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Item Eco-Types: Five Ways of Caring about the Environment(2023-02-02) Kennedy, Emily HuddartAcross dozens of countries, civil society is increasingly polarized over environmental protection, particularly over efforts to reduce greenhouse gasses to mitigate climate change. Study after study shows us that liberals tend to be more committed to and supportive of efforts to protect the environment and that a growing proportion of conservatives is opposed to such efforts. Existing explanations point to the politics and economics of environmental protection: organizations funded by the oil & gas industry lobby governments to delay and reject proposals for climate action and foment uncertainty and distrust among the public through messaging targeted particularly to conservatives. Drawing on two years of interview data collection with a politically and socio-economically diverse sample (n=63) of Washington state residents, and a survey of US households (n=2619), I enrich our existing understanding of political polarization over environmental protection by drawing attention to the cultural dynamics between liberals’ and conservatives’ relationships with the environment. By asking people who they see as caring about the environment and about their own environmental concerns and commitments, I identified a cultural archetype of the ideal environmentalist and five distinct ways of caring about the environment (“eco-types”). These include the Eco-Engaged, the Self-Effacing, the Optimists, the Fatalists, and the Indifferent. This talk introduces each type and shows how they are engaged in struggles for respect and recognition that drive political polarization. Dr. Emily Huddart Kennedy is an expert on civil society's engagement in environmentalism. In this lecture, she will talk about political polarisation over environmental protection, arguing that everyone cares about the environment, but when we critique and demean others' relationships with the environment, we fail to recognize that important common ground.Item Towards equal opportunities in Swedish academia : experiences from and lessons learned at the Faculty of Science and Technology at Uppsala University(2019-04-01) Nyström, IngelaProfessor Nyström is an internationally recognized academic scholar in the field of image analysis and visualization. Her research spans interactive segmentation, visualization, computational geometry, and shape analysis, which are all highly relevant topics for cutting-edge medical applications. Professor Nyström possesses excellent leadership skills, as shown by her commitment to serve on many Swedish and international academic, professional, and research communities. She has served on the executive committee of the International Association on Pattern Recognition (IAPR) from 2008-2018, and as IAPR President from 2014-2016.Item Interactive 3D image segmentation and visualization for medical applications(2019-04-01) Nyström, IngelaProfessor Nyström is an internationally recognized academic scholar in the field of image analysis and visualization. Her research spans interactive segmentation, visualization, computational geometry, and shape analysis, which are all highly relevant topics for cutting-edge medical applications. Professor Nyström possesses excellent leadership skills, as shown by her commitment to serve on many Swedish and international academic, professional, and research communities. She has served on the executive committee of the International Association on Pattern Recognition (IAPR) from 2008-2018, and as IAPR President from 2014-2016.Item #RadicalSolidarity : Why feminism matters now more than ever(2017-05-19) Wizorek, AnneHow does one become a feminist in Germany these days? And why is there even a need to be feminist in the country that has Angela Merkel at the helm - who is said to be the most powerful woman in the world? Is online activism the solution to all our feminist demands? And how do we protect the rights of marginalized people, yet also continue to push for a better world for everyone when right-wing politics and neo-fascist ideas are on the rise in so many countries all over the world? In her talk, author and feminist activist Anne Wizorek explains her concept of #RadicalSolidarity and gives a short overview of the state of feminist activism. She addresses the current discourse as well as the backlash in Germany, and how it is embedded in international political developments.