Activities in Nordic Summer University (NSU) revolve around thematic Study Circles that run during a three-year cycle. Each circle has two or three coordinators who are responsible for organising the symposia. The Study Circles generate the academic content of NSU.
More about the Study Circles
Coordinators 2026:
Circle 1: Studies in Remoteness. Sensoria of Absence, Distance, and Neglect (2026-2028)
Helena Hildur W.
Coordinator Study Circle 1
Lindsey Drury
Coordinator Study Circle 1
Circle 2: Cybioses: art, critique & technology (2026-2028)
Talya Deibel
Coordinator Study Circle 2
Eric Deibel
Coordinator Study Circle 2
Georgios Diapoulis
Coordinator Study Circle 2
Circle 3: Re-configuring Colonialities: Reforging Knowledges, Healing Trauma and Re-Imagining (Digital) Futures (2026-2028)
Bharti Arora
Coordinator Study Circle 3
Nishat Zaidi
Coordinator Study Circle 3
Mary Marinopoulou
Coordinator Study Circle 3
Suruchi Thapar-Björkert
Coordinator Study Circle 3
Circle 4: An/Other\not-I/(m)\Other in Feminist Philosophy
Carol Stampone
Coordinator Study Circle 4
Nicole des Bouvrie
Coordinator Study Circle 4
Emilia Plichta
Coordinator Study Circle 4
Circle 5: Ecology of Transformative Learning Practices With/In A More-than-human World
Vitalija Povilaityte-Petri
Coordinator Study Circle 5
Wendy Wuyts
Coordinator Study Circle 5
Circle 6: What is critical about critical theory? Bridging the gap between social science and philosophy
Olli Herranen
Coordinator Study Circle 6
Magnus Hörnqvist
Coordinator Study Circle 6
Circle 7: Act, React & Reflect: Meta-perspectives on climate change knowledge
Anders Hylmö
Coordinator Study Circle 7
Jakob Lundgren
Coordinator Study Circle 7
Circle 8: Queer Materialism
Ruth Thrush
Coordinator Study Circle 8
Thomas Chesworth
Coordinator Study Circle 8
Circle 9: Degrowth and Exnovation
Fernando Racimo
Coordinator Study Circle 9
Eeva Houtbeckers
Coordinator Study Circle 9
Circle 10: Decolonising the Anthropocene through Artistic Research
Heidi Seppälä
Circle coordinator
