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Strömstad akademi: Nr 13 2012
Redaktörens ruta Ärade ledamöter: Den milda
sommaren fortsätter här i Bohuslän, Strömstad akademis vagga. Det regnar
och regnar. Det är så blött i skogen att man måste ha kanot för att
plocka de sista trattkantarellerna. Men som framgår av rektorsbrevet
nedan är den mentala årstiden en annan i Strömstad akademi: vi befinner
oss redan i sommartid, 2013. Många viktiga åtaganden ligger också
framför oss. Den nyligen
timade bokmässan har satt sina spår: tinnitus. Som vår rektor skriver
var det ett herrans oväsen på denna mässa. Vi försökte göra oss hörda
men såvida det inte fanns några läppläsare i vår fåtaliga, högst mobila
publik gick inget fram. Vi vägde lätt mot Guillou och grabbarna. Så var
valkampanjen i USA över. Sällan har så många pseudohändelser trängts om
utrymmet i media. Åsikter som paraderar som fakta, meningslösa debatter
mellan kandidaterna – de liknar mer tennismatcher, till oigenkännlighet
förenklade frågeställningar samt frånvaron av viktiga ämnen som klimatet,
’collateral damage’ orsakade av drönarnas verksamhet i Pakistan, Jemen
och Somalia, Guantánamo o s v. Allt blir till yta och reklam – en
konstruerad samtid. För flera år
sedan satt jag på en uteservering i Central Park, N.Y. En mor med
barnvagn slog sig ner vid mitt bord. För att bryta tystnaden lutande jag
mig över barnvagnen och sa ’My, that’s a beautiful baby you have there’.
Modern svarade ’Oh, that’s nothing – you
should see his photography’. Nästa nyhetsbrev
utkommer i december. Deadline för bidrag till detta brev är 13/12. Jag
uppmanar er alla att bidra till årets sista nyhetsbrev!
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News from Strömstad Academy
Rector November 2012
ACADEMIC FESTIVAL AND STRÖMSTAD SCIENCE DAYS 2013 Dear Strömstad Academy Fellows:
Winter is approaching which means that we are getting closer to 2013 and
especially the summer of 2013. Next year’s Academic Festival will take
place from Monday 24 June to Wednesday 26 June. On Monday, we will have
a late afternoon annual meeting followed by a reception, both at the
Strömstad City Hall. On Tuesday, the day will be filled with paper
sessions, inauguration of new Fellows, and a joint dinner. On Wednesday,
we will have a study tour to Østfold in nearby Norway. There we will
visit the new science centre Insperia as well as the university
Høgskolen in Østfold, where we both will learn about current activities
and meet the University Rector. Please note the dates in your calendar –
I hope this is an event you don’t want to miss! The Strömstad Science Days are
arranged in co-operation between Strömstad Academy, Strömstad community,
and Strömstad Gymnasium (senior high school) 9-10 August. Fellows of the
Academy will (hopefully before the end of 2012) be invited to suggest
lectures and panels. The auditorium will consist of teachers from
Strömstad and possibly neighboring communities plus the general public.
GÖTEBORG BOOK AND LIBRARY FAIR Some events have happened this
fall: On 27-30 September, Strömstad Academy participated in the Göteborg
Book and Library Fair with a small booth that we shared with four small
publishing firms. Fellows Anders Gustavsson, Ingrid Liljeroth, Aadu Ott,
Olev Ott, Gunnar Windahl and myself participated with oral presentations
– thanks to you all. Unfortunately, we didn’t have much of a chance to
make ourselves heard in this chaotic environment, nor did hardly anyone
stopped by and showed interest in us. It was a nice try, but our Board
has decided not to participate next year.
BOARD MEETING 8 OCTOBER On 8 October, the Academy’s
board met in two places, Hamburgsund (near Strömstad) and Falun,
connected via Google+. The minutes (in Swedish) are attached as
pdf-file, but here are the highlights: - Georg Granér, Sven Moosberg,
Gunnar Windahl, Sven Erik Skønberg, Lars Broman, Markku Jääskeläinen,
and Bo Djörke participated. - We will arrange Science Days
together with Strömstad community and Strömstad Gymnasium 9-10 August.
Gunnar, Sven and the Gymnasium Rector handle this. - We will arrange an Academic
Festival late in June 2013.- Acta Academiae Stromstadiensis will have an
Editorial Board consisting of Gunnar, Markku, and Sven. - An economic plan was presented
By Bo and accepted. - Lars continues for some time
to handle our URL. Our IT-group Georg, Markku, and Bo continues their
development work. - We will not have a special
5-year anniversary 2013, but plan for a major event 2018. - A spring meeting in Copenhagen
is preliminary planned for 6 May; Bodil Frisdal and Asger Høeg arrange
this. - Markku is responsible for a
Fellow recruiting campaign. - Markku and Georg shall spread
knowledge to Fellows of how to use Google+ to Fellows. - Strategy, goal and future were
discussed at some length. Sven Erik stressed the importance of financial
sponsors. Lars writes a 2-page presentation to be used. - Collaboration with University
West was discussed. - Next board meeting 13
January-13 at 1300.
You can request the full
protocol in Swedish from lars.broman@stromstadakademi.se.
MOU WITH UNIVERSITY WEST On 26 October, Aadu, Gunnar and
myself represented Strömstad Academy at the University West Academic
Festival in Trollhättan. It was a quite large event with over 200
participants. During the Festival, University West’s Vice Chancellor and
I signed a Memorandum of Understanding, our first MoU with a Nordic
University. We have previously an MoU with Moscow Educational University
and Sven Erik has proposed to the Rector of Østfold University that an
MoU is signed with them as well.
ACTA ACADEMIAE STROMSTADIENSIS Several new reports have been
added to the Acta Academiae Stromstadiensis series this fall. You find
them easy as pdf-files at the homepage www.stromstadakademi.se. As you
can see, the number of pages varies between 11 and 155. Languages are so
far English and Swedish; reports in other languages need a summary and
figure captions in English. Reports are published electronically as pdf
files, which can be downloaded free. A few copies are printed for major
Swedish university libraries, so they can be given ISBN numbers. Academy Fellows are encouraged
to publish reports in the AAS series. Please send a suggestion or a
complete manuscript to gunnar.windahl@stromstad.se. The topic can be
scientific, popular scientific, scientific reviews, educational texts
and scientific debate. The Editorial Board will accept a wide variety of
interesting topics, as long as they are in accordance with the present
scientific view. Note also that we cannot publish texts identical to
what is published in journals which won’t accept simultaneous
publication elsewhere.
TWO NEW FELLOWS AND ONE PROMOTED FELLOW Johan Vestlund was appointed as
Research Associate in Solar Energy Technology on 19/11-12 Gunnar Windahl was promoted to
Assistant Professor in Psychology 19/11-12 Bo Helgeson was appointed to
Professor of Human Work Science on 21/11-12 Our new Fellows are greeted
welcome and our promoted Fellow is congratulated!
RESEARCH APPLICATIONS As a Fellow, you can apply for
research grants to be administrated by Strömstad Academy. The
application should be signed by you as project leader and of me as
Rector. Count with an overhead of 12%. Before signing the application I
will let our Treasurer Bo Djörke check the budget of the application.
Some of you have recently written to me on possible applications-to-be.
If you want to discuss an application in process, feel free to contact
me at lars.broman@stromstadakademi.se. With best regards/Lasse. |