Follow our work to accelerate dialogue and facilitate collaboration across research, education, and the business community as we regularly hold open meetings, events, dialogues, and workshops at the center.
Everyone is welcome!
You can sign up for events on our LinkedIn-profile. The vast majority of these events can be attended either in person at Europaplads 8, 8000 Aarhus C, or online.
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We look forward to the dialogue with you!
07.08.2026 - Open meeting - kl. 10.00-12.00
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Location: Europaplads 8, 8000 Aarhus C
We’re opening the door for dialogue. Come and join us!
If you have any suggestions for content, topics, research, projects, real-world examples, practical challenges, or anything else you’d like us to include on the agenda for this event, please contact msh@cae.au.dk in advance. Otherwise, you’re always welcome to just show up on the day of the event, and we’ll shape the dialogue together.
14.08.2026 - Open Workshop on Future Resilient Building Systems - kl. 10.00-12.00
Workshop on Future Resilient Building Systems
Time: 10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Location: Europaplads 8, 8000 Aarhus C
Language: Danish
We are opening the doors to a workshop on future resilient building systems. Join us! Registration is required.
The workshop will be conducted as an open dialogue and requires in-person attendance and prior registration.
The focus of the workshop is to bring together students, researchers, consultants, building owners/developers, contractors, and building material manufacturers to engage in a discussion about what future resilient building systems should look like.
In this workshop, resilience refers to how future regenerative building systems based on renewable materials can be designed with a focus on securing the supply of building materials and enhancing buildings’ resilience to climate change.
Due to capacity, the number of places available for participants from the various parts of the value chain is limited.
If you would like to participate in the workshop, please contact Mette Hagelquist at msh@cae.au.dk
August 21, 2026 - Open meeting with Mission Lab ambassadors - 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Time: 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Location: Europaplads 8, 8000 Aarhus C
We’re opening the door to dialogue with the ambassadors who are carrying on the work of Mission Lab for Regenerative Building. Come and join us!
27.-28.08.2026 - Presentations and debates at the Climate Festival in Middelfart
Regenerative Building - the dialogue continues at the Climate Festival
See you at the Climate Festival in Middelfart. We will be taking part on Thursday, August 27, and Friday, August 28, in a series of talks, debates, presentations, conversations, and workshops. Below is a chronological overview. See the full program with more detailed descriptions on the Climate Festivals website.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2026
Presentation: Concepts and models for the analysis and design of sustainable climate adaptation solutions
10:00–12:00 in Aarhus University’s tent
Meet Lars Vabbersgaard from Aarhus University – Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering
Talk: Municipal solar energy – from building to energy community
11:00–11:50 on the Orange Stage
Meet Lotte M. Bjerregaard Jensen from Aarhus School of Architecture and others
Dialogue: The future of locally sourced building materials
12:00–14:00 in Aarhus University’s tent
Meet Pil Brix Purup and Steffen Petersen from Aarhus University – Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering
Presentation: LCA Volume – a tool for decision-making on preservation in urban planning
14:00–16:00 in Aarhus University’s tent
Meet Pil Brix Purup from Aarhus University – Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Stina Jensen from CEBRA Architects
Dialogue: Closing the gap between energy legislation and energy consumption
14:00–16:00 in Aarhus University’s tent
Meet Steffen Petersen from Aarhus University – Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2026
Workshop: Dialogue on regenerative building
10:00–12:00 in Aarhus University’s tent
Meet Gustaf Lohm and Mette Stasiak Hagelquist from Aarhus University – Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering & Aarhus Centre for Regenerative Building
Conversation salon: Regenerative Building
10:30–11:25 in Conversation Salon 1
Meet some of the key drivers from the Aarhus Centre for Regenerative Building
Talk: Pathways to living within planetary boundaries
14:00–14:30 on the Yellow Stage
Meet Pil Brix Purup and Steffen Petersen from Aarhus University – Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering
Presentation: Indoor climate and the impacts of climate change on life in buildings
14:00–16:00 in Aarhus University’s tent
Meet Kristine Strøm from Aarhus University – Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering
Talk: Millions of trees – which, where, and why
15:00–15:30 on the Yellow Stage
Meet Lotte M. Bjerregaard Jensen from Aarhus School of Architecture
Talk and debate: The rebels’ regulation
15:30–16:15 on the Grey Stage
Meet Hanne Tine Ring Hansen from Søren Jensen Engineering, Steffen Petersen from Aarhus University – Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Rune Elsgart from Erik Architects, and Karoline Geneser from Artelia
September 4, 2026 - Reserved for a workshop with VoxHall - 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Location: Europaplads 8, 8000 Aarhus C
We’re opening the doors to the workshop. Come join us!
Please feel free to contact msh@cae.au.dk in advance if you’re interested in participating in the workshop.
Regenerative Dialogue: Project-based metrics for building in timber within Planetary Boundaries
Time: 10.00-12.00 AM - coffee and network from 09.30 AM
Location: Europaplads 8, 8000 Aarhus C and online
Language: English
Regenerative Dialogue: Project-based metrics for building in timber within Planetary Boundaries with Adrian Campbell from ChangeBuilding - https://www.changebuilding.com/home
Adrian will present findings from a recent collaborative research project, Using Wood Well, undertaken with The Institute of Computational Design at The University of Stuttgart and Waugh Thistlelton Architects and funded by Built by Nature.
He will explain some of the background to the work, how it is based on a ’strong sustainability’ approach and the use of the three metrics (Use to Renewal Ratio, Wood Use Intensity and Biobased %) to help designers understand sustainability in use of biobased products and timber buildings.
He will show the use of digital data visualisation tools developed for the project to explore the dataset assembled and assessed for the project.
The talk is intended to be the basis of a discussion about setting project-based metrics that demonstrate design with limits and regenerative design approaches.
18.09.2026 - Regenerative Dialogue: Kroppe i klimakollaps - kl. 10.00-11.30
Tid: kl. 10.00-11.30 - netværk fra kl. 9.30
Sted: Europaplads 8, 8000 Aarhus C og online via dette link
Kom og vær med!
Vi ved, at en varmere planet er en trussel for vores samfund. Vi ved, hvordan vi kan afhjælpe og reducere opvarmningen. Alligevel stiger de globale CO2-udledninger stadig. Selv det ”grønne foregangsland” Danmark udelader størstedelen af landets udledninger fra klimaloven og fortsætter store udledningsprojekter som eksempelvis de femten nye motorvejsprojekter i Infrastrukturplan 2035.
Dette oplæg kommer til at handle om, hvordan klimakollapsets omfang og konsekvenser stiller vores kroppe. Oplægget handler om de kroppe, der undersøger klimakollapset, fx forskere og de kroppe, der protesterer mod det, fx i form af vejblokader. Med andre ord spørger oplægget: Hvordan skal man som forsker og privatperson positionere sig proportionelt i klimakollapset? Og hvorfor bruger klimaaktivister deres egne kroppe til at lave forstyrrende protester såsom vejblokader, og hvilken politisk effekt har det?
Oplægget tager udgangspunkt i Thore Keitum Fiskers ph.d.-afhandling fra 2025 og hans feltarbejde som aktivistisk forsker i klimakampagnen Nødbremsen. I oplægget argumenterer han for, at den kropslige her og nu-hed, som aktivistisk feltarbejde bygger på, udgør et proportionelt svar på det klimakollaps, vi står i. Han argumenterer også for, at kropslige, forstyrrende protester såsom vejblokader er nødvendige for at skabe politisk nybrud. I den forbindelse vil han også svare på nogle af de kritikpunkter, som Nødbremsens protester ofte mødes med – af både politikere, medier og forskere.
Om oplægsholder: Thore Keitum Fisker forsvarede sin ph.d.-afhandling i retorik, ”The Body Politic in Motion: A critical rhetoric of moving bodies in politics and activism” på Københavns Universitet (KU) i december 2025. Thore er ansat på Sektion for Retorik, Institut for Kommunikation, KU og er også deltager i klimakampagnen Nødbremsen.
25.09.2026 - Internal Workshop
There will be no open meeting on this day, as we have an internal workshop. We look forward to seeing you another time.
02.10.2026 - Open meeting - kl. 10.00-12.00
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Location: Europaplads 8, 8000 Aarhus C
We’re opening the door for dialogue. Come and join us!
If you have any suggestions for content, topics, research, projects, real-world examples, practical challenges, or anything else you’d like us to include on the agenda for this event, please contact msh@cae.au.dk in advance. Otherwise, you’re always welcome to just show up on the day of the event, and we’ll shape the dialogue together.
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Location: Europaplads 8, 8000 Aarhus C
We’re opening the door to dialogue. Come and join us!
More information will follow later.
23.10.2026 - Open meeting - kl. 10.00-12.00
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Location: Europaplads 8, 8000 Aarhus C
We’re opening the door for dialogue. Come and join us!
If you have any suggestions for content, topics, research, projects, real-world examples, practical challenges, or anything else you’d like us to include on the agenda for this event, please contact msh@cae.au.dk in advance. Otherwise, you’re always welcome to just show up on the day of the event, and we’ll shape the dialogue together.
30.10.2026 - Open meeting - kl. 10.00-12.00
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Location: Europaplads 8, 8000 Aarhus C
We’re opening the door for dialogue. Come and join us!
If you have any suggestions for content, topics, research, projects, real-world examples, practical challenges, or anything else you’d like us to include on the agenda for this event, please contact msh@cae.au.dk in advance. Otherwise, you’re always welcome to just show up on the day of the event, and we’ll shape the dialogue together.
06.11.2026 - Open meeting - kl. 10.00-12.00
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Location: Europaplads 8, 8000 Aarhus C
We’re opening the door for dialogue. Come and join us!
If you have any suggestions for content, topics, research, projects, real-world examples, practical challenges, or anything else you’d like us to include on the agenda for this event, please contact msh@cae.au.dk in advance. Otherwise, you’re always welcome to just show up on the day of the event, and we’ll shape the dialogue together.
13.11.2026 - Internal Working Day
There will be no open meeting on this day, as we have an internal working day. We look forward to seeing you another time.
20.11.2026 - Open meeting - kl. 10.00-12.00
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Location: Europaplads 8, 8000 Aarhus C
We’re opening the door for dialogue. Come and join us!
If you have any suggestions for content, topics, research, projects, real-world examples, practical challenges, or anything else you’d like us to include on the agenda for this event, please contact msh@cae.au.dk in advance. Otherwise, you’re always welcome to just show up on the day of the event, and we’ll shape the dialogue together.
27.11.2026 - Open meeting - kl. 10.00-12.00
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Location: Europaplads 8, 8000 Aarhus C
We’re opening the door for dialogue. Come and join us!
If you have any suggestions for content, topics, research, projects, real-world examples, practical challenges, or anything else you’d like us to include on the agenda for this event, please contact msh@cae.au.dk in advance. Otherwise, you’re always welcome to just show up on the day of the event, and we’ll shape the dialogue together.
04.12.2026 - Open meeting - kl. 10.00-12.00
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Location: Europaplads 8, 8000 Aarhus C
We’re opening the door for dialogue. Come and join us!
If you have any suggestions for content, topics, research, projects, real-world examples, practical challenges, or anything else you’d like us to include on the agenda for this event, please contact msh@cae.au.dk in advance. Otherwise, you’re always welcome to just show up on the day of the event, and we’ll shape the dialogue together.
11.12.2026 - Open meeting - kl. 10.00-12.00
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Location: Europaplads 8, 8000 Aarhus C
We’re opening the door for dialogue. Come and join us!
If you have any suggestions for content, topics, research, projects, real-world examples, practical challenges, or anything else you’d like us to include on the agenda for this event, please contact msh@cae.au.dk in advance. Otherwise, you’re always welcome to just show up on the day of the event, and we’ll shape the dialogue together.
13.11.2026 - Internal Working Day
There will be no open meeting on this day, as we have an internal working day. We look forward to seeing you another time.
