Breakfast at UUniCORN: What happens now, when the IPO of Earth System Governance set up camp in Uppsala?
- Date: 27 February 2026, 08:30–10:00
- Location: Segerstedt Building, Plantskolan
- Type: Seminar
- Organiser: UUniCORN
- Contact person: Mats Målqvist
Last year, the global research network ESGN, Earth System Governance, moved its headquarters to Uppsala University, with funding from UUniCORN and Zennström Philanthropies, among others. Mikael Karlsson explains what this means for the research.

At this breakfast seminar, you will meet Mikael Karlsson, Associate Professor in Environmental Science and Senior Lecturer in Climate Leadership at the Department of Earth Sciences, who leads the work at the ESGN IPO in Sweden.
Read the interview with Mikael Karlsson about ESGN, the move to Sweden, and what he believes it will mean for researchers in Sweden and Uppsala.
More information about the seminar will be available shortly, but you can register now.
ESGN is a global network of researchers focusing on governance in relation to the sustainability transition. In 2027, the IPO and UUniCORN will host the recurring ESGN conference in Uppsala.
UUniCORN is part of Uppsala University Future Institutes, UUniFI.