Upcoming Events

Feb 2026 Right to Daylight Workshop

Health Innovation in the Municipalities - Norway and International

This event will open to all with an interest in youth and children’s rights, outdoor recreation and play, urban design and innovations in municipal public health.

Sign up to be part of a multi-perspective, collaborative approach to public health innovations both local, regional and international. We will be focusing on inclusion, under-represented voices, technological innovations and co-created design solutions.

We will explore the barriers to, and potential to support improvement in, young people’s right to self-motivated playful recreation and daylight exposure through design driven innovation, collaboration and sharing lived experiences, knowledge from practice and scientific insights.

Dates: Feb 2026 (more information to follow)

Location: University of South-Eastern Norway, Bergseminaret, Kongsberg, Buskerud

Draft programme:

We will explore together, as youth, light researchers, educators, urban planners and designers and health practitioners, how the preventive health benefits of outdoor recreation and daylight exposure are part of children and young people's Right to Health, Article 24 of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) (United Nations, 1989). Outdoor walk and talks, group discussions, design workshops, ´Ask the Experts´, building a community of interest over coffee breaks, lunch and with activities, action plans for improvements.

More details to follow

If you are interested to present or attend as a municipal partner please make contact with rigmor.baraas@usn.no

Event registration (limited places) : Coming soon