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Scientific Symposium 2021 | ALLEA General Assembly

ABOUT THE THEME

What are the boundaries that define and circumscribe science? What can we do to work across them? Read more about the symposium’s theme.

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ACROSS BOUNDARIES IN SCIENCES

Read the summary of the scientific symposium held online and in Helsinki on 5 May 2021.

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ALLEA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following the symposium, ALLEA Member Academies re-elected Prof. Antonio Loprieno for the term 2021–2023.

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Highlight Speakers

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Riitta Hari

Prof. emerita, Aalto University

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Adrienn Király

Head of the Cabinet to Mariya Gabriel, European Commission

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Anita Lehikoinen

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland

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Dan Larhammar

President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Media Room

Check out the pictures and videos of the event

Media Room

Programme

Moderation: Dr Jaakko Kuosmanen

SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM
5 May 2021
9:00 – 10:30 CEST
Interdisciplinary Research: The Key to the Future?

(10:00 – 11:30 EEST)

Opening: Prof. Anna Mauranen (The Council of Finnish Academies)
Welcome Address: Prof. Antonio Loprieno (ALLEA)

Keynote: Fostering convergence across disciplines, Academician of Science, Prof. Riitta Hari (Aalto University)

Talks:
• Impact through increased interdisciplinarity, Prof. Kimmo Nuotio (Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland)
• Interdisciplinarity as a strategy, Dr. Mona Mannevuo (Young Academy Finland)
• The international dimension in interdisciplinary research, Prof. Marcel Jaspars (Royal Society of Edinburgh)
• Action-focused interdisciplinary research – its role in academia, Prof. Joyce Tait (Royal Society of Edinburgh)

10:30 – 11:00 CEST
Coffee Break

(11:30 – 12:00 EEST)

11:00 – 12:00 CEST
Achieving Meaningful Cooperation Across Boundaries

(12:00 – 13:00 EEST)

Break-out sessions:
• How can we achieve genuine interdisciplinarity?
• What is the connection between interdisciplinarity and impact?
• What does interdisciplinarity mean for younger researchers?
• Do interdisciplinary groups give better answers to tricky problems?
• Who can assess interdisciplinary research?

12:00 – 13.15 CEST
Lunch Break

(13:00 – 14:15 EEST)

13:15 – 14:30 CEST
Rethinking Boundaries Between Politics & Science

(14:15 – 15:30 EEST)

• Speech by Ms Adrienn Király, Head of Cabinet of European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
• “Across Academic Boundaries in Science, Politics and Society”, Prof. Antonio Loprieno, ALLEA President
• “Reflections on Strengthening Ties Between Science and Politics”, Permanent Secretary Anita Lehikoinen, The Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland

14:30 – 14:45 CEST
Coffee Break

(15:30 – 15:45 EEST)

14:45 – 16.00 CEST
Strengthening the Boundaries of Science? - Tackling Science Disinformation

(15:45 – 17:00 EEST)

Panel discussion:
• Prof. Dan Larhammar (President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
• Dr. Erja Heikkinen (Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland)
• Prof. Jane Suiter (Director Institute for Future Media, Democracy and Society, Royal Irish Academy)
• Roman Adamczyk (Research Coordinator at EU DisinfoLab)

16.00 CEST
Digital Reception

(17:00 EEST)

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#ScienceXBoundaries

Revisit the discussions of the event on Twitter #ScienceXBoundaries

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