THURSDAY 9 February 2012
8.00-9.00 Registration and coffee
9.00-13.00 Plenary Session (Room 104)
* Welcome address: Tiina Kontinen, chairperson FSDR
* Presentation: Prof. Mervat Hatem, Department of Political Science, Howard University, USA: The Arab Spring Meets the Occupy Wall Street Movement: Definitions of Citizenship in a Global World
* Comment: Dr Susanne Dahlgren, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki
Discussion
* Presentation: Mr. Pekka Haavisto, Finland
Discussion
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-17.00 Working groups
(1) Citizenship and conflict in Africa (Room 312)
(2) Environmental risk and environmental citizenship (Room 401)
(3) Negotiating culture, identity and education in a global world (Room 208)
(4) Religion and development in the Global South (Room 405)
(5) The dynamics of citizen participation in a global world (Room 313)
(6) Citizenship and social belonging (Room 404)
(7) Education and the changing forms of citizenship (Room 505)
18.30-20.30 Evening Reception by the vice-rector Johanna Björkroth, University of Helsinki
Venue: “Lehtisali”, Main Building of the University of Helsinki, Unioninkatu 34, Helsinki
21.00- Informal gathering, program in “PechaKucha” style organized by Avanto collective.
Venue: Marian Helmi -bar (near the university & conference venue), Snellmaninkatu 17, Helsinki
FRIDAY 10 February 2012
9.00-11.00 Plenary session (Room 104)
* Presentation: Dr. Sian Lazar, University of Cambridge: Why is ‘citizenship’ important to ‘development’?
Discussion
11.00-12.00 Lunch
12.00-14.30 Working groups
(2) Environmental risk and environmental citizenship (Room 401)
(3) Negotiating culture, identity and education in a global world (Room 208)
(4) Religion and development in the Global South (Room 405)
(5) The dynamics of citizen participation in a global world (Room 313)
(6) Citizenship and transnational belonging (Room 312)
(7) Education and the changing forms of citizenship (Room 505)
(8) North-South learning and citizenship transformations (Room 104)
14.45-16.45 Plenary session: “Generations of Global Citizenship in Action” (Room 104)
Prof. Carles Feixa Pàmpols, Catedràtic d’Antropologia Social University of Lleida, Catalonia-Spain
Dr Geoffrey Pleyers, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
Moderator: Prof. Teivo Teivainen, University of Helsinki
In addition: Comment from the Finnish Youth Research Network
16.45-17.00 Closing of the Conference, Jussi Pakkasvirta, Head of the Department of Political and Economic Studies, University of Helsinki