Name: 7th Annual Conference of the Nordic Network for Diversity in Physics (NORNDiP)
Start: 2025-11-18T08:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-11-19T15:00:00+01:00
Location: Chalmers University of Technology

7th Annual Conference of the Nordic Network for Diversity in Physics (NORNDiP)

from Tuesday, 18 November 2025 (08:30) to Wednesday, 19 November 2025 (15:00)

Monday, 17 November 2025
Tuesday, 18 November 2025

08:30 Registration, coffee and sandwiches
Registration, coffee and sandwiches
08:30 - 09:00
Room: Volvofoajén
09:15 Physics that shines: Opening ceremony, keynotes and panel discussion
09:15 - 12:00
Room: RunAn
Contributions

09:15 Opening ceremony

09:30 Expanding Horizons: My Journey Through Astrophysics - Susanne Aalto (Chalmers University of Technology)

09:45 Lives in Physics - Anders Johansson (Chalmers University of Technology)

10:00 Keynote: Careering through Physics - Jocelyn Bell Burnell (University of Oxford)

10:45 Keynote: Chirality, Inclusivity and Building a Better Research Culture - Jessica Wade (Imperial College London)

11:15 Panel discussion: Shining a Light on Careers, Discovery, and Inclusion - Elin Ekstedt (Chalmers University of Technology) Finja Tietjen (Chalmers University of Technology) Jessica Wade (Imperial College London) Jocelyn Bell Burnell (University of Oxford) Maren Malling (NEXT Uddannelse København) Susanne Aalto (Chalmers University of Technology) Ulrika Sultan (Chalmers University of Technology)
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:10
Room: Volvofoajén
13:10 Frontiers of Physics
13:10 - 14:30
Room: RunAn
Contributions

13:15 Challenging the Classical: Quantum Gravity, Noncommutative Geometry, and the value of diverse academic trajectories - Anna Pachol (University of South-Eastern Norway)

13:35 From nuclei to stars: pathways in nuclear astrophysics - Anu Kankainen (University of Jyvaskyla (FI))

14:00 A spacetime interpretation to the confluent Heun functions in Black Hole Perturbation Theory - Marica Minucci (Niels Bohr Institute)

14:15 Modelling the Electronic Stopping Power for Diverse Ion Trajectories - Glen Pádraig Kiely (Aalto University)
14:30 Poster session: Poster session with coffee break
Poster session with coffee break
14:30 - 15:10
Room: Volvofoajén
Contributions

14:30 Northern Lights Tourism in the European Arctic - Carol Norberg (Umeå University)

14:33 Transdisciplinary Research: Time through the Lens of Art & Science - Clara Ferreira Cores (DARK, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen)

14:36 Raman Thermometry and Boiling Phenomena - Pantea Dara (Chalmers University of Technology - Department of Physics)

14:39 Optimizing energy conversion with nonthermal resources in steady-state quantum devices - Elsa Danielsson (Chalmers University of Technology)

14:42 Inertial repulsion from quantum geometry - Maike Fahrensohn (Chalmers University of Technology)

14:48 Educational trajectories and institutional networks among historical women in physics - Joanna Francesca Behrman (University of Copenhagen)

14:51 DrGENIE - Finja Tietjen (Chalmers University of Technology)

14:54 Conductivity in strongly correlated systems with phonon angular momentum-electron spin coupling - Natalia Shabala (Chalmers University of Technology)
15:10 Diversity and Inclusion in Nordic Physics
15:10 - 16:10
Room: RunAn
Contributions

15:10 A Finnish scissor chart story - Kukka Miikkulainen (Oxford Instruments Analytical Oy)

15:30 Women in Physics in Denmark: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives - Cecilie Cold (Udviklings- og Forenklingsstyrelsen)

15:50 Should I stay or should I go: why are young researchers leaving academia? - Sara Strandberg (Stockholm University (SE))
16:10 Break
Break
16:10 - 16:20
16:20 Physics in a shifting landscape: Presentations and panel discussion
16:20 - 18:00
Room: RunAn
Contributions

16:20 Perspective

16:30 Introduction to Bio-Organic Electronics Lab at University of South Florida (USF) - Arash Takshi (University of South Florida)

16:40 Safeguarding the international spirit of Physics: Challenges for scientific collaboration in a changing world - Mairi Sakellariadou (King's College London & European Physical Society)

17:00 Innovating Against the Tide: Diverse Scientific Paths in a Shifting Geopolitical and Funding Landscape - Jens Eriksson (Linköping University, Sweden)

17:25 Panel Discussion: Research, Funding, and Collaboration Across Borders
18:00 Free time
Free time
18:00 - 19:00

19:00 Dinner
Dinner
19:00 - 22:00
Room: Kårhusrestaurangen
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
09:00 From Atoms to Life: Physics Innovation Across Scales
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Scaniasalen
Contributions

09:00 Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer via Machine Learning-Driven Gas Sensors - Donatella Puglisi (Linköping University, Sweden)

09:20 Designing Instruments, Discovering Physics - Jill Miwa (Aarhus University)

09:40 Investigating plant response to electric field via Ca2+ signaling - Alexandra Sandéhn (Linköping university)
10:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 Diversity and Inclusion in Nordic Physics
10:30 - 12:00
Room: Scaniasalen
Contributions

10:30 Gender, STEM, and the Importance of Networks - Valentina Giangreco Puletti

10:50 Gender initiative for Excellence at Chalmers (GENIE) – 6 years in, what has worked, what not and lessons learned - Maria Saline (Chalmers University of Technology)

11:20 Critical friends for EDI - one answer to the question "What works?" - Tomas Brage (Lund University)

11:40 Fostering JEDI principles in a Collaborative Astrophysics Research Unit - Anne-Kathrin Baczko (Chalmers University of Technology)
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
13:00 Identity and Belonging in Physics
13:00 - 13:40
Room: Scaniasalen
Contributions

13:00 Outside on the Inside of Physics: Findings from a Longitudinal Study of Young Women’s Identities in Upper Secondary Science and Mathematics - Emilie Gertz (University of Copenhagen, Department of Science Education)

13:20 Me and a student who fits in: What physics students do that tells others that they belong in physics - Maria Vetleseter Bøe (University of Oslo)
13:40 Break
Break
13:40 - 13:50

13:50 Workshop: Longing and Belonging in Physics

13:50 - 14:50
Room: Scaniasalen

14:50 Concluding remarks

14:50 - 15:00