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Måndag 29 september 2014 kl 153:00 - 175:00

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Social sustainability and ICT Guest lecturer: Assistant Professor Karin Edvardsson Björnberg, Elisabeth Ekener Petersen, PhD Content: The lecture gives a brief introduction to the concept of social sustainability and the engineer’s responsibility for (socially) sustainable technological development. The first part of the lecture discusses the idea of a ‘safe and just space for humanity’ presented in Raworth (2012). In the second part of the lecture, tools for including social sustainability aspects into engineering practice, such as social life-cycle assessment, are introduced using examples from ICT.¶

About: Karin Edvardsson Björnberg is assistant professor of environmental philosophy at the Division of Philosophy (KTH). She specializes in normative issues related to environment and sustainable development. At present, she is the leader of a project focusing on ethical issues in green biotechnology in the Mistra Biotech research programme.¶

The research of Elisabeth Ekener Petersen is focusing in the social dimension of sustainable development. She was involved in the international  process of developing the standard ISO 26000 Social responsibility. She has a PhD in Social Life Cycle Assessment and has conducted several case studies using this methodology. At present she works in a number of projects addressing social impacts in areas such as sustainable cities, vehicle fuels and biotechnology.¶

Literature:¶

Raworth, K. 2012. A safe and just space for humanity: Can we live within the doughnut? Oxfam Dicsussion Papers. Oxfam, UK.Ekener-Petersen, E. & Moberg, Å. 2013. Potential hot-spots identified by social LCA-part 2: reflections on a study of a complex product. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 18(1): 144-154¶

FöreläsningLecture 11

FöreläsningLecture 14

Who is pedalling when you are watching kittens on youtube? Lecturer: Daniel Pargman Content: Energy is invisible. Our daily use of electricity is invisible. So how can we even start to contemplate changing our behaviours and using less when we don’t have a visceral feeling for how much energy we consume? This lecture introduces the concept of ”energy slaves” as a way to help make the invisible visible. How many ”energy slaves” do we have working for us 24/7 to provide us with our modern lifestyles?¶

About: Daniel Pargman is an Assistant Professor in Media Technology at the KTH School of Computer Science and Communication. His research interests concerns social media, virtual communities, Internet culture, sustainability and resource challenges. ¶

Literature:- Human Power Station. Read the short text and see the 3-minute video clip on this page: http://www.electricpedals.com/human-power-station/- Nikiforuk (2011), You and your slaves (4 pages), http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2011/05/05/EnergySlaves/- Nikiforuk (2012), "The energy of Slaves”. Chapter 2, ”Slaves to energy” - Homer-Dixon (2006), ”The upside of down”. Part of chapter 2, ”A keystone in time”-Tomlinson, Silberman, Patterson, Pan & Blevis (2012), "Collapse informatics: Augmenting the sustainability and ICT4D discourse in HCI", in proceedings of CHI'12¶

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Who is pedalling when you are watching kittens on youtube? Lecturer: Daniel Pargman Content: Energy is invisible. Our daily use of electricity is invisible. So how can we even start to contemplate changing our behaviours and using less when we don’t have a visceral feeling for how much energy we consume? This lecture introduces the concept of ”energy slaves” as a way to help make the invisible visible. How many ”energy slaves” do we have working for us 24/7 to provide us with our modern lifestyles?

About: Daniel Pargman is an Assistant Professor in Media Technology at the KTH School of Computer Science and Communication. His research interests concerns social media, virtual communities, Internet culture, sustainability and resource challenges.

Literature:- Human Power Station. Read the short text and see the 3-minute video clip on this page: http://www.electricpedals.com/human-power-station/- Nikiforuk (2011), You and your slaves (4 pages), http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2011/05/05/EnergySlaves/- Nikiforuk (2012), "The energy of Slaves”. Chapter 2, ”Slaves to energy” - Homer-Dixon (2006), ”The upside of down”. Part of chapter 2, ”A keystone in time”-Tomlinson, Silberman, Patterson, Pan & Blevis (2012), "Collapse informatics: Augmenting the sustainability and ICT4D discourse in HCI", in proceedings of CHI'12

Who is pedalling when you are watching kittens on youtube? Lecturer: Daniel Pargman Content: Energy is invisible. Our daily use of electricity is invisible. So how can we even start to contemplate changing our behaviours and using less when we don’t have a visceral feeling for how much energy we consume? This lecture introduces the concept of ”energy slaves” as a way to help make the invisible visible. How many ”energy slaves” do we have working for us 24/7 to provide us with our modern lifestyles?

About: Daniel Pargman is an Assistant Professor in Media Technology at the KTH School of Computer Science and Communication. His research interests concerns social media, virtual communities, Internet culture, sustainability and resource challenges.

Literature:- Human Power Station. Read the short text and see the 3-minute video clip on this page: http://www.electricpedals.com/human-power-station/- Nikiforuk (2011), You and your slaves (4 pages), http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2011/05/05/EnergySlaves/- Nikiforuk (2012), "The energy of Slaves”. Chapter 2, ”Slaves to energy” - Homer-Dixon (2006), ”The upside of down”. Part of chapter 2, ”A keystone in time”-Tomlinson, Silberman, Patterson, Pan & Blevis (2012), "Collapse informatics: Augmenting the sustainability and ICT4D discourse in HCI", in proceedings of CHI'12

TiOnsdag 910 september 2014 kl 1308:00 - 150:00

B3L1

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FöreläsningLecture 4

Talk:¶

This lecture consists of two parts. The first part takes up the transformation of the media industry and the environmental impact of media production and consumption. Questions elaborated on are: what is the environmental impact of producing content for different media channels? And what is the environmental impact connected to media consumption? What is big and what is small in relation to media and sustainability?¶

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In the second part of the lecture, the method of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is presented. Questions elaborate on are: What is LCA and how can it be done? What are the benefits and drawbacks? How can the method be used in different settings?¶

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About:¶

Malin Picha Edwardsson is a PhD student at the Centre for Sustainable Communications at KTH. She has a background in the media industry, both as a project manager within the Swedish Media Publishers’ Association, and as an editor at various Swedish newspapers and a weekly magazine. Her PhD thesis focuses on media production and media consumption, and on the future of media in relation to environmental sustainability.¶

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Yevgeniya Arushanyan is a PhD student at the division of Environmental strategies research – fms and the Centre for Sustainable Communications (CESC). Her PhD thesis focuses on the life cycle environmental impacts of ICT and environmental impacts of future information society.¶

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Literature:¶

Picha Edwardsson, M., 2014. Environmental aspects of media scenarios for the future ICT society – A qualitative study. Proceedings published at the ICT4S conference in Stockholm in August 2014.¶

Finnveden, G. & Potting, J. (2014). Life Cycle Assessment (3ed.). In: Wexler, P (Ed.), Encyclopedia ofToxicology, vol 3: (pp. 74-77). Elsevier.¶

The impact of media industry and how do we know that? Guest Lecturers: Malin Picha Edwardsson and Yevgeniya Arushanyan Talk:¶ This lecture consists of two parts. The first part takes up the transformation of the media industry and the environmental impact of media production and consumption. Questions elaborated on are: what is the environmental impact of producing content for different media channels? And what is the environmental impact connected to media consumption? What is big and what is small in relation to media and sustainability?

¶ In the second part of the lecture, the method of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is presented. Questions elaborate on are: What is LCA and how can it be done? What are the benefits and drawbacks? How can the method be used in different settings?

About:¶ Malin Picha Edwardsson is a PhD student at the Centre for Sustainable Communications at KTH. She has a background in the media industry, both as a project manager within the Swedish Media Publishers’ Association, and as an editor at various Swedish newspapers and a weekly magazine. Her PhD thesis focuses on media production and media consumption, and on the future of media in relation to environmental sustainability.

¶ Yevgeniya Arushanyan is a PhD student at the division of Environmental strategies research – fms and the Centre for Sustainable Communications (CESC). Her PhD thesis focuses on the life cycle environmental impacts of ICT and environmental impacts of future information society.

¶ Literature:

Picha Edwardsson, M., 2014. Environmental aspects of media scenarios for the future ICT society – A qualitative study. Proceedings published at the ICT4S conference in Stockholm in August 2014.

Finnveden, G. & Potting, J. (2014). Life Cycle Assessment (3ed.). In: Wexler, P (Ed.), Encyclopedia ofToxicology, vol 3: (pp. 74-77). Elsevier.

The impact of media industry and how do we know that? Guest Lecturers: Malin Picha Edwardsson and Yevgeniya Arushanyan Talk: This lecture consists of two parts. The first part takes up the transformation of the media industry and the environmental impact of media production and consumption. Questions elaborated on are: what is the environmental impact of producing content for different media channels? And what is the environmental impact connected to media consumption? What is big and what is small in relation to media and sustainability?

In the second part of the lecture, the method of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is presented. Questions elaborated on are: What is LCA and how can it be done? What are the benefits and drawbacks? How can the method be used in different settings?

About: Malin Picha Edwardsson is a PhD student at the Centre for Sustainable Communications at KTH. She has a background in the media industry, both as a project manager within the Swedish Media Publishers’ Association, and as an editor at various Swedish newspapers and a weekly magazine. Her PhD thesis focuses on media production and media consumption, and on the future of media in relation to environmental sustainability.

Yevgeniya Arushanyan is a PhD student at the division of Environmental strategies research – fms and the Centre for Sustainable Communications (CESC). Her PhD thesis focuses on the life cycle environmental impacts of ICT and environmental impacts of future information society.

Literature:

Picha Edwardsson, M., 2014. Environmental aspects of media scenarios for the future ICT society – A qualitative study. Proceedings published at the ICT4S conference in Stockholm in August 2014.

Finnveden, G. & Potting, J. (2014). Life Cycle Assessment (3ed.). In: Wexler, P (Ed.), Encyclopedia ofToxicology, vol 3: (pp. 74-77). Elsevier.

The impact of media industry and how do we know that? Guest Lecturers: Malin Picha Edwardsson and Yevgeniya Arushanyan TalkContent: This lecture consists of two parts. The first part takes up the transformation of the media industry and the environmental impact of media production and consumption. Questions elaborated on are: what is the environmental impact of producing content for different media channels? And what is the environmental impact connected to media consumption? What is big and what is small in relation to media and sustainability?

In the second part of the lecture, the method of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is presented. Questions elaborated on are: What is LCA and how can it be done? What are the benefits and drawbacks? How can the method be used in different settings?

About: Malin Picha Edwardsson is a PhD student at the Centre for Sustainable Communications at KTH. She has a background in the media industry, both as a project manager within the Swedish Media Publishers’ Association, and as an editor at various Swedish newspapers and a weekly magazine. Her PhD thesis focuses on media production and media consumption, and on the future of media in relation to environmental sustainability.

Yevgeniya Arushanyan is a PhD student at the division of Environmental strategies research – fms and the Centre for Sustainable Communications (CESC). Her PhD thesis focuses on the life cycle environmental impacts of ICT and environmental impacts of future information society.

Literature:

Picha Edwardsson, M., 2014. Environmental aspects of media scenarios for the future ICT society – A qualitative study. Proceedings published at the ICT4S conference in Stockholm in August 2014.

Finnveden, G. & Potting, J. (2014). Life Cycle Assessment (3ed.). In: Wexler, P (Ed.), Encyclopedia ofToxicology, vol 3: (pp. 74-77). Elsevier.

FöreläsningLecture 8

People, design and practices in the smart grid Guest lecturer: Cecilia Katzeff Content: The future electrical grid is referred to as the “smart” grid because of its integration of ICT. One of its major roles in sustainable development is to facilitate for the inclusion of renewable energy sources in the electrical net. The smart grid field is very wide and includes new technology in the transmission grid as well as new products and services based on ICT. Smart metering and feedback to consumers about electricity consumption are examples of this type of services. Micro-production of electricity is also associated with the smart grid as well as the internet of things. The lecture will focus on people and practices in the smart grid and the role of design in the formation of sustainable social practices. ¶

About: Katzeff’s work experience covers research as well as practical work within the design of IT from the perspective of users. For a decade Katzeff’s research has focused on the role of design of digital artefacts and services related to the transformation to a sustainable society and use of energy in various contexts, e.g. households, the workplace and public spaces. Katzeff currently manages projects involving field studies of sustainable practices and the smart grid.¶

Literature:¶

Broms, L., Katzeff, C., Bång, M., Nyblom, Å., Ilstedt-Hjelm, S. and Ernberger, K.: “Coffee maker patterns and the design of energy feedback artefacts”. Full paper presented at DIS ’10 The 8th Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS), Århus, Denmark August 2010, ACM. Published in Proceedings of DIS 2010, ACM ISBN 978-1-4503-0103-9, 93-102.¶

Strengers, Y.: ”Smart Energy in Everyday Life: Are you designing for resource man?”. ACM Interactions, July-August 2014¶

Torsdag 4 september 2014 kl 0815:00 - 107:00

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Torsdag 4 september 2014 kl 1508:00 - 170:00

Sustainability and Sustainable Development - Defining the concept Guest Lecturer: Josefin Wangel Content: The lecture will be an introduction to the concept of sustainability and sustainable development. In particular the lecture will cover different definitions and perspectives on sustainability and sustainable development and how these contrast each other. Furthermore, the lecture will touch upon values connected to these definitions and how different actors are or can be involved in sustainable development.¶

About: Josefin Wangel is a researcher, educator and project leader at the Division of Environmental Strategies Research (fms), the Centre for Sustainable Communications (CESC), and Green Leap, a network for design and sustainability. She sits in the steering group for the KTH Smart Sustainable Cities initiative. Josefin has a strong belief in issue-driven transdisciplinary research. Currently she is working in several research project, some of them being ICT for sustainable cities, Policy analysis of energy system transition, Certification systems for sustainable cities and Urban design for energy efficient everyday life.¶

Assignment: A brief and voluntary (but highly recommended) assignment before the lecture, scroll through the following sustainability models: http://computingforsustainability.com/2009/03/15/visualising-sustainability/ and choose a couple that you particularly like. Make sure to write down or memorise the number of the chosen models. During the lecture, we will use these as points of departure for discussing the concept of sustainable development.¶

Literature:¶

Mebratu, D.: Sustainability and sustainable development: historical and conceptual review. Environmental impact assessment review. 18, 6, 493-520 (1998)¶

Connelly, S.: Mapping sustainable development as a contested concept. Local Environment. 12, 3, 259-278 (2007)¶

FöreläsningLecture 2

Sustainability and Sustainable Development - Defining the concept Guest Lecturer: Josefin Wangel Content: The lecture will be an introduction to the concept of sustainability and sustainable development. In particular the lecture will cover different definitions and perspectives on sustainability and sustainable development and how these contrast each other. Furthermore, the lecture will touch upon values connected to these definitions and how different actors are or can be involved in sustainable development.

About: Josefin Wangel is a researcher, educator and project leader at the Division of Environmental Strategies Research (fms), the Centre for Sustainable Communications (CESC), and Green Leap, a network for design and sustainability. She sits in the steering group for the KTH Smart Sustainable Cities initiative. Josefin has a strong belief in issue-driven transdisciplinary research. Currently she is working in several research project, some of them being ICT for sustainable cities, Policy analysis of energy system transition, Certification systems for sustainable cities and Urban design for energy efficient everyday life.

Assignment: A brief and voluntary (but highly recommended) assignment before the lecture, scroll through the following sustainability models: http://computingforsustainability.com/2009/03/15/visualising-sustainability/ and choose a couple that you particularly like. Make sure to write down or memorise the number of the chosen models. During the lecture, we will use these as points of departure for discussing the concept of sustainable development.

Literature:

Mebratu, D.: Sustainability and sustainable development: historical and conceptual review. Environmental impact assessment review. 18, 6, 493-520 (1998)

Connelly, S.: Mapping sustainable development as a contested concept. Local Environment. 12, 3, 259-278 (2007)

Sustainability and Sustainable Development - Defining the concepts Guest Lecturer: Josefin Wangel Content: The lecture will be an introduction to the concept of sustainability and sustainable development. In particular the lecture will cover different definitions and perspectives on sustainability and sustainable development and how these contrast each other. Furthermore, the lecture will touch upon values connected to these definitions and how different actors are or can be involved in sustainable development.

About: Josefin Wangel is a researcher, educator and project leader at the Division of Environmental Strategies Research (fms), the Centre for Sustainable Communications (CESC), and Green Leap, a network for design and sustainability. She sits in the steering group for the KTH Smart Sustainable Cities initiative. Josefin has a strong belief in issue-driven transdisciplinary research. Currently she is working in several research project, some of them being ICT for sustainable cities, Policy analysis of energy system transition, Certification systems for sustainable cities and Urban design for energy efficient everyday life.

Assignment: A brief and voluntary (but highly recommended) assignment before the lecture, scroll through the following sustainability models: http://computingforsustainability.com/2009/03/15/visualising-sustainability/ and choose a couple that you particularly like. Make sure to write down or memorise the number of the chosen models. During the lecture, we will use these as points of departure for discussing the concept of sustainable development.

Literature:

Mebratu, D.: Sustainability and sustainable development: historical and conceptual review. Environmental impact assessment review. 18, 6, 493-520 (1998)

Connelly, S.: Mapping sustainable development as a contested concept. Local Environment. 12, 3, 259-278 (2007)

Sustainability and Sustainable Development - Defining the concepts Guest Lecturer: Josefin Wangel Content: The lecture will be an introduction to the concept of sustainability and sustainable development. In particular the lecture will cover different definitions and perspectives on sustainability and sustainable development and how these contrast each other. Furthermore, the lecture will touch upon values connected to these definitions and how different actors are or can be involved in sustainable development.

About: Josefin Wangel is a researcher, educator and project leader at the Division of Environmental Strategies Research (fms), the Centre for Sustainable Communications (CESC), and Green Leap, a network for design and sustainability. She sits in the steering group for the KTH Smart Sustainable Cities initiative. Josefin has a strong belief in issue-driven transdisciplinary research. Currently she is working in several research project, some of them being ICT for sustainable cities, Policy analysis of energy system transition, Certification systems for sustainable cities and Urban design for energy efficient everyday life.

Assignment: A brief and voluntary (but highly recommended) assignment before the lecture, scroll through the following sustainability models:  http://computingforsustainability.com/2009/03/15/visualising-sustainability/ and choose a couple that you particularly like. Make sure to write down or memorise the number of the chosen models. During the lecture, we will use these as points of departure for discussing the concept of sustainable development.

Literature:

Mebratu, D.: Sustainability and sustainable development: historical and conceptual review. Environmental impact assessment review. 18, 6, 493-520 (1998)

Connelly, S.: Mapping sustainable development as a contested concept. Local Environment. 12, 3, 259-278 (2007)

Q34E32, E35

WorkshopGaSuCo Gaming session 3

Q311, Q13

WorkshopGaSuCo Gaming session 2

Sam's Seminarium

Seminar with Samuel Mann on the Sustainable Practitioner¶

D3Q31

FöreläsningGaSuCo Gaming session

GaSuCo Gaming session 1

Onsdag 3 september 2014 kl 1509:00 - 172:00

Q33V22

OnsFredag 35 september 2014 kl 109:00 - 12:00

V2D2

WorkshopLecture 3

Climate change and planetary boundaries Lecturer: Elina Eriksson Content: This lecture concerns climate change and planetary boundaries. We will go through the natural science background to climate change; the carbon cycle, green house gas emissions and the effect on life on earth if the global mean temperature increases. Furthermore we will also touch upon other important planetary boundaries such as biodiversity, freshwater use and biogeochemical flow boundaries.¶

About: Elina Eriksson is working as a researcher at Green Leap and at the Center for Sustainable Communications (CESC) at KTH. Her research interest has been in change issues, and user-centred design. However, on a personal level, the survival of the human race and her children in particular has pushed her into climate-sustainability-zombie anxiety, something she tries to harness in research.¶

Literature:¶

Rockström, J., Steffen, W., Noone, K., Persson, Å., Chapin, F.S., Lambin, E.F., Lenton, T.M., Scheffer, M., Folke, C., and Schellnhuber, H.J.: A safe operating space for humanity. Nature. 461, 7263, 472-475 (2009)¶

Steffen, W., Crutzen, P.J., and McNeill, J.R.: The Anthropocene: are humans now overwhelming the great forces of nature. Ambio. 36, 8, 614-621 (2007)¶

Climate change and planetary boundaries Lecturer: Elina Eriksson Content: This lecture concerns climate change and planetary boundaries. We will go through the natural science background to climate change; the carbon cycle, green house gas emissions and the effect on life on earth if the global mean temperature increases. Furthermore we will also touch upon other important planetary boundaries such as biodiversity, freshwater use and biogeochemical flow boundaries.

About: Elina Eriksson is working as a researcher at Green Leap and at the Center for Sustainable Communications (CESC) at KTH. Her research interest has been in change issues, and user-centred design. However, on a personal level, the survival of the human race and her children in particular has pushed her into climate-sustainability-zombie anxiety, something she tries to harness in research.

Literature:

Rockström, J., Steffen, W., NoRichardsone, K., PerssonRockström, ÅJ., Chapin, F.S., Lambin, E.Fornell, S.E., Fetzer, I., LBentonnett, TE.M., Scheffer, M., FolkeBiggs, R., Carpenter, S.R., de Vries, CW., and Schellnhuber, H.J.: A safe operating space for humanity. Nature. 461, 7263, 472-475 (2009)de Wit, C.A. Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet. Science, 347, 6223 (2015), 1259855.

Steffen, W., Crutzen, P.J., and McNeill, J.R.: The Anthropocene: are humans now overwhelming the great forces of nature. Ambio. 36, 8, 614-621 (2007)