The seminar will bring together students, academics, practitioners, and policymakers into four dialogue sessions on the following topics: the role of universities in enabling a sustainable future, public sector accountability, social impact, and knowledge and value creation in the High North. Last but not least, the seminar will highlight the role of individuals in the transformation of institutions, societies and dialogue for a better future.
PROGRAM
10:30-11:00 Nord University Enabling Sustainable Future
Chaired by Professor Levi Gårseth-Nesbakk, Nord University
Invited Speakers:
- Hanne Elenora Solheim Hansen (Rector, Nord Univeristy, Norway)
- Gry Agnete Alsos (Dean, Nord University Business School, Norway)
- Joakim Sennesvik (County Council for Education and Competence, Nordland County, Norway)
- Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen (Bodø Mayor, Bodø, Norway)
11:00-12:30 Public Sector Accountability: Past, Present and Future Challenges
Chaired by Professor Anatoli Bourmistrov and Professor Giuseppe Grossi, Nord University Business School
Invited Speakers:
- Salme Nasi (Professor, Tampere University, Finland)
- Inger Johanne Pettersen (Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
- Pawan Adhikari (Professor, University of Essex, UK)
- Chamara Kuruppu (Associate professor, University of South-Eastern Norway)
- Giuseppe Grossi (Professor, Nord University Business School, Norway; Kristianstad University, Sweden)
- Anatoli Bourmistrov (Professor, Nord University Business School, Norway)
12:30-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-14:30 Social Impact and Sustainability
Chaired by Associate Professor Olga Iermolenko and Associate Professor Evgenii Aleksandrov, Nord University Business School
Invited Speakers:
- Jan Mouritsen (Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
- Olga Filina (Project coordinator, The International Foundation for Social Adaptation, Ukraine)
- Veronika Vakulenko (Associate Professor, Nord University Business School, Norway)
- Øyvind Sætren (Digital Business Developer, Pelagia AS, Norway)
- Elena Dybtsyna (Associate Professor, Nord University Business School, Norway)
- Andrei Mineev (Researcher, Nord University Business School, Norway)
- Elena Zhurova Sæther (Researcher, Nord University Business School, Norway)
14:30-15:00 Break
15:00-16:30 Knowledge and Value Creation for the High North
Chaired by Research fellows Maja Wolland Blomberg, Ahad Hadian Fakhr Davoud and Anders Christoffer Edstrøm, Nord University Business School
Invited speakers:
- Morten Høglund (Chair, Arctic Council, Norway)
- Diane Hirshberg (Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research; Professor, University of Alaska, Anchorage, USA; Vice-President, University of Arctic)
- Grete Kaare Hovelsrud (Professor, Faculty of Social Science, Nord University, Norway)
- Liu Jun (Professor, East China Normal University, China)
- Andreas Raspotnik (Senior Researcher, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway)
- Petter Nore (Professor emeritus, Nord University Business School, Norway)
16:30-17:00 Summing up
