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Teeming wetlands

Large parts of Sweden’s original wetlands are gone. Ditched, drained and reclaimed to create land and conditions for efficient agriculture and forestry. This informational project will result in a TV production for viewing in the countries around the Baltic Sea. The purpose of the film is to influence people so

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Understanding social understanding

What are the prerequisites for people to understand each other? How can we arrange our lives so as to conduce consensus? Patrizio Lo Presti asks this question in his thesis Norms in Social Interaction: Semantic, Epistemic, and Dynamic. The answer has practical implications on how we perceive an age marked

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Even more free maths help for Skåne

The non-profit association Mattecentrum offers help free of charge to everyone studying mathematics. The purpose of this project grant application is for managing and further developing the organisation in Skåne. It will allow even more help with maths homework to children and young people in Skåne and provide opportunity for

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Open all taps

The purpose is to help and inspire children and young people by changing attitudes and the attitude of how to relate to mental disorders. This constitutes a big problem in today’s Sweden where there is no apparent or accessible help available. Most dare not seek help because of the shame

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Documenting old stone arch bridges in Northwest Skåne

Arch bridges were built with stone in Skåne mainly during the period 1760 – 1860. Many of them have been demolished, destroyed by vegetation or by new bridges being built over the old ones. Maintenance has been neglected. The bridges are in disrepair: a cultural and historical heritage is being

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Management by Heart for Young Leaders

The programme aims at giving youths and upper secondary school students in their late teens insight, presence and development through debate, experience and confidence. Thus making them aware of the humanistic approach so that they can work for a sustainable world based on diversity and peaceful coexistence.

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The Knowledge Club

The knowledge club wishes to offer the audience experiences of research and knowledge that last a lifetime by combining some of our best thinkers with a scenic expression that engages and involves the audience. With the help of interactive aspects, the audience’s attention and ability to remember are honed. The

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Even more maths help to Skåne

Mathematics forms the foundation of everything. Understanding of mathematics is the linchpin of today’s high-tech society. Sweden, at present, is experiencing a great shortage of engineers, programmers and people who can teach mathematics. In other words we need more people who excel in the subject. Mattecentrum offers support to anyone

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Existence Österlen 2017

In a world characterized by fear and intolerance, Convenium Österlen seeks to spread learning, inspiration and intensification of existential life issues and specifically on the subject of courage and humanity. The target audience is the general public. By arranging Sweden’s first existence festival 2017, Convenium also offers an opportunity for

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The Bridge

The Bridge is an initiative and project aimed at creating an infrastructure for driving talks, collaboration and solutions for global challenges by linking business and entrepreneurship with life science and materials research. The goal in the long term is to create a forum in likeness to the World Economic Forum

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