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How might scientific institutions increase the impact of their research and what is the role of artists and creatives in this science-policy interface?
The latest reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) underscore the urgency of taking ambitious action to secure a liveable future. In light of this the KNAW and NWO have initiated the Klimaat Instituut Nederland (KIN), a hybrid organization of twelve institutions with the goal of moving beyond the boundaries of current science practice in order to support and coordinate Dutch climate research for more effective policy.
Initiated by the Society of Arts this session of Climate Narratives explores steps in art-science collaborations, specifically in light of the newly-established Klimaat Instituut Nederland (KIN).
With:
- Artists Ekaterina Volkova and Julien Thomas
- Artist/filmmaker Daniel Frota de Abreu
- Liesbeth van der Grift (member of The Young Academy and Professor of International History and the Environment)
- Detlef van Vuuren (Academy member, senior researcher at the PBL and IPCC co-author), and others
Moderation by Jeff Diamanti (Assistant Professor of Environmental Humanities).
About the series Climate Narratives
This event is part of the series Climate Narratives which engage with new imaginations and perspectives of the climate crisis. The series is designed to create alliances between art and science to foster opportunities to inform, speculate, and create affective and effective narratives and imaginaries for climate action. Climate Narratives brings together artists and scientists from the Society of Arts, The Young Academy and KNAW with artists and scientists outside these institutions. Climate Narratives was initiated by the Society of Arts, as a response to the KNAW's Climate Sounding Board (of which the Society of Arts is a member) and the webinar series Climate from All Sides.
Credits foto Ekaterina Volkova
