7th Social LCA conference:
Impacts, Interests, Interactions

Welcome to The 7th international conference on Social Life Cycle Assessment that this year will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, June 14-17, 2020 hosted in collaboration with the Swedish Life Cycle Center. The conference are taking place the week before mid-summer, a time when many consider Sweden to be at it´s finest with long days and white nights. The conference is co-arranged by KTH – Royal Institute of Technology and Chalmers University of Technology. It will be held on the campus of Chalmers, Johanneberg.

Update: Due to governmental and university guidelines regarding COVID-19 (Corona-virus) we have decided to proceed with SLCA2020 as planned, but is some other form. Owing to all uncertainties, we now plan for an online event, with the option to also hold a physical event for those who may travel and if the situation clears. A decision to hold such a physical event will be taken later. Our decision have consequences for many things, among else, the registration fees and the format for presentations.

We are fully aware that an online event will not provide the same opportunities as a physical event, but we will do our utmost to find engaging ways so that people will get useful feedback on their presentations, take part in interesting conversations, and experience a valuable and memorable event. If we get this to work well, we will have made some important learnings on more climate-neutral conferencing for the future!

Theme: Impacts – Interests – Interactions  

With this year’s theme we want to acknowledge that social life cycle studies have diverse methods, are conducted in different contexts and with different effects. While there are social impacts related to decisions, also the social organisation of the life cycle matters for sustainability change. The conference offers an occasion to examine SLCA from methodological as well as social and practical perspectives.  

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More information

Abstract submissions are now closed (Dec 10) and are now under revision until March 16.

Registration fees: For a conference that will be held online and possibly also on site in Gothenburg, we will split registration fees in two part – One fee for (online) participation and an additional fee for those who also take part on-site in Gothenburg. It will be possible to register for (online) participation shortly on our conference site. The possibility to additionally register to be present on-site in Gothenburg can be made later. With a 2-part conference fee, we can maintain flexibility in proceeding with the conference planning.

To read more about the conference program, submissions and registrations info, click the conference site-button above. The information will be updated continuously.