the problem with gender inequality, in itself being remarkably inequal.

The webinars are commissioned as a follow-up project to maximise the value generated in the previous project, with the primary goal being to maximise the reach of the method manual.

The target audience includes researchers on faculties for forestry and agriculture or applied information technology within academic institutions.

The method manual was produced as part of the Bioequality project led by SNS and NKJ during 2020 and 2021.

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Join the webinar on sustainable food systems

Welcome to join a webinar on “Critical water and energy issues in the green transition of Nordic–Baltic food systems” September 26th 14.00- 16.00 (CET).

Join a conversation on the water-energy-food nexus. We will also explore current knowledge gaps regarding climate change adaption and how we can address them.

The webinar is free of charge and open for all interested.

Register (deadline Sept 24)


Agenda

14:00 Welcome to the webinar and presentation of the project A Nordic-Baltic framework for sustainable food systems which is funded by the Nordic Joint Committee for Agricultural and Food Research (NKJ).
Sofie Andersson, NKJ secretariat

14:10 Introduction of keynote speakers and theme for the webinar.
Cristián Alarcón Ferrari and Johanna Bergman Lodin, SLU, Sweden

14:15 Presentation Climate induced water insecurity and adaptation, what knowledges to assess and how
Martina Angela Caretta, docent, associate professor human geography department, Lund University, Sweden

14:50 Questions and answers (open for the audience) and feedback from invited experts and/or contributors  

15:05 Presentation The food-water-energy nexus in the Arctic region
David Natcher, professor in the department of agricultural and resource economics at the University of Saskatchewan (Canada).

15.15 Questions and answers

15:20 Open discussion with the project participants and audience (facilitated by miro board)

15:50-16:00 Summary and conclusions of the webinar and ways forward

 

The webinar is organized in the framework of a Nordic Baltic framework for sustainable food systems, sponsored by the Nordic Joint Committee for Food and Agricultural Research in Sweden.

 

The Nordic–Baltic Framework for Sustainable Food Systems
Building upon the necessity to urgently establish Nordic-Baltic sustainable food systems, this project is multidisciplinary and made up of several components; a database, webinars, the Innofood event, communication in social medias and a scientific article. The consortium, led by Ruralia Institute, University of Helsinki, covers all the major areas connected to sustainable food systems and is made up of eight partners:
• Ruralia Institute/University of Helsinki (UH)
• The Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE)
• Consumption Research Norway (OsloMet)
• University of Copenhagen (UC)
• Kost Studio (KS)
• University of Faroe Islands (UFI)
• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
• Estonian Business School (EBS)

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Join the webinar on cooperation in field trial experiments

WEBINAR May 27, 13:00-15:00 CET:

“Value Creation of Cross Border Cooperation for Field Trial Experiments”

 
This webinar aims to explore how cross-border cooperation can overcome challenges faced by smaller research projects, which might otherwise be overlooked, and how it can facilitate broader variety testing and screening. By working together, we can increase the size and diversity of our datasets, including a wider range of climatic conditions and soil types across the Nordic region.
 
Participants will have the opportunity to:
  • Present ideas for cross-border projects
  • Gain inspiration for new projects
  • Identify potential collaborators across the Nordic region
  • Learn from others’ experiences in managing cross-Nordic projects
  • Discover potential funding sources to support cross-border Nordic projects
 
Discussion Points:
  • Identifying research areas and applied field trial experiments that would benefit from a wider collaboration
  • Discussing the future of field trial experiments in this context
  • Leveraging the Nordic field trial system (NFTS) as a digital hub for data collection and analysis, fostering cross-border cooperation
  • Exploring innovative ideas for implementing cross-border cooperation, sharing data, and knowledge on technology and methods
 
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Discuss sustainable food systems in different Nordic contexts

What do sustainable agro-marine food systems mean in different Nordic contexts? This is the focus for an upcoming webinar (June 14th) arranged by an NKJ co-funded network.

 

Formally, the Nordic region consists of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and the self-governed Danish areas of Greenland, the Faeroe Islands and the Finnish self-governed isles of Åland. Altogether it is an area of 3,5 million km² with a total of 25 million inhabitants. If on one hand, the Nordic countries share many characteristics and give place to a common food culture, on the other there are also enormous differences among them.

Aim of this webinar is to explore the commonalities, differences and peculiarities of the Nordic national food systems and try to understand if there is just one common Nordic approach to food sustainability or many.

You are warmly welcome to join our webinar and join the discussion about the Nordic food systems!

The time for the webinar is 14th of June 2023, 12:00 – 14:00 CET (UTC +2).

Please register by June 12th!


Agenda for the webinar (CET time)

12:00 Welcoming words Silvia Gaiani, Senior Researcher at Helsinki University Ruralia Institute and Coordinator of the NKJ funded Nordic Research Network

12:05 Introduction by the moderator Maja Kruuse, ICE Innovation Festival in Kirkenes, Norway

12:15 The Norwegian food system with a special view to food consumption and sustainability Gunnar Vittersø, Senior Researcher, SIFO – National Institute for Consumer Research, OSLOMET, Norway

12:30 The Finnish food system: A selection of specificities and issues Xavier Irz, Professor, Department of Economics and Management – Agricultural Economics – University of Helsinki, Finland 

12:45 Sustainable food provision from an indigenous perspective – Sami perspectives from Sweden Ildiko Aztalos Morell, Associate Professor in Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

13:00 Local knowledge and skill sharing – a key pillar of sustainability and resilience to the Faroese food system Sunniva Gudmundsdóttir Mortensen, anthropologist, food activist and social entrepreneur, Faroe Islands

13:15 Barriers to a circular blue bioeconomy in Iceland Nína M. Saviolidis, Post-doc researcher, University of Iceland, Iceland

13:30 Importance of innovation and collaboration in the food system in Denmark Lars Visbech Sørensen, CEO, Food Bio cluster Denmark, Denmark

13:45-14:00 Q&A

 

Contact:
Silvia Gaiani

Iida Alasentie