Engaging with Society (2023)


      Welcome to Engaging with Society and SDGs:       Mission-driven research and societal impacts


      Description: 

      Aalborg University is fundamentally about applying research in service for the society. Quoting the AAU research strategy: The Aalborg University research strategy can be expressed in four words: "From research to change".

      The science system is ongoingly transformed by the changes in society towards being increasingly contextualized and expected to support the solving of grand challenges as presented through the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

      Since more and more science is largely defined by sustainability problems in society, the application of research is crucial to contribute to societal impacts towards sustainability.

      This course is devoted to PhD researchers from all faculties.

      Being applied, and aiming for sustainable societal impacts, have implications for research and researchers. The aims of the course are:

      • To set focus on the importance and roles of the researcher towards societal impacts and collaborative knowledge production.
      • To unfold and critically reflect upon how the research approach influences the change-implications of the research and elucidate possibilities for change agency.
      • To relate the participants research to the discourse of societal impacts towards sustainability.

      The participants will be asked to bring own their research to foster reflections that can feed into research practice.

      The course is a combination of workshop sessions divided by inspirational presentations from researchers giving perspectives nurturing the reflections.


      Organizers: Associate Professor Søren Løkke (loekke@plan.aau.dk) & Lone Kørnøv (lonek@plan.aau.dk)

      Lecturers: Søren Løkke & Lone Kørnøv

      ECTS: 3

      Time: 27-29 November 2023

      Place: Aalborg University, RBG 14.4/4.517

      Zip code:       9220

      City: Aalborg

      Number of seats: 25

      Deadline: 6 November 2023


      Important information concerning PhD courses:       We have over some time experienced problems with no-show for both project and general courses. It has now reached a point where we are forced to take action. Therefore, the Doctoral School has decided to introduce a no-show fee of DKK 3.000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately four months before start. This can hopefully also provide new students a chance to register for courses during the year. We look forward to your registrations.