{"id":7517,"date":"2018-09-27T20:45:14","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T18:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/?p=7517"},"modified":"2024-10-18T13:41:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T11:41:06","slug":"the-nobel-center-and-stockholm-academic-forum-unite-to-challenge-academic-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/en\/the-nobel-center-and-stockholm-academic-forum-unite-to-challenge-academic-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nobel Center and Stockholm Academic Forum Unite to Challenge Academic Borders"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"school_subject":[],"school_grade":[],"class_list":["post-7517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press"],"acf":{"ingress":"STOCKHOLM, September 27, 2018 \u2014 Today, the Nobel Center and Stockholm Academic Forum (Staf), the peak collaborative body of the City of Stockholm and its 18 higher educations institutions, announced that they will launch a new, innovative forum to challenge scholars from different disciplines and universities to push disciplinary borders to reach new insights.","info":[{"title":"Press release from Nobel Center","link":""},{"title":"27 September 2018","link":""}],"post_block":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text_content","text_block":"
The initiative will run under the name of Stockholm Explorative Talks\u00a0<\/em>and take place during the week of the 2018 Nobel Prize announcements in early October.<\/p>\n \u201cWe believe that this approach can be a model for problem-solving in the academic world, which is also why we are excited to run this initiative in partnership with Staf,\u201d said Anna Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m Douagi, Programme Director of the Nobel Center.<\/p>\n \u201cSupporting innovation to advance academic insights and learning is a goal that Staf shares with the Nobel Center and I am confident that this is only the beginning of what will be a very prosperous partnership,\u201d added Maria Fogelstr\u00f6m Kylberg, CEO of Staf.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Moira von Wright and Micael Dahlen have been appointed this year\u2019s curators. Von Wright, who is the former Vice-Chancellor of S\u00f6dert\u00f6rn University and a professor of humanity and welfare, is currently conducting research in imagination, participation and resilience, whilst Dahlen is a professor at Stockholm School of Economics and has been ranked number 10 in the world among researchers in his field.<\/p>\n Scholars who have been selected to participate in this year\u2019s forum include Mark Rhinard, Loulou Cherinet, Walter Osika, Sanna Nordin-Bates, Gustav Borgefalk and Robin Teigland.<\/p>\n The inaugural edition of Stockholm Explorative Talks is part of the 2018 Nobel Calling initiative and will be hosted by the Royal College of Music<\/a>\u00a0in Stockholm on October 4, 2018.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Press Contacts <\/p>\n Jenny Harler <\/p>\n About Stockholm Academic Forum<\/strong><\/p>\n Stockholm Academic Forum (Staf) represents the City of Stockholm and its 18 higher education institutions. As the collective voice of its members, Staf promotes and supports Stockholm\u2019s position as one of the world\u2019s leading academic centres. For more information, visit www.staforum.se.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n About the Nobel Center<\/strong><\/p>\n The Nobel Center in Stockholm gathers a broad range of public activities including exhibitions, school programmes, meetings and lectures about the Nobel Prize\u2019s unique combination of subject areas \u2013 natural sciences, literature and peace. For more information, visit nobelcenter.se<\/a>.<\/p>\n"}],"related_posts":false,"page_navigation_title":"","page_navigation_links":false,"front-page-category":"","front_page_image":false,"front_page_ingress":"","front_page_info":"","visa_som_tips":false,"main_image":false,"must_be_portrait":false,"start_date":"","stop_date":"","start_date_v2":"","stop_date_v2":"","link_to_event_page":false},"yoast_head":"\n
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\njenny.harler@staforum.se<\/p>\n