DLA Societal Topics: daylight versus urban density & daylight and global health

DLA Annual Conference 2025
Parallel session B

Thursday, 22 May 2025
from 15:30 to 17:00

Lead (tbc)

Description

The DLA is entering a new strategic phase — one where action takes centre stage. After a decade of building a strong foundation (startup and consolidation phases), the upcoming action phase (starting in 2026, pending funding by Velux Stiftung) will focus on creating knowledge for change and transforming knowledge into change.

To guide this transition, the DLA is shaping societal priority topics for the next five years — topics that leverage the DLA’s strengths in interdisciplinarity, outreach, and unique collaborative potential. This participatory process began at the Annual Conference 2024 in Trondheim, and since then, a dedicated working group of eight DLA members has refined four key topics, supported by the DLA steering committee.

This session is more than just a discussion — it’s a call to action. You will be working on the following themes: daylight versus urban density & daylight and global health.

A one-pager per topic giving more details about the background, potential agenda and synergies between the topics is available here.

Objectives

Join this interactive workshop to

  • Shape the future: Refine the proposed topics with your insights and expertise and bring new ideas within the framework
  • Co-create initiatives: Work in interdisciplinary teams to turn ideas into concrete initiatives
  • Build momentum: Develop motivating kick-off plans to pursue beyond the conference towards DLA proposals or other impactful initiatives