Polin Workshop: Creating a tool box for Transdisciplinary work
Sinappi Centre, Sinapintie 74, 20960 Turku
Organizer: Praxis of Social Imaginaries – a Theo-artistic Intervention for Transdisciplinary Research Project
Join Us for Pollination Days at Sinappi Centre | 8–10 October 2025
We warmly invite you to Pollination Days, a two-day interdisciplinary workshop designed to bring together researchers across Åbo Akademi. The goal is to improve collaboration skills and expand your academic toolkit.
These two days will focus on:
- mastering the art of interdisciplinary fluency and interpersonal agility: by developing practical competencies in both interdisciplinary dialogue and interpersonal collaboration, enabling clearer articulation of ideas across diverse academic domains and more effective teamwork.
- learning to think like a research architect: spotting hidden gaps, tracing emerging possibilities, and charting compelling vectors of inquiry that push your field forward.
- temporal intelligence in research design: by developing a cyclical mindset for research planning—recognising rhythms, feedback loops, and timing as tools to make the processes more sustainable.
Practicalities:
- Participants arrive at 17:00 on Wednesday 08/10 and leave on Friday 10/10 at 13:00.
- Stay includes all meals and accommodation.
- All costs except transportation are covered by the Polin Institute.
The workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Eduardo Abrantes and Dr. Laura Hellsten. Eduardo is a philosopher and researcher with an expertise in transdisciplinary work and its challenges. His facilitation is informed by insight into academic practices and protocols but also artistic, and creative approaches to the production and dissemination of knowledge particularly in between the humanities and the natural sciences. Laura is a dancing theologian who has been leading projects that bring together artists, researchers and activists to explore current and historic questions of ethics, imaginaries of the world and relationships between humans and non-human creation. Together, they bring a unique blend of playfulness, conceptual rigor, and rich experience in creating and sustaining engaging participant environments.
How to apply:
Send a max one page bio with a short motivation and presentation of your research interests to our emails latest Monday 15th September.