Speed talk summary 11 November

1. Johan Gistorp johan.gistorp@su.se and Cecilia Linder cecilia.linder@su.se provided a much welcome update on what’s going on in the Admin group. Cecilia is soon going on parental leave (best wishes!) and Lina Mårtensson will step in during that time. Anette Mack anette.mack@su.se has also joined the Admin team, supporting Tanja Litvinova tanja.litvinova@su.se in her work. 2. Amanda Jiménez Aceituno amanda.jimenez@su.se and Andrew Merrie andrew.merrie@su.se introduced their recently published paper (together with Laura Pereira laura.pereira@su.se) on the six characteristics necessary to make scenario processes more inclusive and able to address complex and context-specific problems. The researchers draw on four cases of imaginative arts-based scenario processes, representing different combinations of the six characteristics. Read more about the paper here: https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/research-news/2019-10-04-imagine-the-future.html 3. Make sure you book 28 November to attend David Collste’s david.collste@su.se Licentiate thesis seminar! Entitled “Navigating towards the Safe Operating Space: systems thinking and the SDGs”, David will present his work primarily based on recent work from the TW2050 African Dialogue and the Human Needs paper written together with Sarah Cornell, Johan Rockström et.al. The seminar starts 09:00 in room 237. 4. Hanna Wetterstrand hanna.wetterstrand@su.se finished this week’s talks with a wonderful mindfullness session. Close your eyes and enjoy the music: https://open.spotify.com/track/6epIhVc3Zn6AUZ27EsOLZt?si=OVPRKMRZQdm_Vukn125Sew