Conferences and seminars
The Bolin Centre regularly organizes conferences and seminars, as well as outreach activities such as public lectures and science festivals. On this page, you can learn more about what type of events we offer. We also encourage you to keep an eye on our calendar for upcoming events.
Audience at the Professor Maureen E. Raymo Climate lecture at the Bolin Days 2019. Photo: Annika Granebeck
Bolin Days
The Bolin Days is our annual internal conference for – and by – our Bolin Centre members. During these days, new climate science results are presented and we meet each other to exchange ideas, share our experiences and find new inspiration.
You can take part in a set of cross-disciplinary sessions organized by our Research themes leaders. You have the opportunity to meet our External Science Advisory Group, there is a poster exhibition and as usual, a poster competition for PhD student.
Bert Bolin Climate Lectures
Bert Bolin Climate Lectures for Climate Research is named in honour of Professor Bert Bolin, former Professor of Meteorology at Stockholm University. Every year, a distinguished Bert Bolin Climate Lecturer is invited to Stockholm to hold a popular science lecture and a science seminar at the Bolin Centre for Climate Research.
Bert Bolin was a leader in climate and carbon cycle research and one of the founders of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. The Faculty of Science at Stockholm University established the annual Bert Bolin Climate Lecture in 2008, shortly after Bert Bolin had passed away.
2025 | Professor Paulo Artaxo, Center for Amazonian Sustainability, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Swedish Climate Symposium
The Swedish Climate Symposium was held for the first time in 2022 in Norrköping, in collaboration with the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) and the strategic research areas BECC and MERGE at Lund University. The symposium has been organized every second year since then. Learn more about previous and upcoming symposia on the event website below.
Swedish Climate Symposium 2026 – Registration opens soon!
Swedish Biodiversity Symposium
The Swedish Biodiversity Symposium is an interdisciplinary conference that brings together experts and stakeholders in biodiversity to promote positive developments in the field. The symposium was held for the first time in autumn 2025 in Gothenburg, with the main organisers being the strategic research area BECC, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, the SLU Centre for Biological Diversity, and the Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre. Read more about the conference on the link below.
ForskarFredag (European Researchers’ Night)
ForskarFredag is part of the science festival European Researchers’ Night and Researchers at Schools, with events taking place across Europe during the last weekend of September each year. ForskarFredag serves as a unique opportunity for researchers to inspire and engage younger generations, share their knowledge and passion for science, and spark interest in education and research.
Climate Festival
The Climate Festival was the Bolin Centre’s largest public event and was held annually between 2017 and 2021. During the festival, the interested public had the opportunity to meet our climate researchers and learn more about climate change and what we can do about it. In 2020 and 2021, the Climate Festival was held digitally due to the circumstances at the time; you can read more via the link below. In 2022, the Bolin Centre revised its approach to public and school outreach. Instead of organising the Climate Festival, we began participating in the national science festival ForskarFredag, which you can read more about further up on this page.
Forum for the Arctic and Antarctic
Photo: Private
The Bolin Centre for Climate Research helped organised the 2025 Forum for the Arctic and Antarctic that took place at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, November 10–11, 2025.
– A venue renowned for its leading research environments on processes of change affecting the Arctic and Antarctic, including climate change and geopolitics.
The Aim of the Forum for the Arctic and Antarctic is to shape agendas for Arctic and Antarctic research in sweden, through dialogue among academia, state agencies, and stakeholders. The overarching theme is raising the ambition of Swedish Polar Research.
Climate Arena
Photo: Karin Jonsell
The Bolin Centre Climate Arena was a forum for exchange of ideas about how to effectively reduce our negative impact on climate and the environment. The arena was active between 2019 and 2023, learn more on the link below.
Contact
Do you have questions about our events and outreach activities? Please reach out via our function mailbox below. Don’t forget to keep an eye on our calendar for upcoming events.
Bolin@su.se
Last updated: 2025-11-28
Source: Bolin Centre for Climate Research