Author: Chris Smith
Swedish Elections – Kristina Lemon
Swedish Elections – Kristina Lemon – Digital Notes Tuesday June 9th 2015, 6pm Speaker: Kristina Lemon from the Swedish Elections Authority Chair: Lesley Riddoch, broadcaster & writer Host : Alex Rowley MSP Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh The recent UK General Election had a ‘high’ turnout of 66%. The last General Election in Sweden produced no single party with a working...Read More
Is Small Still Beautiful?
Is Small Still Beautiful – Digital Notes With Professor John Bryden, Aberdeen University Chaired by Lesley Riddoch, writer and broadcaster Edinburgh City Chambers Wednesday 27 May – 6.00pm-8.00pm Norway has 428 kommuner (councils) The average size of a kommune is just 12,000 people. In Scotland the average council serves a whopping 178,000 people. How do these tiny Norwegian kommuner...Read More
People Power : Towards Equality Through Technology
People Power : Towards Equality Through Technology For those of you fortunate enough to be at the “People Power – Towards Equality Through Technology”; you were able to hear the inspiring Uffe Elbaek in person. On this page we have included the audio recordings and a short video interview. His presentation in person was stunning as he recounted his journey from activist to start...Read More
McHorizons – Oslo 10 March 2015
McHorizons from Nordic Horizons on Vimeo. As part of the Nordic Horizons mission to engage, we ventured to Oslo to talk 'social enterprise'. Susan Aktemel, the social entrepreneur and founder of 'Homes for Good' spoke to an audience of housing specialists drawn from the private and public sectors and academia. It was a lively interactive meeting and this short video gives a flavour...Read More
Uffe Elbæk – the video interview
This is the video interview with Uffe Elbæk of Alternativet who talks about politics, building a new party, trust and Borgen. His full presentation to a sell out Nordic Horizons audience is still available as two audio recordings on our Soundcloud channel.
New event announced “A world heading towards equality – through technology”
"A world heading towards equality – through technology" Committee Room 2 , Scottish Parliament 5th March 2015 6pm Speaker ; Uffe Elbæk MP Sponsor ; Jean Urquhart MSP Chaired by journalist and NH Director Lesley Riddoch
Events 2015
‘Nurturing nature’ Comparing land quality and land use in South West Norway and Scotland Dr. Duncan Halley, Research Ecologist, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research – NINA Sponsored by Rob Gibson MSP Scottish Parliament December 1st 6pm South West Norway and Highland Scotland are closely similar in climate, geology and landforms; but very different in land cover, human population an...Read More
Women’s Quotas and The Norwegian Experience – meeting notes
Women’s Quotas and The Norwegian Experience – meeting notes Women’s Quotas – The Norwegian experience NORDIC HORIZONS with Mai-Lill Ibsen and Arne Selvik Lecture Theatre Moray House, EH8 8AQ 6pm 2nd December 2014 In 2002 the Norwegian conservative Trade Minister announced a ‘Quota Law’ requiring publically listed companies to appoint 40% of the under-represented gender to their b...Read More
Restaurant Day
Restaurant Day – Event Details Restaurant Day – Timo Santala Lecture Theatre Moray House, EH8 8AQ – 6pm 22nd October 2014 This year Nordic Horizons theme is democratic renewal – we thought that would be relevant however the vote goes on September 18th. The first event is a novel way to engage ethnic communities, cut through red tape and let people feel in charge of their cities. ...Read More
November meeting – ‘Small is Powerful’.
Small is Powerful – Event Notes Small is Powerful Åland Prime Minister, Ms Camilla Gunnell Sponsored by Mike Mackenzie MSP Scottish Parliament 6pm November 25th 2014 How does home rule in the tiny Åland Islands work? Almost seven thousand islands (most uninhabited) lie midway between Sweden and Finland in the Baltic Sea. Most of the 28 thousand Ålanders speak Swedish, but their territory is ...Read More
Halldór Guðmundsson – the video
The story of a ‘cultural trawler’ from Chris Smith on Vimeo.