Transatlantic Forum 2016
October 24-25, 2016
The University of Chicago
Big Challenges – Human Solutions
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Dear Participants,
Welcome to the 15th Transatlantic Forum. The theme “Big Challenges – Human
Solutions” will focus on issues that have an impact on our societies on both sides of the
Atlantic and beyond; issues that call for international cooperation and unusual
collaborations across disciplines. I believe that both the humanities and the social
sciences must play a central role if we are going to overcome some of the great
challenges of our time. Take climate change as an example: The natural sciences must
help us find ways to counter the changes in global temperatures; the humanities and
social sciences must help us as societies to find ways of adapting to the changes taking
place.
The Transatlantic Forum is a major event that over time has shaped the collaboration
between North-America and Norway. The conference has been held in different U.S.
and Canadian cities, and in collaboration with various high-ranking universities. This
year, is no exception. The University of Chicago has through its academic excellence and generosity been an
invaluable partner in developing the program and creating new stepping stones for transatlantic collaborations.
The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research thanks the many chairs and speakers of the Transatlantic
Forum 2016 who have enabled such a diverse and interesting program.
Torbjørn Røe Isaksen
Minister, Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research
Dear Colleagues,
Welcome to the University of Chicago!
I am grateful to the Government of Norway, the Research Council of Norway, the
Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce, and all our academic colleagues from
Norway, Canada, and across the United States, for choosing the University of Chicago
as a partner for the 2016 Transatlantic Forum.
For more than 125 years, University of Chicago faculty and students have engaged with
scholars from around the world. With hundreds of programs, initiatives, and partnerships
in over 40 nations and on every continent, the University is committed to global inquiry
and impact.
I wish you all the best for a productive conference that strengthens our ties, builds new
connections, and catalyzes new projects.
Daniel Diermeier
Provost and Emmett Dedmon Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy and the College
The University of Chicago
Dear Participants,
I am pleased to welcome you all to the 15th annual Transatlantic Forum, with the
University of Chicago as a gracious host. I extend my heartfelt thanks for the hospitality,
and also for the commitment of our friends here for securing an interesting program and
a successful outcome. It is indeed highly valued. Also in Norway, several institutions
have worked hard to make sure that the Forum maintains its high standards.
The Forum is an arena where policymakers and providers of knowledge from both sides
of the Atlantic can meet and discuss new ways of working together. Mutually beneficial
cooperation, in science as well as other areas, is key to strengthening the relationships
between our countries. I feel confident that the Transatlantic Forum contributes to new
partnerships and good working-relationships between scholars, policymakers, students
and government representatives. This year humanities and social sciences are at center
of the agenda. The title – Big Challenges, Human Solutions – is an ambitious one. It is
up to all of us to make sure that the outcome will live up to our shared expectations.
Welcome to Transatlantic Forum 2016.
Kåre R. Aas
Ambassador to the United States of America
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The purpose of Norway’s Transatlantic Forum (TF, formerly TSW) in North America is to
promote enhanced cooperation between American, Canadian, and Norwegian research,
education and innovation.
It is a forum where policymakers and knowledge producers meet to forge and develop long-term
partnerships, and to discover cross-disciplinary and groundbreaking new ideas. The forum was established
in 2002 by Norway’s embassies in Washington and Ottawa to promote science, technology and Innovation
cooperation. It has since then developed into an important annual transatlantic conference.
In 2016, humanities and social sciences - and societal challenges - are at the core of the program. The
sciences, innovation and business are included in this cross-disciplinary program. The 2016 Forum mission
statement aligns with the vision of the University of Chicago’s Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society,
and is expressed as: “Fostering interdisciplinary research and education through global collaboration Fostering unusual collaborations to create jobs and quality of life for the future” – and thus:
“Finding human solutions to societal challenges”
We greatly appreciate the welcoming involvement from the University of Chicago and in particular the
Humanities Division, the Social Sciences Division and the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society. The
engagement of the Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) is essential to deepen and expand
transatlantic innovation, business and new jobs.
The 2016 Forum in Chicago aims to deepen Norway’s extensive collaborations with universities, research
institutions and businesses in the US Midwest and Canada’s Toronto area. A number of partners are
involved in making the TF2016 a success.
Funding opportunities for collaboration will be addressed. The output workshops will give examples of
successful partnerships, and address new opportunities for collaborative activities and funding.
A forum for transatlantic and multilateral cooperation
In 2001 the Norwegian Government decided to strengthen the bonds across the Atlantic through a new
strategy for Norway’s relations with the United States and Canada. The Royal Norwegian Embassies in
Washington, D.C. and Ottawa were charged with establishing Research and Technology Forums. The longterm Strategy for Scientific and Technological Cooperation with North-America released in 2005 was an
important milestone. A bilateral agreement for cooperation in science and technology between Norway and
the United States was signed in 2005. The Forum evolved into an annual trilateral event. We want to create
a transatlantic arena to showcase and promote Norwegian research and innovation as well as collaborative
activities. We encourage dialogue between policy makers, innovators, educators, researchers and other
participants.
A collaboratory – a meeting place with spin-off effects
When researchers, innovators, students, business people and government policy makers meet, the Forum
becomes a laboratory where collaboration is created – a collaboratory. Activities happen back to back and in
parallel. Partners and participants create spin-off ideas. Everyone who promotes transatlantic cooperation in
science, innovation and higher education is welcome. The Forum events have annually brought together
more than 200 participants from both sides of the Atlantic, from ministers and high profiled scientists to
young students. Welcome to an exciting forum – TF2016!
Index
Program Overview
Maps, Addresses, Contacts
Program October 23 and 24
Program October 25
Post Conference Event Oct. 26
List of Speakers
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Program overview
Sunday
October 23
Monday October 24
Tuesday October 25
Date
University of Chicago, Hyde Park
Campus, Ida Noyes Hall
All sessions on 1st floor
Lunch on 3rd floor
Registration and Welcome Coffee
Opening plenary: BIG CHALLENGES HUMAN SOLUTIONS
Welcome and keynotes: Humanities
and Social Sciences are Essential
room CC*
University of Chicago, Hyde Park
Campus, Ida Noyes Hall
All sessions on 1st floor
Lunch and receptions on 3rd floor
Time
08:00
08:30
09:00
09:30
10:00
Registration and Welcome Coffee
Plenary Day 2: RESPONDING TO
CHALLENGES Economics and Human
Development: Frontiers in the use of
micro data for social science
room CC
10 minute break
Parallel 1: Climate and
energy transformation: Parallel 2: Unusual
the pivotal role of social Cross Discipline
sciences and the
Collaborations CC
humanities
LL
Networking Lunch
Parallel 3: Global
Challenges – Nordic
Solutions?
CC
3rd floor
Parallel 4:
Sensational Design:
Space, Media and the
Senses
LL
Networking break
10:30
11:00
11:30
12:00
12:30
13:00
13:30
14:00
14:30
Parallel 7: International
law, courts and
democracy in a time of
extremism
CC
Parallel 8:
Smart Cities – Smart
Technologies – Ethics
Smart Societies
LL
Networking Lunch
Parallel 9: The Role of
Education in Migration
and Crisis Management
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CC
3rd floor
Parallel 10: Best
Practices for Dealing
with State Fragility LL
15:00
Networking break
15:30
16:00
16:30
Parallel 11: Outcomes
Workshop
Partnerships for
Student Exchange LL
Networking and refreshments
17:00
CLOSING Remarks
Busses to Downtown
17:30
CLOSING NETWORKING RECEPTION
3rd floor Ida Noyes Hall, University of
Chicago, Hyde Park Campus 3rd floor
Parallel 5: Commercial
Innovation - Building
Collaborative
Partnerships
CC
Parallel 6:
Multilingualism in
the Globalized
Reality
LL
18:00
Get-together
The Omni
NETWORKING DINNER RECEPTION,
Hotel,
Downtown Mid-America Club,
Downtown Chicago
Chicago
18:30
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
Parallel 12: Outcomes
Workshop
Strategic Funding
Mechanisms
CC
Busses to Omni Hotel
*Room names for each session are marked in this overview and in the program pages:
On first floor: Library Lounge =LL and Cloister Club = CC
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room CC
Maps, addresses, contacts
Sunday night get-together at the conference hotel:
Omni Chicago Hotel: 676 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
https://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/chicago/meetings/transatlantic-forum-2016
Conference venue: University of Chicago, Hyde Park Campus, Ida Noyes Hall
https://maps.uchicago.edu/
Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Monday night dinner reception - downtown Chicago
The Mid-America Club: 200 East Randolph Drive, 80th Floor, Chicago, IL 60601
Kindly hosted by NACC Chicago and Nixon Peabody LLP
http://www.clubcorp.com/Clubs/Mid-America-Club
Contacts:
Bjarte Håvik, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Washington DC, [email protected]
Berit Johne, Research Council of Norway (RCN), Oslo, [email protected]
Laila Linde Lossius, Norwegian Centre for Int'l Cooperation in Education (SIU), Bergen, [email protected]
Susan Meyer, Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce (NACC), Chicago, [email protected]
Urd Milbury, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Washington DC, [email protected]
Audun Rogne, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Ottawa, [email protected]
Eirik Jerven Berger, NACC, Chicago [email protected]
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Program:
SUNDAY October 23
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18:00-20:00 Pre-conference Get-Together at the Omni Hotel, Downtown Chicago
A get-together opportunity to welcome participants before the conference
Light refreshments provided
MONDAY October 24
University of Chicago, Hyde Park Campus, Ida Noyes Hall
7:15 Bus transportation from the Omni Hotel to the University Campus
8:00 Registration. Coffee, Fruit and Pastries
8:30 Opening Plenary Day 1 Transatlantic Forum 2016:
BIG CHALLENGES - HUMAN SOLUTIONS
Room: Cloister Club (CC)
Chair: Ambassador Kåre Aas
Opening and welcome:
 Daniel Diermeier, Provost and Emmett Dedmon Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy
and the College, University of Chicago
 Kåre Aas, Norway's Ambassador to the United States
Keynote: Torbjørn Røe Isaksen, Minister of Education and Research, Norway
Moderated dialogues:
Humanities and Social Sciences are Essential for Finding Solutions
Moderator: John Boyer, Professor, Dean of the College, Martin A. Ryerson Distinguished Service
Professor of History and the College, University of Chicago
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Ted Hewitt, President, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Canada
Arvid Hallén, Director General, Research Council of Norway
Anne Walters Robertson, Interim Dean, Division of the Humanities, and Claire Dux Swift
Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Music, University of Chicago
David Nirenberg, Dean, Division of the Social Sciences and the Deborah R. and Edgar D.
Jannotta Professor of Medieval History and Social Thought, University of Chicago
Edvard Hviding, Professor, Social Anthropology, University of Bergen
Ellen Rees, Professor, Vice Dean for Research, Humanities, University of Oslo
Remarks by: Ole Petter Ottersen, Rector, University of Oslo
We thank our colleagues at University of Chicago for welcoming the Forum. The Wigeland Endowment in the
Humanities between University of Chicago and University of Oslo was an important point of departure for the
conference. There are close ties between Norway and institutions in the US and Canadian Mid-West.
Participants are reminded of the Forum objectives: tangible transatlantic collaborative results beyond the
conference. In the Output Workshops on day 2 we hope to see active discussions with transatlantic outcomes.
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10:15 – 10:30 COFFEE BREAK
10:30 Parallel Session 1: Climate and Energy Transformation: the Pivotal Role of Social Sciences
and the Humanities
Room: Library Lounge (LL)
As the scientific knowledge and real-life experiences of climate change become more accurate and unquestionable,
we face a shift in the current climate research topics towards society's restructuring processes. It is becoming
increasingly urgent to understand political, economic, cultural and social conditions of climate and energy
transformation. Research on climate and energy transformation requires a multidisciplinary approach, and with their
expertise in social organization and change, social sciences and the humanities are adequately equipped to lead the
way.
In this session we explore new knowledge dialogues and multidisciplinary collaborations required to meet the
transitional challenges posed by climate change across scale. How can social sciences and the humanities contribute
to sustainable practices on a local level, and how can we understand and analyze the relationship between national
and global policy-making and implementation?
Chairs: Knut Helland, Dean, Social Sciences, University of Bergen and Michael Greenstone, Milton
Friedman Professor of Economics and the College, Director, Energy Policy Institute at Chicago, Director,
Energy & Environment Lab, University of Chicago
Speakers:
 Keynote by Richard L. Sandor, Professor, Aaron Director Lecturer in Law and Economics,
University of Chicago: "Financial Innovation: The Convergence of the Environment and Finance"
 Keynote by Mark Nuttall, Professor and Henry Marshall Tory Chair of Anthropology, University of
Alberta: "Climate Change, Extractive Industries and Sustainable Livelihoods: multidisciplinary
dialogue and community-based monitoring"
 Kjersti Fløttum, Professor Dept. of foreign languages, University of Bergen: "From thinking about
climate change to willingness of action"
 Michael Greenstone, Milton Friedman Professor of Economics and the College , Director, Energy
Policy Institute at Chicago, Director, Energy & Environment Lab, University of Chicago: "The
Urgent Need for a Reliable Estimate of the Social Cost of Carbon"
 Berit Kristoffersen, Associate Professor and Anniken Førde, Associate Professor, UiT the
Arctic University of Tromsø: "Post-petroleum trajectories and dialogues"
 Tarje Wanvik University of Bergen: "REALITE: On the value of living lab experiments and coproduction of knowledge in climate and energy transformation research"
10:30 Parallel Session 2: Unusual Cross Discipline Collaborations
Room: Cloister Club (CC)
This session will examine the importance of humanistic research in cross-disciplinary approaches to major challenges
of our day -- in particular, climate change and human migration. Panelists will present research projects under way
and discuss both the value of humanistic research and also the special challenges that arise when the inquiry is multidisciplinary, multi-institutional, and multi-national. The session will be introduced by comments and reflections on the
possibilities of unusual cross discipline collaborations as seen from an organizational and strategic perspective including the connections between research and teaching.
Chairs: Arne Bugge Amundsen, Dean, Faculty of Humanities, and Professor of Cultural History,
University of Oslo, and Jonathan Lear, Roman Family Director, Neubauer Collegium for Culture and
Society; John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor at the Committee on Social Thought and in the
Department of Philosophy, University of Chicago
Speakers:
 Julie Y. Chu, Associate Professor, Anthropology, University of Chicago
 Mette Halskov Hansen, Professor of China Studies, University of Oslo and Centre for Advanced
Study, Norway
 Christine M Jacobsen, Professor, Social Anthropology; Director, Centre for Women’s and
Gender Research, University of Bergen
 Benjamin Morgan, Assistant Professor, English; Neubauer Collegium Fellow, Neubauer
Collegium for Culture and Society, University of Chicago
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12:30 – 13:30 LUNCH
13:30 Parallel Session 3: Global Challenges – Nordic Solutions?
Room; Cloister Club (CC)
The Nordic countries have often been praised for their ability to combine efficiency and equality. In view of recent
multiple crises – economically, politically, socially, and demographically – the session aims at: 1) Reviewing how the
Nordic and other societies have coped with these challenges, and 2) discuss whether it any longer makes sense to
speak of distinct social and institutional models, like ”the Nordic” 3) To what extent is it possible to transfer
experiences and ideas from such models into other contexts and how does research cooperation across boundaries
contribute? 4) What can be learnt from comparative studies of social models like the Nordic?
Chairs: Haldor Byrkjeflot, Professor, Sociology and human geography, Academic director of UiO Nordic,
University of Oslo, and Elisabeth Clemens, William Rainey Harper Professor of Sociology and the
College, University of Chicago
Speakers:
 Haldor Byrkjeflot, Professor, University of Oslo: "Global challenges – Nordic (and other)
experiences; introducing some topics for discussion"
 Jane Jenson, Senior Fellow , Dept. of Political Science, University of Montreal: " Successful
societies – between resilience and innovation"
 Gary Herrigel, Paul Klapper Professor of Political Science and the College, the University of
Chicago: " Models and their limits: Comparing changing social arrangements"
 Elisabeth Clemens, William Rainey Harper Professor of Sociology and the College, University of
Chicago: "Social models: historical and comparative perspectives"
 Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist, Professor GRI Gothenburg and SCANCOR, Harvard University:
"Research cooperation across boundaries: a view from a Nordic research center at Harvard and
Stanford"
13:30 Parallel Session 4: Sensational Design: Space, Media and the Senses
Room LL
This session aims to interrogate how the human sensorium is shaped by both spatial and technological mediations.
Thinking historically, practically, and conceptually, we mean to ask how design – from the design of artistic
experiments to the design of the urban environment – can change human experience at the individual and collective
levels.
Chairs: Bill Brown, Karla Scherer Distinguished Service Professor in American Culture, Departments of
English Language and Literature and Visual Arts, and Deputy Provost for the Arts, University of Chicago,
and Øyvind Brandtsegg, Professor, Department of Music, Norwegian University of Science and
Technology
Speakers:
 Tormod W. Anundsen, Associate Coordinator, Master Arts, University of Agder, and Jennie
Gubner, Visiting Lecturer of Ethnomusicology, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology,
Indiana University, Bloomington: "Sensory Ethnography"
 Niall Atkinson, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, University of
Chicago: "Mobile Topographies"
 Ina Blom, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas,
University of Oslo, Wigeland Visiting Professor, Department of Art History, University of Chicago:
"Beyond Human Expression: Early Video Art and Technical Agency"
 Øyvind Brandtsegg, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Nicolas
Collins, Professor, Sound, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Trond Engum, Associate
Professor, Department of Music, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Sigurd
Saue, Associate Professor, Department of Music, Norwegian University of Science and
Technology: "Crossadaptive processing as musical intervention"
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15:00 – 15:30 NETWORKING BREAK
15:30 Parallel Session 5: Commercial Innovation - Building Collaborative Organizations and
Partnerships
Room: Cloister Club (CC)
Learn about new models for commercializing good ideas. Innovation sparks in creative spaces – what makes one
model more successful than another? Increasingly, innovation is occurring where industry meets academic research.
In a digital age where we have access to more knowledge than ever, breakthrough innovations can happen when
organizations facilitate efficient internal knowledge flows and porously connect to diverse industry and academic
ecosystems. Public and private partnerships are another source of creative funding and innovation. What can
government entities bring to the table? Join us for a spirited discussion of internal and external models for
commercializing innovation. Hear about the frameworks that are realized and what is only possible. Discuss what is
succeeding in driving innovation on both sides of the Atlantic. What can we gain from transatlantic partnerships?
Chairs; John Flavin, Associate Vice President of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Chicago,
and Arvid Hallén, Director General, Research Council of Norway
Speakers:
 John Flavin, Associate Vice President of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Chicago
 Arvid Hallén, Director General, Research Council of Norway
 Svein Berg, Regional Director Americas, Innovation Norway
 Susan Meyer, President, Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce - Chicago Chapter, and
Counsel at Nixon Peabody, LLP
 Tiago Campos Rodrigues, AbbVie, Chicago
 Ole Kristian Hjelstuen, Professor, CEO of Inven2, Oslo
 Kathrine Myhre, Oslo Medtech, Norway
 Leif Ove Larsen, University of Bergen and Media City Bergen
 Palmyre Pierroux, Professor, Dept. of Education, University of Oslo
Discussion moderator: Susan Meyer, President, Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce - Chicago
Chapter, and Counsel at Nixon Peabody, LLP
15:30 Parallel Session 6: Multilingualism in the Globalized Reality
Room: Library Lounge (LL)
As a result of globalization, an increasing number of people move to different areas and countries. This means that
they will acquire new languages at different ages, which is often a considerable challenge. Furthermore, this may
have consequences for the languages they already know (attrition) due to reduced input and use. This session will
present research from Norway and the US related to multilingualism, language acquisition and language attrition. The
focus will be on two different topics: i) the language of children and adults living in a community where the majority
language is different from their native language, so-called heritage speakers, and ii) consequences of multilingualism
for cognition, language and the brain. Research on multilingual individuals contributes important knowledge about
language development. This knowledge will feed into important societal challenges related to migration, language
maintenance, language education/pedagogy, and even health, e.g. evidence feeding into (mis)diagnosis and
intervention for language disorders.
Chairs: Terje Lohndal, Deputy Head of Research, Department of Language and Literature, Humanities,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Marit Westergaard, Professor, Language
and Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, UiT – The Arctic University of
Norway
Presentations:
 Viorica Marian, Professor, Northwestern University: "Consequences of Multilingualism for
Cognition, Language, and the Brain"
 Jason Rothman, Professor, (University of Reading & UiT), Marit Westergaard (UiT & NTNU) &
Terje Lohndal (NTNU & UiT): "Adult and child heritage speakers in Norway and the USA"
Panel discussion with open Q&A:
 Jennifer Cabrelli Amaro, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago (UiC), Terje
Lohndal, Viorica Marian, Northwestern University, Jason Rothman and Marit Westergaard
 Anastasia Giannakidou, Professor, Department of Linguistics, and Humanities Collegiate
Division, University of Chicago
Moderator: Curt Rice, Rector, HIOA-Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences
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17:00 – 17:30 NETWORKING BREAK
17:45 Bus transportation to Dinner Reception
19:00 – 21:00 TF2016 DINNER RECEPTION
Registration required
For Forum Participants and Invited Guests from Business Networks, Academic Alumni and more
Mid-America Club, Downtown Chicago
cosponsors: NACC, Nixon Peabody and Ministries
TUESDAY October 25
University of Chicago, Hyde Park Campus, Ida Noyes Hall
7:15 Bus transportation from the Omni Hotel to the University Campus
8:00 Registration. Coffee, Fruit and Pastries
8:30 Opening Plenary day 2 Transatlantic Forum 2016:
Responding to Challenges: Economics and Human Development
Room: Cloister Club (CC)
Opening and welcome:
 Eric Isaacs, Executive Vice President for Research, Innovation and National Laboratories, and
the Robert A. Millikan Distinguished Service Professor in Physics, University of Chicago
 Sunniva Whittaker, Pro-Rector, NHH-Norwegian School of Economics
 Helge Klungland, Pro-Rector, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Session topic: “Frontiers in the use of micro data for social science”
Chairs/moderators: Kjell G. Salvanes, Professor, NHH-Norwegian School of Economics and Magne
Mogstad, Professor of Economics and the College, University of Chicago
Keynote: James Heckman, Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of
Chicago: "Microdata for Denmark and USA looking at education and labour in a Nordic Welfare
state"
Speakers/Panelists:
 Ariel Kalil, Professor, University of Chicago, Harris School: "Early education aspects"
 Kjell G. Salvanes, Professor, NHH: "Frontiers in the use of micro data in education research"
 Magne Mogstad, Professor of Economics and the College, University of Chicago: "Opportunities
and Challenges of Using Administrative Data in Empirical Research"
10:30 Parallel Session 7: International Law, Courts and Democracy in a Time of Extremism
CC
Round table discussion about how threats from extremism challenge international law, democracy and courts.
Chairs: Geir Ulfstein, Professor, Dept. of Public and International Law, University of Oslo and
Siri Gloppen, Professor, Director, Centre on Law & Social Transformation; University of Bergen
Speakers and roundtable discussions:
 Karen Alter, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Northwestern University
 Tom Ginsburg, Leo Spitz Professor of International Law, Ludwig and Hilde Wolf Research
Scholar, and Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
 Robert Pape, Professor of Political Science and the College, Director of the Chicago Project on
Security and Terrorism, University of Chicago
 Elisabeth Ivarsflaten, Professor, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen
 Siri Gloppen, Professor, University of Bergen
 Geir Ulfstein, Professor, University of Oslo
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10:30 Parallel Session 8: Smart Cities – Smart Technologies – Ethics
Room LL
This workshop aims at in depth discussions on partnerships as a key factor for smart cities and identifies new
collaborative arenas and potential projects. Local partnerships in Stavanger and Chicago describe their smart city
activities from the city, industry and knowledge perspective, and highlight the role of these local partnerships for
successful long term collaboration in smart city projects and programs. The session contrasts the Norwegian and
United States approach to Smart Cites, but also frames it in the wider perspective of European and United States
policies and partnerships, such as the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities which
focuses on energy efficiency and clean mobility in the built environment, and the announcement of the Obama
Administration on a New “Smart Cities” Initiative to Help Communities Tackle Local Challenges and Improve City
Services.
Chairs: Charlie Catlett, Director, Urban Center for Computation and Data, Senior Computer Scientist at
Argonne National Laboratory, Senior Fellow, Computation Institute, University of Chicago, and
Judith Borsboom van Beurden, Head of Dept. of Urban Design and Planning, Norwegian University of
Science and Technology (NTNU) and leader of the initiative From Planning to Implementation in the
European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities
Speakers:
 Brenna Berman, Commissioner and Chief Information Officer, City of Chicago, Department of
Information and Technology
 Gerd Seehuus, Architect, Local Coordinator Lighthouse City Stavanger, Stavanger
 Dagfinn Wåge, Head of Innovation Department, LYSE AS, Stavanger
 Eirik Gundegjerde, Director, Business Development, LYSE AS, Stavanger
 Stephanie Ormston, AT&T, Smart Cities and IoT Solutions, Chicago: "AT&T Smart Cities"
 Charlie Catlett, Director, University of Chicago and Argonne National Lab. (see above)
 Chunming Rong, Professor, Head of CIPSI Institute, University of Stavanger
 Judith Borsboom- van Beurden, Head of Dept. of Urban Design and Planning, NTNU
Panel:
 Kathleen Cagney, Professor of Sociology and the College, Director, Population Research Center,
NORC & University of Chicago and Tomas Moe Skjølsvold, Associate Professor, Department of
Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, Faculty of Humanities, NTNU
Moderator: David Collins, PhD Fellow, Dept. of Architectural Design and Management, NTNU
Dialogue: "A Broader Look at Smart Societies and Smart Futures"
 Peter K. B. St. Jean, Professor, North Park University, Chicago
 Knut H. Sørensen, Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Department of Interdisciplinary
Studies of Culture, NTNU
12:30 – 13:30 LUNCH
13:30 Parallel Session 9: The Role of Education in Migration and Crisis Management
Room CC
The world is currently witnessing the largest and most rapid escalation ever in the number of people forcibly displaced
as a result of conflicts, violence, human rights violations and natural disasters. Millions of people are forced to leave
their homes in order to flee from unbearable living situations, persecution and threat. There is an urgent need for more
knowledge on how migrants are met and integrated into receiving countries, and in this session we focus on formal
education systems in such integration processes. Through the session we will be learning from scholars’ experiences
when it comes to delivering higher education to refugees in diverse settings, on how universities work to prepare
students for careers in refugee resettlement and asylum, and we will also hear about the experiences in North Norway
when small communities all of a sudden were faced with an unexpected and rapid escalation of refugees..
Chair: Kristinn Hegna, Associate Professor, Department of Educational, University of Oslo
Introduction:
 Ole Petter Ottersen, Rector, Univ. of Oslo: “Academic dugnad: joining forces for inclusion”
Presenters:
 Don Dippo, Professor, Faculty of Education and Centre for Refugee Studies, York University,
Canada: “The Promise of Higher Education without Borders”
 Shailja Sharma, Associate Professor and Associate Dean of LAS, Department of International
Studies, DePaul University, Chicago: “How to Prepare Students for Working with Refugees”
 Gry Paulgaard, Professor, Department of Education and Marianne Neerland Soleim, Head of
The Barents Institute, UiT - Arctic University of Norway: “The Arctic Refugee Track”
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13:30 Parallel Session 10: Best Practices for Dealing with State Fragility
Room LL
Leading development donors are increasingly shifting their focus towards supporting fragile states in an effort to
prevent collapse, promote security and political stability, and ultimately lay the basis for peace and economic
prosperity. Norway and the US are at the forefront of this shift. In fragile states the developmental challenge is
compounded by the fact that they are suffering from weak institutional capacities while still experiencing conflicts or
their after-effects. The panel is based on a project, currently considered for funding at the Norwegian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, involving the Humphrey School (HS) and the University of Minnesota, Stimson Center in Washington,
DC, and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). The project is designed to foster exchange between academics,
policymakers and practitioners, from Norway and the US, with a view to inform the evolving menu for development
interventions in fragile states.
Chairs: Eric Schwartz, Dean, Humphrey School of Public Affairs; Professor, University of Minnesota and
Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Panelists:
 Ragui Assaad, Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
 Yun Sun, Senior Associate, The East Asia Program, Stimson Centre
 Scott Gates, Research Professor, PRIO; Professor, Department of Political Science, University of
Oslo
15:00 – 15:30 NETWORKING BREAK
15:30 Parallel Session 11: Outcomes Workshop - Partnerships for Student Exchange
Room LL
This outcome workshop aims at presenting opportunities for student exchange between USA, Canada and Norway.
Through presentations of experiences from student exchange, both in form of numbers, trends and funding
mechanisms, and the presentation of project examples, the workshop aims at inspiring further developments within
this field. We will discuss questions such as “How can we make student exchange between our countries work?
What/where are the bottlenecks?” We will present a project example “Global conversations with Entrepreneurs” with
Cornell University, NHH-Norwegian School of Economics and the Norwegian Cluster organization, NCE Seafood, and
also the Norwegian Artistic Research program and internationalization of students within this program.
Contact: Laila Linde Lossius, [email protected]
Chairs: Harald Nybølet, Director, SIU-Norwegian Centre for Internationalization in Education and
Jacquelyn Hoult, Director of Communications, CBIE-Canadian Bureau of International Education
Speakers:
 Sunniva Whittaker, Deputy Rector, NHH-Norwegian School of Economics: A student exchange
project example: “Global Conversations with Entrepreneurs”, a cooperation between Cornell
University, Norwegian School of Economics and the Norwegian Cluster of Expertise, NCE
Seafood Innovation Cluster.
 Cecilie Brock Knudsen, Chair, Norwegian Artistic Research Program: "Artistic Research,
Studies and International Experience"
Panel: "How to Make Student Exchange Between Our Countries Work? Where are the Bottlenecks?"
 Thomas Christensen, Avalon Foundation Professor and Chair, Department of Music, former
Master of the Humanities Collegiate Division, University of Chicago
 Catherine Baumann, Director, Chicago Language Center, and Senior Lecturer, Department of
Germanic Studies, University of Chicago
 Jacquelyn Hoult, Director of Communications, CBIE-Canadian Bureau of International Education
 Anne Kristine Børresen, Dean, Faculty of the Humanities, Norwegian University of Science and
Technology (NTNU)
 Curt Rice, Rector, HIOA-Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences
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15:30 Parallel Session 12: Outcomes Workshop – Strategic Funding Mechanisms
Room CC
We want to identify outcomes of the TF2016 and collaborative items to follow up. Funding opportunities and
collaborative models will be presented and discussed. In dialogues engaging panelists and the audience we want to
address questions such as: How can funding agencies work together to create mechanisms for collaboration? What
are the needs and the perspectives of universities and research institutions and their leadership? How do the
researchers – the producers of knowledge – see the optimal way of creating international institutional partnerships?
Public private funding partnerships can be discussed. Is there one optimal model or many? Some answers may seem
obvious. We want concrete and creative ideas for transatlantic collaborations - to be followed up between partners
after TF2016. Contact: Berit Johne, [email protected]
Chairs: Jesper W. Simonsen, Division Director, Research Council of Norway and Ursula Gobel,
Associate Vice-President, Future Challenges, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada
Brief introductions of collaborative models:
 Mari Sundli Tveit, Rector, - Norwegian University of Life Science (NMBU) and Ragnhild
Solheim, Director, Department of Research and Innovation, NMBU: "How to develop
partnerships, - introducing Norwegian Centennial Chair program between University of Minnesota,
NMBU - Norwegian University of Life Science and University of Oslo"
 Arne Bugge-Amundsen, Dean of Humanities, University of Oslo: "Wigeland Chair & Wigeland
Endowment - a cooperation between the Division of Humanities at the University of Chicago and
the Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo"
 Bjørn Tore Kjellemo, Director, Department of Cooperation and Development Research,
Research Council of Norway: "Peder Sather Center at UC Berkeley – a Norway-Berkley model of
institutional partnerships"
 Berit Johne, Special Adviser, Research Council of Norway: " INTPART – a funding scheme for
international partnerships and a portfolio of diverse institutional collaborations"
 Ursula Gobel, Associate Vice-President, Future Challenges, Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council (SSHRC), Canada: "Opportunities in Humanities and Social Sciences between
Canada and Norway"
Panel discussion: "Ideas for Transatlantic Collaborations - to be followed up after TF2016"
Moderator: Ursula Gobel, Associate Vice-President, Future Challenges, Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council (SSHRC), Canada
Panelists:
 Anne Husebekk, Rector, UiT- The Arctic University of Norway
 Ka Yee Lee, Senior Associate Vice President for Research and Professor in Chemistry, the
James Franck Institute, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics and the College, University of Chicago
 Anne Lise Fimreite, Pro-Rector, University of Bergen
 Margareth Hagen, Dean, Faculty of Humanities, University of Bergen
 Scott Rettberg, Associate Professor of Digital Culture, Department of Linguistic, Literary, and
Aesthetic Studies, University of Bergen
Voices in the audience:
 University Presidents, Rectors and institutional leaders from Norway, US and Canada
 Funding agency representatives, and private sector funders from USA, Canada, Norway
17:00 – 17:30 CLOSING REMARKS
Room: Cloister Club (CC)
Chairs/introductions: Bjarte Håvik, Counselor for Science, Technology and Education, Royal Norwegian
Embassy, Washington DC and Elspeth Carruthers, Executive Director, Neubauer Collegium for Culture
and Society, University of Chicago
Closing remarks:
 Dag Rune Olsen, Rector, University of Bergen
 Melina Hale, Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives and William Rainey Harper Professor in the
College and the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago
17:30 – 19:00 CLOSING NETWORKING RECEPTION
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3 floor Ida Noyes Hall, University of Chicago, Hyde Park Campus
19:00 Bus transportation to Omni Hotel
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WEDNESDAY October 26
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Post-conference event
Site visit to the University of Illinois at Chicago:
Performance in CAVE2 at Electronic Visualization Lab, Chicago
Participants to TF2016 are welcome to an exciting visit to the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL)
at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) https://www.evl.uic.edu/
Registration for the event and information about the tours and performance program:
http://bit.ly/2dLTPMz (12:00-13:30) and http://bit.ly/2d8fkGi (14:00-15:30).
Participation is on a first-come first-serve basis. Registration is required.
The tour program will include an introduction to the EVL, demos of scientific and artistic research
projects developed in the CAVE2, and a performance of Hearts and Minds: The Interrogations
Project. The program will last approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. Tours will take place at 12:00 noon
and 14:00, and will be limited to 20 visitors per tour, available on a first-come first-serve basis.
Registration is required.
Shuttle bus transportation will be provided to the EVL from the Omni Hotel and back, for attendees of the
Transatlantic Forum. The shuttles will leave from the Omni Hotel at 11:20 and 13:20.
Funding opportunities for international collaboration:
Collaborative opportunities will be discussed throughout the forum.
Funding opportunities on both sides of the Atlantic will be addressed in particular in parallel sessions 11
and 12 (see page 12-13). Funding agencies have dedicated programs and also international initiatives
across calls. Special centers are established to facilitate collaborations.
Partners and sponsors:
Royal Norwegian Embassies in Washington DC and Ottawa
Ministry of Education and Research, Norway
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Norway
The Research Council of Norway (RCN)
Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education (SIU)
Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce (NACC)
The University of Chicago
Nixon Peabody LLP, Chicago
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List of Speakers
(Speaker Biographies are provided in a separate insert to the program)
(page of appearance in the program is noted after the speaker name)
Aas, Kåre – page 6
Alter, Karen – p10
Amaro, Jennifer Cabrelli p9
Amundsen, Arne Bugge p7,13
Anundsen, Tormod W p8
Assaad, Ragui p12
Atkinson, Niall p8
Baumann, Catherine p12
Berg, Svein p9
Bermann, Brenna p11
vanBeurden, Judith B p11
Blom, Ina p8
Boyer, John p6
Brandtsegg, Øyvind p8
Brown, Bill p8
Byrkjeflot, Haldor p8
Børresen, Anne Kristine p12
Cagney, Kathleen p11
Carruthers, Elspeth p13
Catlett, Charlie p11
Christensen, Thomas p12
Chu, Julie Y p7
Clemens, Elisabeth p8
Collins, David p11
Collins, Nicolas p8
Diermeier, Daniel p6
Dippo, Don p11
Engum, Trond p8
Eriksson-Zetterquist, Ulla p8
Fimreite, Anne Lise p13
Flavin, John p9
Fløttum, Kjersti p7
Førde, Anniken p7
Gates, Scott p12
Giannakidou, Anastasia p9
Ginsburg, Tom p10
Gloppen, Siri p10
Gobel, Ursula p 13
Greenstone, Michael p7
Gubner, Jennie p8
Gundegjerde, Eirik p11
Håvik, Bjarte p13
Hagen, Margareth p13
Hale, Melina p13
Hallén, Arvid p6, 9
Hansen, Mette Halskov p7
Harpviken, Kristian Berg p12
Heckman, James p10
Hegna, Kristinn p11
Helland, Knut p7
Herrigel, Gary p8
Hewitt, Ted p6
Hjelstuen, Ole Kristian p9
Hoult, Jacquelyn p12
Husebekk, Anne p13
Hviding, Edvard p6
Isaacs, Eric D. 10
Isaksen, Torbjørn Røe p6
Ivarsflaten, Elisabeth p10
Jacobsen, Christine M p7
Jenson, Jane p8
Johne, Berit p13
Kalil, Ariel p10
Kjellemo, Bjørn Tore p13
Klungland, Helge p10
Knudsen, Cecilie Broch p12
Kristoffersen, Berit p7
Larsen, Leif Ove p9
Lear, Jonathan p7
Lee, Ka Yee p13
Lohndal, Terje p9
Lossius, Laila p12
Marian, Viorica p9
Meyer, Susan p9
Mogstad, Magne p10
Morgan, Benjamin p7
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Myhre, Kathrine p9
Nirenberg, David p6
Nuttall, Mark p7
Nybølet, Harald p12
Olsen, Dag Rune p13
Ormston, Stephanie p11
Ottersen, Ole Petter p6,11
Pape, Robert p10
Paulgaard, Gry p11
Pierroux, Palmyre p9
Rees, Ellen p6
Rettberg, Scott p13
Rice, Curt p9,12
Robertson, Anne Walters p6
Rodrigues, Tiago Campos p9
Rong, Chunming p 11
Rothman, Jason p9
Salvanes, Kjell G p10
Sandor, Richard L p7
Saue, Sigurd p8
Schwarz, Eric p11
Seehuus, Gerd p11
Sharma, Shailja p11
Simonsen, Jesper W p12
Skjølsvold, Thomas Moe p10
Soleim, Marianne N p11
Solheim, Ragnhild p13
Sørensen, Knut H. p11
St. Jean, Peter K. B. p11
Sun, Yun p12
Tveit, Mari Sundli p13
Ulfstein, Geir p10
Wåge, Dagfinn p 11
Wanvik, Tarje p7
Westergaard, Marit p9
Whittaker, Sunniva p10,12
Front page picture: "Cloud Gate" in the Millenium Park, Chicago, is British
artist Anish Kapoor's first public outdoor work installed in the United States.
The 110-ton elliptical sculpture is forged of a seamless series of highly
polished stainless steel plates, which reflect Chicago’s famous skyline and the
clouds above. A 12-foot-high arch provides a "gate" to the concave chamber
beneath the sculpture, inviting visitors to touch its mirrorlike surface and see
their image reflected back from a variety of perspectives. Inspired by liquid mercury, the sculpture is
among the largest of its kind in the world, measuring 66-feet long by 33-feet high.(
http://www.cityofchicago.org/) Photo: B.Johne
"We argue that the sheer size and shape of this piece of art placed in a modern city landscape
and surrounded by curious individuals – may also in a symbolic way represent the TF2016
theme; Big Challenges – Human Solutions"
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