Recorded Conversations About Possible Futures
13 November 2026
The Possible Futures conversation series at Konstfack and Chalmers has been launched at a time of profound societal transformation. The conversations held so far are now available to listen to and watch via the link below.
Our society is in the midst of a period of profound change, characterized by accelerating climate change, ultra-rapid and disruptive technological development, and increasingly complex geopolitics. What is needed to address the challenges of the future?
In the Possible Futures conversation series, an initiative by Martin Nilsson Jacobi, President of Chalmers, and Anna Valtonen, Vice-Chancellor of Konstfack, two guests from different fields of expertise come together for a dialogue on how we can meet the challenges of the future.
The first conversation featured Darja Isaksson, Director General of Vinnova, Sweden’s innovation agency, and Jamer Hunt, Professor of Transdisciplinary Design at The New School – Parsons, New York.
In the second conversation, Pia Sandvik, CEO of Teknikföretagen and Chair of the STEM Delegation, met Bettina Schwalm, a doctoral researcher at Konstfack whose research project is titled The Age of Global Weirding – Experiences for Sustainable Transformation. Schwalm is also a designer, Director of the Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship, and lecturer on the first joint master's course offered by Konstfack and Chalmers, which is also titled Possible Futures.
On 6 November, former Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and Nils Björling, Senior Lecturer in Urban Design at Chalmers University of Technology and a researcher in sustainable and equitable regional development, took their turn.
Listen and learn: From STEM to STEAM / Possible Futures
Jamer Hunt and Darja Isaksson
Pia Sandvik and Bettina Schwalm
Stefan Löfven and Nils Björling