Symposium

Impact in the Humanities

The SVT symposium is an annual public event where central topics in science and society are debated . At the symposium in 2018 we discussed the social impacts of the humanities in and beyond academia.

Titus at his reading desk. Rembrandt van Rijn (1655).

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Rembrandt [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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What is the impact of the humanities beyond academia? Can humanistic research contribute to solving the social challenges of our time?

From the 2017 government white paper ("Humaniorameldingen"), via the following evaluation of the humanities in Norway in (HUMEVAL), to the UiB Humanities Strategy (2018), the question of the Humanities, its role and mission, is at the centre of attention.

At the SVT symposium 2018 we ask: What is the problem that these efforts are intended to solve? Whose problem is it? And lastly, what are the implications of the solution?

Program SVT Symposium 7 December 2018

0830 Doors open. Coffee, tea, refreshments.
0900	Jørgen Sejersted	UiB	Welcome
0915	Rasmus Slaattelid	SVT	Opening address
0930	Fredrik Thue	OsloMet	The societal cycle of the humanities – historising impact
1000	Jan Reinert Karlsen	UiB	Teaching for thoughtful action
1030	Coffee break
1045	David Budtz Pedersen	AAU	Responsible impact assessment in social sciences and humanities
1115	Merle Jacob	Lunds Universitet	Impact and epistemic governance
1200	Lunch
1300	Jill Halstead	UiB	Why Music Matters: Impact and the Value of the Arts
1330	Gunnar Sivertsen	NIFU	Understanding and evaluating normal societal impact in the humanities
1400	Anne Beate Maurseth	UiB	Integrated humanities: from strategy to pratice at UiB
1445	All		Panel debate
1600	End

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