Fourth Conference of Nordic Network for Diversity in Physics

from Thursday, 18 August 2022 (12:30) to Friday, 19 August 2022 (22:00)
University of Iceland (Veröld: VHV-023)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
18 Aug 2022
19 Aug 2022
AM
09:00
Session 3 (until 11:00) (Veröld: VHV-023)
09:00 Key note: Black-hole driven explosions and the dynamic Universe – breaking barriers in the era of multi-messenger astrophysics - Prof. Carole Mundell (University of Bath, UK)   (Veröld: VHV-023)
10:00 On the status of women in physics in Norway - goals, statistics, and some open questions - Åshild Fredriksen (The Arctic University of Norway, NO)   (Veröld: VHV-023)
10:20 Examples on the Gender and Physics work in Sweden - Tomas Brage   (Veröld: VHV-023)
10:40 Is science gender-neutral or clueless of gender? Moving beyond simple questions and answers - Prof. Þorgerður J. Einarsdóttir (University of Iceland)   (Veröld: VHV-023)
11:00 --- Coffee/Tea break ---
11:30
Session 4 (until 12:30) (Veröld: VHV-023)
11:30 Bacteria vs Phages: The art of war among unseen majority - Namiko Mitarai (Niels Bohr Institute)   (Veröld: VHV-023)
12:00 Collider physics and the Early Universe - Anna Lipniacka (University of Bergen (NO))   (Veröld: VHV-023)
PM
12:30 Registration   (Veröld: VHV-023)
13:00 Welcome   (Veröld: VHV-023)
13:15
Session 1 (until 15:15) (Veröld: VHV-023)
13:15 Key note: How to tackle resistance against gender equality in a hostile environment - Prof. Beata Bielska (Nicolaus Copernincus University in Toruń, PL)   (Veröld: VHV-023)
14:15 Climate change: from physics to social and behavioural sciences - Katja Anniina Lauri (University of Helsinki)   (Veröld: VHV-023)
14:45 The physics of Space Weather - Emiliya Yordanova (Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala)   (Veröld: VHV-023)
15:15 --- Coffee/Tea break ---
15:45
Session 2 (until 17:00) (Veröld: VHV-023)
15:45 Gravothermal collapse in self-interacting dark matter halos - Tamari Meshveliani (University of Iceland)   (Veröld: VHV-023)
16:00 Astrophysical transients as cosmological probes - Nandita Khetan (DARK Cosmology centre, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen)   (Veröld: VHV-023)
16:15 Lessons from the geometric structure of black holes - Victoria L. Martin (University of Iceland)   (Veröld: VHV-023)
16:45 North American Efforts in Diversity in Physics: Undergraduate Conferences, Local Graduate Committees and Summer Camps - Gevy Jiawei Cao (University of Oslo)   (Veröld: VHV-023)
17:00 Posters - Reception   (Veröld: VHV-023)
18:00 Public talk: CERN, LHC and the Higgs - Barbro Asman (Stockholm University (SE))   (Veröld: VHV-023)
19:30 Dinner   (Veröld: VHV-023)
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30
Session 5 (until 14:40) (Veröld: VHV-023)
13:30 Denmark, moving beyond the gender fatigue - Prof. Christa Gall (University of Copnhagen, DK)   (Veröld: VHV-023)
13:50 The Equality Paradox in Finnish Physics - Dr Eija Tuominen (Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI))   (Veröld: VHV-023)
14:10 Choice narratives of “unexpected” physics students - Anna Danielsson (Stockholm University)   (Veröld: VHV-023)
14:25 Student’s journey in the light of gender differences in engineering - Ásrún Matthíasdóttir (Reykjavík University)   (Veröld: VHV-023)
14:40 Panel discussion - Eija Tuominen (Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI)) Prof. Þorgerður J. Einarsdóttir (University of Iceland) Prof. Beata Bielska (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland) Tomas Brage Prof. Carole Mundell (University of Bath, UK) Barbro Asman (Stockholm University (SE))   (Veröld: VHV-023)
15:40 --- Coffee/Tea break ---
16:15 Wrap up   (Veröld: VHV-023)