SWACCS Junior ACademy workshop (JAWS)

When: 25. - 26. August 2022

Where: Stockholm University

Who: PhD students / early-career and senior researchers working in all fields related to chemicals, health and the environment

What: A 2-day workshop organized by the Swedish Academic Consortium on Chemical Safety (SWACCS), Stockholm University (SU) and Karolinska Institutet (KI), offering both a seminar day and new insights into this year’s theme “Steps towards sustainable chemicals and a toxic-free environment“ (day 1) and one-day course in Science communication (day 2).

Why: Because networking is fun; communicating your science effectively is one of the most meaningful things to learn; meeting other junior and senior researchers and telling them about your research opens up new opportunities; winning a poster prize; getting credits; mingle & dinner

How: Register for the event (Deadline 22nd of June) and feel free to forward this to researchers you think are interested! Don’t forget to join SWACCS.

Day 1 - Seminars (25.08.2022):

  • 9:00 - 9:10: Short introduction / Welcome / Coffee

  • 9:10 - 9:20: Joëlle Rüegg (Uppsala University) - Introduction of SWACCS

  • 9:20 - 10:05: Oleg Pajalic (Perstorp Group) - “Perstorp towards sustainability: from chemical design to last consumer”

  • 10:05 - 10:15: Oskar Karlsson (Stockholm University/SFT) - SFT Information

  • 10:15 - 10:30: Fika

  • 10:30 - 11:15: Carl-Gustaf Bornehag (Karlstad University) - “New approaches in environmental epidemiology for better risk assessment of chemicals.”

  • 11:15 - 12:00: Anna Beronius (Karolinska Institutet) - “Using Adverse Outcome Pathways to support Next Generation testing and assessment of Chemicals”

  • 12:00 - 13:45: Lunch & poster session

  • 13:45 - 14:30: Marlene Ågerstrand (Stockholm University) - “Chemicals regulation - Understanding and navigating the scene”

  • 14:30 - 15:15: Richard Lihammar (IVL/MistraSAFEChem) - “Research program in green and sustainable chemistry”

  • 15:15 - 15:30: Fika

  • 15:30 - 16:15: Anna Sobek (Stockholm University) – “Circular economy: from design to re-use”

  • 16:15 - 16:45: Final discussion

  • 16:45 - 17:00: poster prize announcement (sponsored by SFT)

  • 17:00 - End: Mingle / dinner

There will be an opportunity to present and discuss your work during a poster session between the talks!

Day 2 (26.08.2022)

Workshop on “Science communication”. An occasion to learn more about communicating your research to both a scientific and a general audience and how to use social media channels to spread your work.

  • 9:00 - 12:00: Workshop on Science communication Part I (i.a.: impact on society, story telling, presentation techniques, stage presence, trust-building)

  • 12:00 - 13:00: Lunch break

  • 13:00 - 14:00: Panel discussion - “Twitter in Science”

  • 14:00 - 16:30: Workshop on Science communication Part II (i.a.: impact on society, story telling, presentation techniques, stage presence, trust-building)


JAWS 2022 aims to promote networking among young scientists. Since there is a limit to the number of participants, PhD students and post-docs are prioritized, but senior researchers and master’s students are welcome to register as well. Registration for only one of the days is also possible.

Don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns at jaws@aces.su.se.