Previous Events
Earlier CAT events
Panel discussion
A panel discussion on “Agency and Transformation: Dialogues on Motives, Mediation and Motion” will take place online building on the recently published book edited by Nick Hopwood and Annalisa Sannino for Cambridge University Press:
When:
February 6 (Tuesday)
6-8am (Sydney); 8-10am (Auckland); 16-18 (São Paulo); 19-21 (Lancaster); 20-22 (Paris); 20-22 (Bologna)
Panelists:
Prof Nick Hopwood, University of Technology, Sydney
Dr Brett Bligh, Lancaster University, UK
Dr Yannick Lemonie, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris
Dr Monica Lemos, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Prof Joce Nuttall, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Prof Annalisa Sannino, Tampere University, Finland
Registration to the event is possible till February 4 - Registration link
Dear colleagues, In response to much demand, the Summer School on Cultural-Historical Activity Theory in Practice will be offered as an intensive IN PERSON one week course at the Center for Activity Theory (CAT), University West in Trollhättan, Sweden, starting on June 17 2023.
The course itself does not entail a fee for doctoral students. Also for Master’s students within EU the course is free of charge. The costs for travel and accommodation are, however, on the participants.
The official announcement with details on contents and registration will be circulated early in 2024.
We look forward to an inspiring collective learning experience,
Kristina Johansson (contact: Kristina.Johansson@hv.se), Maria Spante, Annalisa Sannino, David Allen, Dennis Augustsson, Brett Blight, Yrjö Engeström, Monika Hattinger, Stan Karanasios, and Clay Spunuzz
CAT publikationsseminarium
6 mars 2024 samt 8 maj kl 13.30-15.00 i konferensrum Konstantinopel
Ongoing course AILF200 31st august - 11th january
Cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) and related formative intervention methods will be presented, discussed, and evaluated during the course. CHAT-driven research is put in relation to work-integrated learning, and continuous discussions of the connection between work-integrated learning and CHAT-driven research will be held. Furthermore, we will have discussions and problematization of ethical considerations in the planning, implementation and analysis of CHAT-driven research related to work-integrated learning.
1. CHAT SIG Thematic session at FERA
Learning and agency for equity and sustainability: Dialogue with activity theory
Global demands of equity, social justice and environmental sustainability urgently require that actors across sectors and levels learn to pursue concerted willful actions which can lead to effective and flexible solutions. Understanding how in these conditions learning and agency, based on multiple voices of various actors, emerge and how they can be sustained is a crucial educational challenge. These issues are at the core of current developments of cultural-historical activity theory globally and its emerging fourth generation. In this framework, the mentioned educational challenges are typically studied with the help of formative interventions such as the Change Laboratory.
The thematic group welcomes contributions of all levels – from preliminary to well developed – based on or engaging in dialogue with these theoretical and methodological premises. Contributions to the thematic group will be selected to individual sessions based on their specific focus in order to facilitate in-depth discussions between presenters as well as the audience during each session.
Submit your abstract (max 2000 characters) by end of September.
2. Theory and practice in today’s society: A dialogue between three conceptual frameworks (Pre-conference seminar)
The notion of practice theory has become a source of vibrant discussions in educational sciences. This pre-seminar at the Finnish Educational Research Association proposes a dialogue between representatives of three conceptual frameworks often referred to as examples of practice theories: the community of practice theory, cultural-historical activity theory, and the theory of practice architectures. The seminar offers a collective reflection from these three perspectives on what is understood as theory and as practice, as well as what might be practical in theory and theoretical in practice.
The seminar opens with a Keynote by Professor Davide Nicolini from University of Warwick, author of the influential volume Practice Theory, Work and Organization (Oxford University Press, 2012) followed by a discussion with the audience. The seminar will then continue with a panel discussion involving Professor Ulf Blossing and Docent Lill Langelotz from University of Gothenburg and Professor Annalisa Sannino from Tampere University with commentaries by the keynote speaker, Professor Nick Hopwood from University of Technology Sydney and by Professor Mervi Kaukko from Tampere University. The seminar is chaired by University Lecturer, PhD Jaakko Hilppö from University of Helsinki.
The pre-seminar will take place online on the afternoon 22nd November (Finnish time, GMT+3) and is free-of-cost.Register for the seminar via: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/124671/lomakkeet.html
3. Symposium: Finnish cultural-historical activity theory, current studies and future directions
This symposium will bring together five teams whose studies build on the research paradigm developed by the Finnish School of Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) to present and discuss current developments and future directions of this scholarly tradition. The symposium’s main focus is on CHAT Change Laboratory formative interventions, their potential and challenges in fostering participatory analyses and design in response to acute societal needs. The Symposium as a whole will include five presentations, each followed by questions from the audience, and a commentary at the end.
In Symposium Part 1 Professors Emeriti Engeström and Virkkunen will present an analysis of the development of the Finnish School of Cultural-Historical Activity Theory based on eight threshold concepts across published studies between 1970-2022. This presentation will be followed by researcher Tapola-Haapala and co-authors who will share their analysis of expansive learning in Change Laboratories focusing on youth´s experiences of school meaningfulness. Professor Sannino will then follow with an analysis of the multiple roles researchers took in the preparation and realisation of a Change Laboratory carried out in a supported housing unit for vulnerable youth.
Symposium Part 2 will start with a presentation by Professor Kajamaa and co-authors will follow on their analysis of boundary crossing in three Change Laboratory cases in a teacher training school, in a hospital and in a university affiliated new business incubator. Then researchers Lund and Juujärvi will report on their findings from a study aimed at offering digital support via the Change Laboratory-inspired Community Workshops with multiple stakeholders.
The second symposium will end with Professor Toom’s commentary on the studies presented in both symposium parts.
For more on the symposium, see our thematic issue in Kasvatus (Finnish only, article summaries in English). FULL ISSUES: https://journal.fi/kasvatus/issue/view/9643. English summaries: https://journal.fi/kasvatus/article/view/131367.
All activities above are part of the annual FERA conference this year held in Vaasa, Finland between November 23-24, 2023. For more on the conference, see link below:
https://www.abo.fi/fi/kasvatustieteen-paivat-2023/
CHAT publicationseminar
8 September 14-15.30
11 October 14-15.30
MOOC
There are still a few days to register for the Tampere University MOOC on Key Concepts of Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT). The essential information and registration link are available on the course webpage:
https://www.tuni.fi/en/students-guide/curriculum/implementations/otm-2d0e6323-94d5-4a62-800e-1b24d4bb4de4?year=2023
Please notice that accepting registrations after Aug 15th and outside the link will not be possible.
The MOOC is an excellent opportunity to learn about CHAT for free. Credits can also be obtained for participants from different parts of the world. This MOOC continues discussions started during a reading seminar series that took place during the Academic Year 2022-2023. This MOOC, however, does not require prior knowledge of CHAT.
MOOC
A Tampere University MOOC is being prepared on Key Concepts of Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) which will take place in the fall of 2023. The MOOC is free of charge and credits can also be obtained for participants from different parts of the world. The registration to the MOOC will be possible from August 1st to August 15th on the course webpage.
Please notice that it will not be possible to accept registrations before or after these dates and outside the link which will be provided on this webpage.
This MOOC continues discussions started during a reading seminar series that took place during the Academic Year 2022-2023. This MOOC, however, does not require prior knowledge of CHAT.
CHAT SIG
As part of the Finnish Educational Research Association's (FERA) annual meeting our CHAT SIG is hosting a no-cost, online preseminar on practice theory. The preseminar will take place on the afternoon 22nd November (Finnish time, GMT+3).
Please find a more detailed description of the preseminar and the registration link below.
On behalf of the FERA CHAT SIG
Annalisa Sannino & Jaakko Hilppö
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Theory and practice in today’s society: A dialogue between three conceptual frameworks
The notion of practice theory has become a source of vibrant discussions in educational sciences. This pre-seminar at the Finnish Educational Research Association hosts a dialogue between representatives of three conceptual frameworks often referred to as examples of practice theories: the community of practice theory, cultural-historical activity theory, and the theory of practice architectures. The seminar offers a collective reflection from these three perspectives on what is understood as theory and as practice, as well as what might be practical in theory and theoretical in practice.
The seminar opens with a Keynote by Professor Davide Nicolini from University of Warwick, author of the influential volume Practice Theory, Work and Organization (Oxford University Press, 2012) followed by a discussion with the audience. The seminar will then continue with a panel discussion involving Professor Ulf Blossing and Docent Lill Langelotz from University of Gothenburg and Professor Annalisa Sannino from Tampere University with commentaries by the keynote speaker, Professor Nick Hopwood from University of Technology Sydney and by Professor Mervi Kaukko from Tampere University. The seminar is chaired by University Lecturer, PhD Jaakko Hilppö from University of Helsinki.
Register for the pre-seminar via this link:
https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/124671/lomakkeet.html
Program for the online reading seminars Academic year 2022/2023
ECIS 2023
12 june 2023
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Workshop on ECIS2023
A highly interesting workshop on activity theory at the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2023) conference in June in Kristiansand, Norway. The registration is still open for a few days. Please take a look.
Welcome to the 8th Reading Seminar on Key Concepts from Cultural-Historical Activity Theory
Date: 19th April
Time: 15:00-17:00 (time in Sweden)
Key concept: Historicity
This reading seminar focuses of historicity.
The first article by Engstrom identifies theoretical principles in CHAT where history and historicity are emphasized.
The second article by Lémonie, Grosstephan and Tomás show in what way history becomes incorporated in the analytical work to understand socially pressing issues.
During the seminar we want to discuss how to actively address historicity and we also would like to discuss the difference between addressing history compared to historicity in CHAT driven research.
Readings:
Yrjö Engeström (2001) Expansive Learning at Work: Toward an activity theoretical reconceptualization, Journal of Education and Work, 14:1, 133-156, DOI: 10.1080/13639080020028747
Lémonie Yannick, Grosstephan Vincent, Tomás Jean-Luc (2021) From a Sociological Given Context to Changing Practice: Transforming Problematic Power Relations in Educational Organizations to Overcome Social Inequalities, Frontiers in Psychology vol. 11
If you like to participate, please register and contribute with your questions by the 17th April at this registration link: Email adress and Qs.docx
The Zoom-link for the meeting will be sent out to the registered participants’ email addresses the day before the meeting.
Looking forward to learning together!
Online CL event 8
11 april 15.00-17.00
Contact person: maria.spante@hv.se
Activity Theory publication seminar
Colleagial writing seminar
22 feb 10.00-11.30
12 apr 13.00-14.30
7 jun 10.00-11.30
Summer School "Activity Theory in Practice"
The much awaited Summer School "Activity Theory in Practice" organized by University West in Sweden will take place also this year as an online series of lectures, seminars and meetings starting on Week 23 (June 6) and ending on Week 34 (August 25).
Deadline for applying is the 29th of May 2023:
https://www.hv.se/en/education/third-cycle/activity-theory-in-practice-part-time-distance-atpf010/#register
Online reading seminars
Annalisa Sannino and Helena Wallström are initiating series of online reading seminars on foundational concepts in cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) beginning in the academic year 2022-2023.
Welcome to the 7th Reading Seminar on Key Concepts from Cultural-Historical Activity Theory
Date: 23 March
Time: 13:00-15:00 (time in Cape Town)
The germ cell- from Hegel, through Marx, to current work.
Readings (attached):
Blunden, A. (2021). The Unit of Analysis and Germ Cell in Hegel, Marx and Vygotsky. In Hegel, Marx and Vygotsky (pp. 34-60). Brill.
Hedegaard, M. (2020). Ascending from the Abstract to the Concrete in School Teaching-the double Move between Theoretical Concepts and Children's Concepts. Psychological Science & Education, 25(5).
If you like to participate, please register and contribute with 1-2 questions on the article by the 20th March at this registration link:
https://forms.office.com/e/TCJEF2y0tY
The Zoom-link for the meeting will be sent out to the registered participants’ email addresses the day before the meeting.
Change laboratory for educational development and social transformation. Presentations and discussions on strengts and challenges
27-28 March 2023
TRIP
We are pleased to announce that Professor Jesica de la Torre from ITESO, Mexico, will be kicking off our TRIPP seminar series for 2023 with a presentation of her impressive research project on collective learning. We strongly encourage you and your postgraduate students to join us in engaging with Prof De la Torre in her presentation of this amazing project which is rich with extremely well-conceived and executed research processes, from the conceptualisation, data collection and ethics of the project, to the analyses and representations of data. We are confident that the project's diverse elements of collective agency, university-community relationships, environmental issues, expansive learning, and so forth, will inspire the transformative researcher in you.
Please see the details of this hybrid event in the poster below, with links to the Zoom meeting following:
Topic: TRIP Zoom Meeting
Time: Feb 21, 2023 02:00 PM Johannesburg
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85672468704?pwd=R2xNNG1aS3ArdnVuRlBrOGMzb1Zkdz09
Meeting ID: 856 7246 8704
Passcode: 804765
RESET/CRADLE Online Seminar Series for this academic year.
February 8 (Wednesday), 20:00-22:30 (Beijing) / 15:00-17:30 (Tampere/Helsinki)
Topic: “Redesigning teacher education: A Change Laboratory at Capital Normal University, Beijing”
Speaker:
Ge Wei, PhD, Associate Professor, Director of Research Center for Children and Teacher Education, College of Elementary Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing
REGISTER HERE FOR THIS FEB 8 SEMINAR!
Brochure of the event | Abstract
Welcome to RESET/CRADLE Online Seminar 2022
The theme is “Beyond vulnerabilities with activity theoretical research”.
Additional information and link for registration
Reading seminar of the academic year 2022-2023
Welcome to the 5th reading seminar of the academic year 2022-2023 on Key Concepts in Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT). This time we will discuss about Transformative agency (and the role of the researcher). We will meet online the 18th of January 14:00 to 16:00 pm Chilean Time - 19:00 to 21:00 Finnish time
Together we will discuss on the articles:
1. Hopwood, N. (2022). Agency in cultural-historical activity theory: strengthening commitment to social transformation. Mind, Culture, and Activity, 29(2), 108-122. https://doi.org/10.1080/10749039.2022.2092151
2. Sannino, A. (2015). The principle of double stimulation: A path to volitional action. Learning, culture and social interaction, 6, 1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lcsi.2015.01.001
If you would like to participate, please register in the form in the following link by the 14th of January, 2023:
https://forms.gle/b3rjUXW1waGbtDT4A
Looking forward to meeting with you all!
Best regards and Happy New Year 2023!!
Viviana Hojman and Pilar Valenzuela
Universidad del Desarrollo
Chile
Welcome to the fourth reading seminar of the academic year 2022-2023 on Key Concepts in Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT).
We will meet online the 16th of December from 9:00 to 11:30 am Brazil time. This corresponds to 14:00 to 16:30 Finnish time, or 13:00 to 15:30 Central European time (CET).
Together we will discuss and work on the article:
Engeström, Y & Sannino, A. (2011) Discursive manifestations of contradictions in organizational change efforts. Journal Of Organizational Change Management. 24(3), 368-387.
If you would like to participate, please register, and answer a question in the form in the following link prior to 9 of December: Link to registration here!
2022-12-07 - 2022-12-09 WIL CONference
We invite scholars with genuine interdisciplinary perspectives as well as practitioners, collaboration partners and actors with cross-sector ambitions to take on challenges and opportunities to co-create a more sustainable world. For more information read here!
2022-12-01 ONLINE CL EVENT 7
An international group of researchers meet online and discuss lessons learnt during ongoing adaptations and transformations when running change laboratories and learning labs online rather than at site. Please contact Maria Spante if you would like to join.
2022-11-24 - 2022-11-25 Annual finnish Educational research association (FERA) Conference
The call for the annual meeting of the Cultural-Historical Activity Theory Special Interest Group at the FERA conference (Kasvatustieteenpäivät) is now open. The conference will take place in hybrid format this year 24- 25 november, organized by the University of Oulu. If you are conducting research applyingor in dialogue with CHAT, this is an opportunity to get to know CHAT colleagues from Finland and abroad to share ideas and engage in discussions. The DL for abstracts (max. 2000 characters) is 3.10 and notification of acceptance will be sent by 18.10 at the latest. More details on the SIG and the annual FERA conference in the links below. The thematic group will be organised in hybrid form to facilitate online and in-person participation.
Links:
SIG short description
Conference website in both Finnish and English
Instructions to submit an abstract*
Conference registration and fees
* When submitting an abstract, please make sure to indicate in the appropriate section of the form that you are submitting to the SIG 14 "Learning and agency for equity and sustainability: Dialogue with activity theory"
2022-11-23 FERA CHAT SIG Pre-Seminar: "Fostering development and transformation in and beyond the academia with cultural-historical activity theory
You are warmly welcome to the Finnish Educational Research Association's CHAT SIG pre-conference seminar "Fostering development and transformation in and beyond the academia with cultural-historical activity theory”.
The pre-seminar will be held on Wednesday 23rd of November between 12:15 - 15:45 o’clock (Eastern European Standard Time, GMT+2).
The seminar is free of charge and participation online is possible. Please find the program for the seminar and the necessary zoom connection information below.
12:15 Opening words and welcome, Professor Annalisa Sannino, Tampere University
12:20 Keynote: "Change Laboratories in Higher Education", Professor James Garraway, Professional Education Research Institute, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
13:00 Commentary by Vesa Korhonen, Docent and Senior University Lecturer, Tampere University
13:10 Discussion with participants
13:45 Break
14:00 Participant presentation and panel discussion: "CHAT in Academia"
(Chair, Postdoctoral Researcher Liubov Vetoshkina, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies)
* presentation by PhD Researcher Guillaume Isaac, Université Côte d’Azur:
"Conflicts of motives and contradictions in co-creative real-world problem-solving activities in higher education"
* presentation by Professor Annalisa Sannino, Tampere University:
"Cultural-historical activity theory and dialectics for a transformative agency agenda in higher education: The example of a formative intervention on academic dishonesty"
14:45 Discussion on presentations with panelists Professor James Garraway, Professor Yrjö Engeström, the presenters and the participants
(Chair, PhD, University Lecturer Jaakko Hilppö, University of Helsinki)
15:45 Closing remarks
2022-11-08-09 CHAT seminars and round table discussions
Our invited scholar Dr. Brett Bligh is a Lecturer in the Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, and co-Director of the Centre for Technology Enhanced Learning. His research interrogates the nexus of technology mediation, physical environment, and institutional change in higher education. Brett’s work prioritises Activity Theory conceptions of human practice, and interventionist methodologies.
Most welcome to University Weas and join the CHAT seminars and round table diskussions on campus live.
For more information please contact maria.spante@hv.se
2022-11-08 CHAT reading seminar
Welcome to the third CHAT reading seminar of the academic year 2022-2023 on Artifacts and Instrumentality. The online meeting is scheduled on the 8th of November from 6:30 to 9:30 PM (Paris, France).
Together we will discuss the following texts :
Rabardel, P. & Samurçay, R. (2001). From artifact to instrument-mediated learning. Paper presented at the international symposium ’New Challenges to Research on Learning', Helsinki, 21-23 March 2001 (can be found here).
Ritella, G., & Hakkarainen, K. (2012). Instrumental genesis in technology-mediated learning: From double stimulation to expansive knowledge practices. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 7(2), 239-258. doi:10.1007/s11412-012-9144-1 (can be found here).
If you would like to participate, please register and contribute with 1-2 questions on the texts before November 6 by using the following link!
The Zoom-link for the meeting will be sent out to the registered participants’ email addresses the day before the meeting.
2022-10-03 - 2022-10-07
LINA WEEK at university west read more here
LINA week!
More information can be found here
2022-09-22 Reading seminar on key concepts in cultural-historical activity theory
Welcome to the first reading seminar of the academic year 2022-2023 on Key Concepts in Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT). We will meet online the 22nd of September at 1- 4 PM Swedish time.
Together we discuss the following article: Engeström, Y & Sannino, A. (2020). From mediated actions to heterogenous coalitions: Four generations of activity-theoretical studies of work and learning. Mind, Culture, and Activity. 28(1), 4-23.
If you like to participate, please register and contribute with 1-2 questions on the article before the 15th of September at the following link: Link to registration
The Zoom-link for the meeting will be sent out to the registered participants’ email addresses the day before the meeting.
2022-09-14 ONLINE CL EVENT 6
An international group of researchers meet online and discuss lessons learnt during ongoing adaptations and transformations when running change laboratories and learning labs online rather than at site. Please contact Maria Spante if you would like to join.
2022-09-12 Research seminar on AT in scientific work.
Invited scholars on campus at University West Trollhättan. The seminar is in English.
Time 12-14. For more information please contact Maria Spante.
2022-09-07 - 2022-09-09
OLkC 2022 conference organized By UNIversity West, Sweden
Call for papers! Deadline to submit extended abstract April 10.
More information can be found here
2022-06-13--16
Nordic-Baltic ISCAR 2022 conference organized in Helsinki
Call for abstracts:https://www2.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/nordic-baltic-iscar-2022
2022-06-02 Implementing and Developing Change Laboratories: Lessons from Africa
An international online event on Implementing and Developing Change Laboratories: Lessons from Africa on June 2 (12:00-16:00) and June 3 (9:00-12:00) – local time in Cape Town, South Africa. The event aims at gaining an overview of research conducted in the African continent using the Change Laboratory in different settings. The event serves the purpose of identifying and sharing insights and perspectives which can inform Change Laboratory research globally.
The program and invitation attached. The event is free of charge but requires a registration by the 30thof March through this link: https://forms.office.com/r/Pe2FCmz8zt The participants registered to the event will receive selected publications to read beforehand and a personal link to access the event.
2022-05-16 Seminar and Panel Discussion on Practice Theories
May 16th, 16.00-18.00 (local time in Sweden)
According to Nicolini (2012) "practice theories constitute a rather broad family of theoretical approaches connected by a web of historical and conceptual similarities". There are, however, also decisive differences between them. This seminar and panel discussion aims to make visible and understandable a) what is significant and specific to each of these three examples of practice theories, and b) how the theories converge and diverge.
The event are open to all interested colleagues and students via the following link: https://gu-se.zoom.us/j/520814434
2022-05-12 The Transformative Research in Practice (TRiP)
The Transformative Research in Practice (TRiP) Research Collective invites researchers who are interested in exploring a range of Transformative Research methodologies together. We plan to hold monthly reading seminars, in which we discover, investigate, develop and experiment with arts-based, and transformative research practices, such as the expansive learning framework from cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT). Details will be shared at the launch on Thursday.
2022-05-11 Lecture and Discussion on "Activity Theory, Formative Interventions and the Change Laboratory"
May 11, 2022 16:00-18:00 (local time in Sweden)
Visiting Professor Annalisa will talk about activity theory, formative interventions and the Change Laboratory also in comparison with other (related) intervention approaches, such as action research. The seminar is given in collaboration with the Board of Educational Leadership.
The event are open to all interested colleagues and students via the following link: https://gu-se.zoom.us/j/520814434
2022-05-06 DEVELOPING EDUCATION AND THE PREREQUISITES FOR LEARNING WITH
CHAT, CHANGE LABORATORY AND ART.
The seminar is about developing education and the prerequisites for learning with
CHAT, Change Laboratory and art.
Our invited guests Anne Bationo-Tillon and Yannick Lemoine work with cultural-historical activity theory and welcome dialogue around this theory and related methodology. Round table discussion will only be held at University West in Trollhättan, Sweden.
10.15-11.00 Webinar https://hv-se.zoom.us/my/lina.webinar
11.15-12.00 Round table discussion at campus in J111 not at Zoom.
No registration - For more information please contact maria.spante@hv.se
2022-05-05 Work against unequal access to educational success
The seminar focus on how to work against unequal access to educational success
Our invited guests Anne Bationo-Tillon and Yannick Lemoine work with cultural-historical activity theory and welcome dialogue around this theory and related methodology. Round table discussion will only be held at University West in Trollhättan, Sweden
13.15-14.00 Webinar https://hv-se.zoom.us/my/lina.webinar
14.15-15.00 Round table discussion at campus in J113 not at Zoom.
No registration - For more information please contact maria.spante@hv.se
2022-03-31 Developing organizations with cultural-historical activity theory, and vice-versa
Seminar with Dr Jaakko Hilppö from the University of Helsinki.
Summary for the seminar:
"In this talk, I will present three lines of ongoing investigation opened by me and my colleagues to develop organizations and practices with the help of cultural-historical activity theory. Throughout my talk, I will also discuss how each line of investigation contributes to the ongoing development of cultural-historical activity theory."
2022-02-28 Online cl event 5
An international group of researchers meet online and discuss lessons learnt during ongoing adaptations and transformations when running change laboratories and learning labs online rather than at site.
2021-11-30 Online cl event 4
An international group of researchers meet online and discuss lessons learnt during ongoing adaptations and transformations when running change laboratories and learning labs online rather than at site.
2021-11-26 fera chat sig
Presentation of collective paper by an international groupe of resarchers about lessons learnt during ongoing adaptations and transrformations when running change laboratories and learning labs online rather then at site.
2021-11-25 fera chat sig
Presentation of collective paper by an international groupe of resarchers about lessons learnt during ongoing adaptations and transrformations when running change laboratories and learning labs online rather then at site.
2021-09-30 collaborative Writing on zoom and google docs
International groupe of resarchers meet online and write about lessons learnt during ongoing adaptations and transrformations when running change laboratories and learning labs online rather then at site.
2021-09-28 collaborative Writing on zoom and google docs
International groupe of resarchers meet online and write about lessons learnt during ongoing adaptations and transrformations when running change laboratories and learning labs online rather then at site.
2021-09-27 collaborative Writing on zoom and google docs
International groupe of resarchers meet online and write about lessons learnt during ongoing adaptations and transrformations when running change laboratories and learning labs online rather then at site.
2021-09-09 Online cl event 3
An international group of researchers meet online and discuss lessons learnt during ongoing adaptations and transformations when running change laboratories and learning labs online rather than at site.
2021-10-06 webinar with Professor Clay Spinuzzi from the University of Texas, at Austin, USA with the title A typology of different work configurations.
Topic:
What do teams try to accomplish at work? The question seems simple—until you actually observe people working. Then it becomes obvious that teams can (and usually do) try to accomplish many things simultaneously, including internal cohesion and dynamics, regularly produced outcomes with tight tolerances, arms’-length transactions, and creative problem-solving. That is to say, they often have multiple objects, and these imply different activities and thus different configurations for work.
Here, we will discuss a typology for understanding such objects, the work configurations that they necessitate, and the tensions across these work configurations. We will examine changes in labor over the past 50 years that have led to current work configurations and we will look at cases that illustrate them. Finally, we will discuss ways to intervene at the level of activity, addressing organization-level disruptions.
2021-05-04 Online cl event 2
An international group of researchers meet online and discuss lessons learnt during ongoing adaptations and transformations when running change laboratories and learning labs online rather than at site.
2021-03-09 Online cl event 1
An international group of researchers meet online and discuss lessons learnt during ongoing adaptations and transformations when running change laboratories and learning labs online rather than at site.
the release party of activity theory centre 13th of August 2021
A grand opening of the activity theory centre took place with our Vice Chancellor Martin Hellström to celebrate the opening of the centre.On link was Professor Yrjö Engström University of Helsinki, Finland and Professor Annalisa Sannino Tampere University, Finland.In the studio was Associate professor Kristina Johansson, Vice Chancellor Martin Hellström, Professor Lars Svensson and Professor Ulrika Lundh Snis.
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On March 5, vice-chancellor Mats Jägstam and professor Per Assmo met the Swedish ambassador to South Africa, Håkan Juholt, and Martin Jörnrud, responsible for trade issues at the embassy, during a digital meeting.
On February 15th, Akademus organized a lunch seminar where the topic was how we can create images with the aid of generative AI.
New User Role - Examinator (Examiner) To facilitate for students and to clarify responsibilities, the Examiner role has been created. The Examiner role is based on the Course Leader role and has similar permissions. If the Course Leader and Examiner roles are held by th...
An important part of disseminating and sharing research for a university is to organize research conferences where researchers and business representatives meet within a specific subject. University West will therefore host the international informatics conference DESRI...
How did Swedish upper secondary mathematics teachers navigate the challenges that arose when programming was to be integrated into mathematics education? Ana Fuentes at University West delves into this question, presenting her findings in a new thesis. She explores the ...
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Hardface or wear-resistant coatings with cobalt-free materials can offer several advantages. New research shows that alternative materials can provide strong surface protection with less environmental impact. Additionally, using the High Velocity Air-Fuel (HVAF) thermal...
This week, researchers and doctoral students meet at University West to explore the very latest in additive manufacturing. “Additive manufacturing is a highly interesting technology for industries striving towards more sustainable production," says Robert Pederson, Prof...
In an era of rapid technological development, Swedish manufacturing companies are exploring how to adapt to the new digital age. A new thesis from University West highlights how social aspects play a crucial role when companies take steps toward embracing this new techn...
Roy Andersson is a Professor of Quality Engineering and researches how companies become resilient. He notes that companies, in general, have become more aware of risks due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing war in Ukraine. "The companies with the best supply chain...