needs2021

Imagining Futures: Interstices and the Immateriality of Disasters

Welcome to NEEDS 2021, the fifth edition of the Northern European Conference on Emergency and Disaster Studies, hosted by Mid Sweden University and organized by the Risk and Crisis Research Centre 21–23 September 2021.

Due to Covid-19, NEEDS 2021 will be arranged digitally.

Call for Abstracts

Welcome to submit your abstract for NEEDS 2021. Deadline for submission is May 23, 2021.

Keynote speakers

We are proud to present six inspiring keynote speakers for NEEDS 2021. The keynote speakers are paired – a researcher from the crisis field meet...

Panel discussion: Art and Future

”All art is quite useless”, wrote Oscar Wilde in the Picture of Dorian Gray, though of course that particular picture was the quite useful vessel...

Conference theme

"Imagining Futures: Interstices and the Immateriality of Disasters". This year we shift the focus away from the hazardous event in itself and...

Panels

Learn more about this year's 35 panels in a wide range of topics.

Important dates 2021

28 February – Deadline for panels
30 March – Call for abstracts opens
23 May – Deadline for abstracts
18 June – Registration opens
23 July – Last day for early bird registration
23 August – Last day for registration
21–23 September – NEEDS conference

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