47th Association for Interdisciplinary Studies Conference: Shaping the future in the era of polycrisis

The 47th Association for Interdisciplinary Studies Conference is organized by the University of Oulu and Oulu University of Applied Sciences at the Linnanmaa campus from 4th to 6th June 2025. The theme of the conference is "Shaping the future in the era of polycrisis". The American Association for Interdisciplinary Studies organization is bringing its conference outside North America to Europe for the second time in its history. In 2019, the conference was held at the University of Amsterdam and now here in Oulu.

Event information

Time

Wed 04.06.2025 00:00 - Fri 06.06.2025 16:30

Venue location

University of Oulu & Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Linnanmaa campus

Location

Linnanmaa

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Topics to be addressed at the conference will include e.g:

  • Understanding systemic approaches, polycrisis, and interrelationships
  • Sustainability transformation as an urgency
  • Digitalization serving humanity
  • Co-production of knowledge
  • Interdisciplinary education as a tool to shape the future

The conference invites an international array of advanced scholars, emerging academics, trainers, educators, administrational staff, graduate students, funders, education policy makers, artists, and other professionals to address the conference theme with interdisciplinary approaches, creative problem-solving and knowledge creation.

Registration for the conference is open until May 1, 2025. Early-bird registration ends March 31, 2025. The conference will be held on-site at the Linnanmaa campus with partial coverage for the remote participants.

The conference is organized in collaboration with Oamk by all the university's centers for multidisciplinary research - the Kvantum Institute, Eudaimonia, Infotech, and Biocenter -, Profiling themes 6-7 (Biodiverse Anthropocenes, Fibrobesity, 6GESS, H2FUTURE, Hybrid Intelligence, and FRONT) as well as the Thule-institute, the European University UNIC, the Noste education development programme, and UniOGS. The conference is intended for all those interested in multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary research and teaching at all stages of their research career and in all staff groups.

If you have any questions concerning AIS25 Conference, please contact AIS25@oulu.fi.

Last updated: 17.2.2025