Er det en motsetning mellom fokus på økonomisk vekst og behovet for å møte globale utfordringer, og i så fall, hvordan bør vi transformere forskning og undervisning? Universities are expected to contribute with knowledge to meet the global challenges. Both in the UN Agenda on Sustainable Development, the Paris agreement, and Kunming-Montreal biodiversity framework, new knowledge and the revision of old is asked for.  But for the most part, research councils and university leaders, in line with OECD´s knowledge politics, align the relevance of knowledge with capitalist economic growth. Is there a contradiction between this «knowledge for growth», and the need to meet the global challenges? If so, how must universities transform its research and teaching? Don Kalb is a professor at the Department of Social Anthropolgy (UiB) and the leader of GRIP (Global Research Programme on Inequality). Latest book: Insidious Capital: Frontlines of Value at the End of a Global Cycle (2024). Kjetil Rommetveit is professor at Centre for the Study of the Sciences and Humanities. He is the initiator of the cross-disciplinary «Master on sustainability» at the same centre. He will comment on Kalb's talk and the overall topic. Chair: Tor Halvorsen