Novum Organum - a podcast from Uppsala University

Helle Herk-Hansen, Vice President Environment at Vattenfall, elaborates on how their work with sustainability has shifted over time, now infused by employee activism and greater gender diversity. With Annika Skoglund, Associate Professor, Uppsala University.

Åsa Wikforss, professor in Theoretical Philosophy and author of 'Why democracy', explicates how current political insecurities thrive on the declining role of 'knowledge', with Associate Professor Annika Skoglund, Uppsala University.

Darja Isaksson, Director General at the Swedish Innovation Agency, VINNOVA, explains how 'system innovation' and novel methods are crucial for their mobilization of bottom-up solutions to societal challenges, with Annika Skoglund, Associate Professor, Uppsala University.

Jane Walerud, serial entrepreneur and investor, reflects on how she invests both emotionally and monetarily in extremely early stages to solve interconnected challenges through commercialization of research. With Annika Skoglund, Associate Professor, Uppsala University.

Martin Lindqvist, President and CEO of SSAB, explains how future fossil free steel production will be accomplished with a new method called HYBRIT, with Annika Skoglund, Associate Professor, Uppsala University.

Matilda Ernkrans, Minister of Higher Education and Research, explains the Swedish strategy to secure academic freedom and prosperity. With Annika Skoglund, Associate Professor, Uppsala University.

Lars Heikensten, former CEO of the Nobel Foundation, discusses scholarship and the spread of academic values beyond the university, with Annika Skoglund, Associate Professor, Uppsala University.