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Seminar series: Interwoven Worlds

The importance of culture in the transition to a greener, more inclusive and digital society, and the role of culture and creativity in boosting innovation, was discussed in a series of seminars this autumn. The seminars highlighted research, experiences and concrete cases and explore conditions, obstacles and opportunities relating to the potential contribution of culture and creativity towards solving societal challenges.

The seminar series was organised by Uppsala University Culture & Creativity together with Uppsala Municipality and Region Uppsala.

Seminars in the series autumn 2024

• 25 September 2024: The role of creativity in innovation-driven development
  About the importance of culture and creativity for a sustainable, inclusive and innovation-driven Europe and the new national strategy for cultural and creative industries.

• 24 October 2024: The Ecosystem of Culture
  About research on the role of culture for social cohesion and the transition to a more innovation-driven society, and present research on how the hidden geography and networks of culture can be mapped using AI and mathematical models.
  
  Participants: Pier Luigi Sacco, Professor of Cultural Economics at the University of Pescara and Harvard Business School,
  Massimo Buscema, Professor of Mathematics at Colorado University and Director of the Semeion Research Institute in Rome,
  Guido Ferilli, Associate Professor of Cultural Economics at the IULM University of Milan and Director of the Cultural Industries and Complexity Observatory,
  Moderator David Karlsson, historian of ideas and cultural writer

• 26 November 2024: Cirkular place development
  What have we learned through the seminar series and how can we translate these insights into a local and regional context?
  The third seminar in the Interwoven Worlds series was devoted to Swedish examples. Björn Ohlén and Lisa Lundin from Region Västra Götaland talked about the successful work with circular site development based on adapted reuse of cultural environments. Marlene A Johansson from RISE and Karin Björk from Umeå Municipality shared experiences from Umeå's Capital of Culture year and how culture and creativity have contributed to sustainable urban development.
  
  Discussions was led by the moderator David Karlsson, historian of ideas and cultural writer together with representatives from Uppsala University (Vice-Rektor Tora Holmberg), Uppsala Municipality (Patric Kiraly) and Region Uppsala (Annika Eklund).

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