NORDITA Day 2025

Friday 5 Sept 2025, 09:00 → 23:59 Europe/Stockholm

Albano Building 3

WELCOME TO THE MOST IMPORTANT SOCIO-ACADEMIC EVENT OF THE YEAR!

Following an ancient tradition whose origins can be traced back to 2015, the Nordita Day is an opportunity to get to know your fellow Norditans. It will be a one day event, Friday, 5th of September 2025.

You will be given the opportunity to join social activities in the morning (dance!), and to attend informative EDI workshops in the afternoon, before we will have dinner (at Proviant). For the evening, we may organize some (social) games and there is basic equipment for various activities, like billiard, board games, badminton, etc.

Your family/partner is cordially invited to join for the dinner.

SCHEDULE

10:00-11:30 DANCE

We will enjoy an introductory course to Lindy Hop and Solo Jazz at the Chicago Swing Dance Studio

 

12:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK

at Nordita (bring your own food)

 

14:00-17:30 EDI WORKSHOPS (House 3, Large Lunch Room)

We will have two EDI workshops, see the Timetable  

 

18:00-20:00ish DINNER

Buffet at Restaurant Proviant (house 2)

 

20:00ish-late PARTY

at Nordita (house 3, floor 6, with dessert, snacks and fun sponsored by Nordita, other food/drinks please bring yourself)

 

PLEASE REGISTER

To help us plan the day, please register as soon as possible. Registration deadline is August 28.

When registering you will have to indicate if you want to joing the social event in the morning (why wouldn't you??), and you will be asked to let us know how many persons will join you for the dinner event. 
 

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Sponsored by:

14:00 → 15:00 Gender equality in academia

Over nearly all scientific organisations, across every country and across time one finds that the progression of women in research/academia is significantly hindered when compared to men. Such a universal truth represents an enormous loss of talent, including in our very own academic communities. Recent years have seen some progress in understanding the principal factors behind this phenomenon and there has been some progress in new schemes which are designed to address the lack of women in senior scientific positions. These schemes have also met with some resistance which, in itself, has been revealing of the reasons why there is such a difference in the progression rates of men and women in science. This presentation discusses some of the evidence behind gender inequality in academia, and—most importantly—how that can be translated into day to day practice within an academic context.

Speaker: Prof. Paul Walton (Department of Chemistry, University of York)

15:00 → 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 → 17:30 Practical workshop on gender and diversity

Speaker: Anna Adeniji (Inclusion Academy)