Get together this Autumn!
Join like-minded professionals within light and lighting to discuss research priorities, either informally over three lunch meet-ups in October, November and December or contribute to our Research Get Together on 11th November.
You are also encouraged to join the ongoing conversation and make connections in our LinkedIn Group.
We are a new network which has developed out of a common desire to provide opportunities for communication involving a wide audience, educational exchange and research-industry collaboration on light-related topics.
The impact
The reason for this network is clear: we all play an active role in research with light-related topics and together we become better in taking advantage of understanding relationships with light. We approach light matters from multiple dimensions and our results will arrive from an in-depth analysis. We are rooted in different disciplines and eagerly cross boundaries between architecture, lighting design, optometry, physics and biology. Our research will have a deeper scope.
The challenges
New discoveries in light research, in the art of pigments and surprises in biology on how life has been harnessing light, show the potential of light as a tool. But it is a challenge for R&D in architecture, engineering and design to know what to do with the rapid growth in knowledge.
Synergies through collaborative efforts across fields is the only way forward and new forms of educating the next generation is crucial for future built environments, urban landscaping and using natural light as a renewable resource.
On our way …
We think of the Light Collaboration Network as an enrichment through learning from mentors, applying new knowledge by combining elements in theories, methods and concepts and by taking a science-based approach in practice on what works and what doesn’t.
We share latest news in discovery research from our respective fields and bundle research/ education/ dissemination activities to inspire, engage and develop a mutual understanding to convey the knowledge in an effective manner.
How you can participate
We welcome stories about experiences with light, seasonal wellbeing and mental health in the context of the environment. And we encourage employers who want to make a difference for their staff, students, patients, communities, parks, wild and domestic animals to work with researchers to build new evidence.
In this way, individuals and businesses could accelerate knowledge in what kind of light works for whom and in what context. Feel free to get in touch with your idea or project that you think could be important to discuss.
At the back of the eyes are light-sensitive cells with different opsin-based pigments, which mediate the conversion of a photon of light into an electrochemical signal as a first step in a signalling cascade involved in vision, circadian rhythms and many more downstream body functions. Foto: JB 
The green pigment chlorophyll in plants absorbs light energy to convert CO2 and water into glucose and together with nutrients, the plant grows. Foto: KW 
With the sun far away, temperature constrains metabolism and slows down growth but creates quality timber. Foto: KW 
Building sustainably with local materials and along the sun’s path in northern Sweden. Foto: KW 
Measuring the composition of light at the Torne river. Foto: KW 
Irradiance across the entire visible spectrum, solid-state light devices, incandescent bulbs and compact fluorescent lamps (from back to front). Source: www.popularmechanics.com
