Their team spans competences from design education across all levels to engineering, with expertise in technology and sustainability, as well as craft specialists and artists within theatre, artistic methods and contemporary sci-art. It also brings in perspectives on technology from fields such as anthropology and history.
They work closely with stakeholders and communities as an established part of both research and education. Their understanding of transdisciplinarity includes contributions and knowledge from outside academia, reflecting a strong commitment to practical, solution-oriented and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Programme
- 10.00: Welcome and keynote introduction by Anne Beate Hovind, CEO at Hovind AS and University lecturer at OsloMet.
- 10.20: Panel I. Education Transformative learning to support more sustainable ways of living. By Professor Eva Lutnæs and Associate Professor Hanne-Cecilie Geirbo.
- 10.40: Panel II. Aesthetics: Reformulations of the Aesthetic: Art and Science in Balance. Effect and Affect of Craft in Society Professor and Associate Dean for R&D and Innovation Kristin Bergaust and Associate professor Astrid Maria Heimer.
- 11.00: Panel III Urban development: Built Environments: Life Cycle principles and Artistic Interventions in Urban Planning. By Professor Dimitrios Kraniotis, Professor Cecilie Sachs-Olsen and research fellow, Postdoc Sofia Greaves.
- 11.30: Concluding discussion with the audience.
- 11.45: End of program.
This event is affiliated with the New European Bauhaus (NEB) Festival 2026 (bauhaus.europa.eu).
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