Care - in what Universe?

Two-day conference

In the social and ecological crises of our times, the need for care is expanding, and the conditions of care are eroding. This closing conference of the OIKOS research project starts from this crisis of care, but understands that care takes many forms: care sustains our lives, as well as the forces of destruction, which generate care needs that need not be there.

If care is both a part of the solution and a part of the problem, we must explore its dialectical limits, contradictions, and potentialities. We do this across multiple contexts and formats, inviting both speakers and participants from academia, the arts, and activist worlds into conversation. What – and who – do we care for, at what cost, and under which conditions? And how might care be reimagined beyond the logics of planetary extraction and exhaustion that currently shape it?

Programme

Day 1

26 November 2026, University of Copenhagen, Søndre Campus, Room 4A.0.69, Njalsgade 76, 2300 Copenhagen S

09.00-09.30:  Arrival and coffee
09.30-09.45: Welcome by OIKOS
09.45-11.15: Keynote by Bojana Kunst, followed by a conversation with Bojana Kunst, Solveig Gade and Mikkel Krause Frantzen
11.15-11.30: Break
11.30-12.30: Presentations by junior researchers: Asta Johanne Vangkilde, Thomas Bæk Brønsted, Lærke Wäänänen, Alexander Osland Lorenzen and Klara Hegnet
12.30-13.30: Lunch break
13.30-15.00: Online keynote by Stefania Barca
15.00-15.30: Break
15.30-16.30: Conversation with Andy Lautrup and activist and musician Magma Rea, followed by a concert by Magma Rea (this conversation will be in English, but the concert will be in Danish)
16.30-16.45: Break
16.45-18.00: OIKOS presents their book Grænser for omsorg and other projects

Day 2

27 November 2026, Center for Applied Ecological Thinking (CApE), Læderstræde 20, 1201 Copenhagen K

09.30-10.00: Arrival and coffee
10.00-11.45: Presentations by Danish researchers Ditte Winther-Lindqvist, Jeanette Søgaard and Mille Breyen Hauschildt followed by a panel discussion
11.45-13.00: Lunch break
13.00-14.00: Workshop on climate feelings by Klimapsyk
14.00-14.30: Break
14.30-16.00: Keynote by Sandi Hilal followed by a conversation with Ida Bencke, Isak Winkel Holm and Sandi Hilal
16.00-16.30: Break
16.30-17.30: Readings by Danish authors Fine Gråbøl and Rakel Haslund-Gjerrild
17.30-18.30: Reception

Registration

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