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Thursday, 16 February
Venue: University of Helsinki
09:00–10:00 Conference registration
10:00 Plenary session
Metsätalo (Unioninkatu 40), Lecture hall 6
10:00–10:15 Welcoming words
10:15–11:00 Keynote: Swati Parashar, University of Gothenburg
11:00–11.05 Comments to the keynote: Minna Lyytykäinen, University of Helsinki
11:05–11:15 Q & A / Open discussion
11:15–12:00 Keynote: Tor Benjaminsen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences:
“A Moral Economy of Pastoralists? Understanding the ‘Jihadist’ Uprising in Mali”
12:00–12:05 Comments to the keynote: Markus Kröger (tbc.), University of Helsinki
12:05–12:15 Q & A / Open discussion
Chair: Mira Käkönen, Tampere University
12:15–14:00 Lunch break
14:00–15:30 Parallel sessions I (Working groups and panels)
Kielikeskus (Fabiankatu 26)
15:30–16:15 Coffee
Metsätalo (Unioninkatu 40)
16:15–17:45 Parallel sessions II
Metsätalo (Unioninkatu 40)
18:00–19:00 World Political City Walk: Teivo Teivainen, University of Helsinki
19:00-20.00 Conference Reception
Old Court House (Aleksanterinkatu 20)
Announcement of the winner of the Development Research MA Award
Friday, 17 February
Venue: Tieteidentalo (Kirkkokatu 6)
09:15– Plenary session
09:15–10:00 Keynote: Andreas Bieler, University of Nottingham:
“Confronting Multiple Global Crises: Labour and the struggle over the future of humanity”
10:00–10:05 Comments to the keynote: Barry Gills, University of Helsinki
10:05–10:15 Q & A / Open discussion
Chair: Christian Scheper, University of Duisburg-Essen
10:30–12:00 Parallel sessions III
12:00–13:30 Lunch break
13:30–15:00 Parallel sessions IV
15:00–15:30 Coffee
15.30– Plenary session
15:30–16:45 Panel discussion: “The Impacts of the Ukraine-Russia War and the Conflict-Development Nexus in the Global South”
Panelists: Zahra Edalati, Tampere University; Violeta Gutierrez Zamora, University of Eastern Finland; Bonn Juego, University of Jyväskylä; Gutu Wayessa, University of Helsinki
Chair: Tiina Seppälä, University of Lapland
16:45–17:00 Closing words
17:00– Open get-together