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Our Program

Page reviewed:  10/09/2026

Below, you can find our conference program and the schedule for the themes in the parallel sessions. A more detailed schedule with presenters in the parallel sessions will be uploaded shortly.

Wednesday, 11th November 2026

Schedule

09:30-10:30 Registration and fika 

10:30-11:00 Welcome address

11:00-12:00 Keynote speaker Ruth McAreavey 

12:00-13:00 Lunch 

13:00-14:30 Parallel sessions 

14:30-15:30 Keynote speaker Kennedy Mbeva

15:30-16:00 Break

16:00-17:30 Parallel sessions

Sessions

 

Rural Housing and Living environments

Rural Transitions Work, entrepreneurship and value chains  Renewing thinking and action for new times

Session 1

Kl. 13.00

Bryggaren (40 pers)

WG 12:1

Age-Optimized Living Environments 

Mältaren (40 pers)

WG 8

Transition by design

Skomakaren (40 pers)

WG 1:1

Rural Work Futures

Näbben (36 pers) 

WG 14:1

Open session: Policies and actions for sustainable rural landscapes 

Session 2

Kl. 16:00

Bryggaren

WG 12:2

Age-Optimized Living Environments 

Mältaren

WG 3:1

Rural Landscapes in Transition

Skomakaren

WG 1:2

Rural Work Futures

 Näbben

WG 14:2  

Open session: Mobilities, emerging rural communities and community action 

Thursday, 12th November 2026

09:00-10:30 Parallel sessions 

10:30-11:00 Break 

11:00-12:00 Keynote speaker Jennifer Gabrys

12:00-13:00 Lunch 

13:00-14:30 Parallel sessions 

14:30-15:00 Break 

15:00-16:30 Parallel sessions 

16:30-17:00 Closing of conference

Sessions

 

Rural Housing and Living environments

Rural Transitions Work, entrepreneurship and value chains  Renewing thinking and action for new times

Session 3

Kl. 9.00

Bryggaren

WG 12:3

Age-Optimized Living Environments 

Mältaren

WG 3:2

Rural Landscapes in Transition

Skomakaren

WG 1:3

Rural Work Futures

Näbben

WG 14:3

Open session: Politics and actions of everyday rural sustainability

Session 4

Kl. 13:00

Bryggaren

WG 2:1

Rural Housing

Mältaren

WG 10:1

Perspectives on Justice, Inclusion, and Legitimacy in the Local Climate and Energy Transformation

Skomakaren

WG 6:1

Rural Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Value Chains in Transition

Näbben / alt plenumsalen

WG 14:3

Ruralities and Regions in Transition: Challenges, Potentials and Future Research – session organized in cooperation with Formas.

Session 5

Kl. 15:00

Bryggaren

WG 2:2

Rural Housing

Mältaren

WG 10:2

Perspectives on Justice, Inclusion, and Legitimacy in the Local Climate and Energy Transformation

Skomakaren

WG 6:2

Rural Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Value Chains in Transition

Näbben 

WG 11

Debating rural and regional development – where do we stand today

 

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