Contakt person: Anne Gry Gudmundsdotter, University of South-Eastern Norway (Senter for bærekraftig omstilling/Centre for Sustainability Transition)

Type of event: Digital event ONLY

Goal 17 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) states that new and strong partnerships are imperative in achieving the goals. This means, stimulating well-functioning partnerships between the public sector, the private sector and the civil society. This is precisely one of the primary goals of the University of South-Eastern Norway's (USN) newly established Centre for Sustainability Transition.

The workshop will present specific R&D projects where researchers at USN collaborate with private and public partners to approach sustainability challenges. A panel comprised of a student, external partners and researchers from USN, will discuss and request inputs on the instruments, methodologies and arenas that can best facilitate strong partnerships in achieving SDG No. 17.

The panelists are:
Associate Professor Mona Sæbø (USN and Standard Bio) will talk about the NFR project "Catch & Kill", with the goal is to develop a new type of cleaning material for microbes in water and air.

Assistant Professor and PhD-candidate Anette Momrak (USN) will talk about the DIKU project ‘Innovation in Teams’ and the methodology they use to connect interdisciplinary student groups and companies to work with specific sustainability issues.

Associate Professor Niklas Kreander (USN) will talk about USN as Norway's only fair-trade university and the social responsibility that comes with it. 

Master's student at USN, Vilde Solbakken, will talk about her work with SALT, a company in Lofoten about her project related to plastic removal. She will focus on the Triple Helix collaboration from a student perspective.

Linn Johnsen, head of the Climate and Energy Network in Vestfold and Telemark County Authority, will talk about the importance of collaboration with academia in corporate networks.

This event is relevant to SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals