NORDITA Day 2026

Friday Sep 11, 2026, 9:00 AM → 11:59 PM 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, 11th of September 2026.

You will be given the opportunity to join social activities in the morning (padel), to attend an informative workshop in the afternoon, as well as a scientific talk, 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, etc.

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

SCHEDULE

10:00-12:00 PADEL

at Ascaropadel

12:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK

at Nordita (bring your own food)

14:00-16:00 WORKSHOP with Åsa Burman

on work-life balance in academia

16:00-16:30 COFFEE BREAK

16:30-17:30  SCIENTIFIC TALK by Mason A Porter

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 30.

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:

10:00 AM Padel

at Ascaropadel ( https://www.ascaropadel.com/nk-padel-and-social )

12:00 PM Lunch break

1 Workshop on academic effectiveness and sustainable work methods

The special theme is work-life balance in the academic world, and strategies and tools with respect to this theme will be shared, as well as exercises where the participants discuss and implement the tools.
We work in an analogue fashion and ask all participants to leave computers and cell phones in their bags. Prework, and an evaluation after the workshop, are included as well.

Speaker: Åsa Burman

4:00 PM Coffee break

2 Complex-Weighted Networks and Quantum Networks

I will discuss recent work that draws on ideas from network science, quantum mechanics, and mathematical physics more generally. I will discuss networks with complex edge weights and explore, using tools such as quantum walks, how they differ from networks with real-valued weights. I will mention examples from network-science topics such as node centrality (i.e., importance), coupled-oscillator models and opinion dynamics, and clustering-induced localization. I hope to present some ideas that others at Nordita, SU, and their neighbors will enjoy exploring further with me.

Speaker: Mason A Porter

6:00 PM Dinner