Inaugural lecture Zennström visiting professorships 2025: “Science and Governance for the Planet”
- Date
- 7 April 2025, 14:15–17:30
- Location
- Geo Centre, Hambergsalen
- Type
- Lecture, Seminar
- Lecturer
- Aarti Gupta, Frank Biermann
- Web page
- https://climatechangeleadership.blog.uu.se/
- Organiser
- Climate Change Leadership
- Contact person
- Judith Lundberg-Felten
Welcome to the inaugural lecture "Science and Governance for the Planet" with Prof Aarti Gupta and Prof Frank Biermann, Zennström visiting professors in Climate Change Leadership and a panel discussion on the subject "The Triple Planetary Crisis in Science and Policy".
Programme
14:15 Welcome message by Anders Hagfeldt, Vice-chancellor Uppsala University
14:20 Lectures
Prof Frank Biermann "Planetary Politics in the Age of Trump"
The planetary crisis of climate change, environmental degradation and unsustainable development is a defining challenge of the 21st century. Political solutions must navigate the rapidly changing real-world complexities, from the rise of transnational populist movements opposing environmental policies to the recent withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. How can we imagine planetary politics in the “age of Trump”? This lecture explores today’s political dynamics, multilevel institutions and transformative policy options in global sustainability governance, aiming to sketch realistic approaches to planetary stewardship and governance amid geopolitical turmoil and growing anti-environmentalist backlash.
Prof Aarti Gupta "The Climate Crisis and Scholar Activism: The Necessity and the Challenges"
In addressing the climate crisis, what should be the role of the engaged scientist? What kind of science-society contract can help to address anticipatory challenges, such as climate change, where potential options to reduce climate impacts might be accompanied by uncertain and unknowable future risks, harms or benefits, which will manifest in a highly unequal and geopolitically tense world? What if scientists fundamentally disagree about these options? There is an urgent need, I argue, for scholar activism in this context of contested science. I discuss in this lecture how I have sought to engage with this need, both conceptually and in practice.
15:00 Panel discussion: The Triple Planetary Crisis in Science and Policy with Uppsala university professors Joëlle Rüegg, Gabriele Messori, Marika Edoff and Jacob Höglund, Moderator: Mikael Karlsson
16:00 Discussion with all participants and the audience
16:30 – 17.30 Mingle with snacks
Sign up for the event no later than 27 March 2025
Participation is free of charge but registration is mandatory.