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<\/a>Development Studies in Finland: Reflections on the past five decades and the future ahead<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Date:<\/strong> Wednesday 26th<\/sup>\u00a0 February 2020<\/p>\n

Time:<\/strong> 13:00-15:30<\/p>\n

Place:<\/strong> Think Corner (Tiedekulma)<\/p>\n

Development Studies has come a long way since it 50 years ago emerged in Finland. Born from a student movement supporting Third World decolonisation processes, Development Studies has become a fully-fledged multidisciplinary academic institution addressing global challenges. The scope of our work has expanded and emphases of research have varied but much of the early impetus has retained. Development Studies still recognizes itself as a multidisciplinary endeavor strongly committed to examining pressing global challenges and deep inequalities reigning in our contemporary world. Through research and activism, we are probing just and sustainable alternatives to counteract them.<\/p>\n

Development Studies at the University of Helsinki will organize a public event at Think Corner (Tiedekulma) to commemorate its past 50 years and on the strength of it to seek perspectives on its future coming 50 years. The event will consist of one panel, short speeches and a public discussion based on them. The panel will critically assess the experiences of the past 50 years. How did Development Studies grow from activity of committed students with support from a handful of sympathetic teachers to an established academic discipline? What have been its academic achievements and what do we know about its social impact? After that, a set of short speeches will map the current and future parameters of Development Studies. It asks where Development Studies is now and ponders upon possible scenarios for the next 50 years.<\/p>\n

Timetable:<\/strong><\/p>\n

13:00-13:05 Opening words: Eija Ranta, University Lecturer<\/p>\n

13:05-13:15 Welcome words: Jari Niemel\u00e4, Rector of the University of Helsinki<\/p>\n

13:15-14:15 History panel<\/strong><\/p>\n

Participants:<\/p>\n

Juhani Koponen, Emeritus Professor<\/p>\n

M\u00e4rta Salokoski, Researcher<\/p>\n

Mariko Sato, Managing Director of the Physicians for Social Responsibility \u2013 Finland<\/p>\n

Marikki Stocchetti, Secretary General of the Development Policy Committee<\/p>\n

Marja-Liisa Swantz, Professor, first Director of the Institute of Development Studies<\/p>\n

Public discussion<\/p>\n

14:15-15:00 Future speeches (max. 5 min. each)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Presenters:<\/p>\n

Barry Gills, Professor<\/p>\n

Jara Kollei, Society and Change Student<\/p>\n

Tiina Kontinen, Associate Professor, University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4<\/p>\n

Anja Nygren, Professor<\/p>\n

Anna Salmivaara, PhD Researcher<\/p>\n

Gutu Wayessa, University Lecturer<\/p>\n

Public discussion<\/p>\n

15:00-15:30 Sparkling wine reception<\/p>\n

The event is moderated by Eija Ranta. Inquiries: eija.ranta@helsinki.fi.<\/p>\n

The event formulates part of the celebration in 2020 of 75 years of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki.<\/em><\/p>\n

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<\/a>Development Days 2020: Inequality Revisited: In Search of Novel Perspectives on an Enduring Problem<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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26.-28.2.2020, House of Science and Letters (Tieteidentalo), Helsinki, Finland.<\/p>\n

Organizer: Finnish Society for Development Research.<\/p>\n

REGISTER BY <\/strong>15.2.2020\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

The problematique of inequality \u2013 or, inequalities, to recognise the multidimensionality and complexity of the problem \u2013 is re-emerging on the global agenda of development research. In recent decades, development scholars have focused more on the question of poverty. While poverty and inequality are interlinked, inequality is manifested also in many other ways \u2013 in structural, material, relational, institutional, geographical and technological terms, and through a variety of social, political, cultural, economic and other phenomena.<\/p>\n

Importantly, current debates are critically reflecting on the fact that global inequalities are intimately connected to the history of slavery and Western colonialism, and are continuously shaped, reconstructed, maintained and reinforced by their new, neocolonial and neoliberal forms. There are, however, also some challenges. For instance, analyses of inequality often tend to revolve around neoclassical development economics and its variants, such as the human capability approach or \u2018development as freedom\u2019. While postcolonial and feminist approaches have widened the scope, more remains to be done. Further, the \u2018economistic turn\u2019 in inequality research has disproportionately focused on the global North, and has not managed to link the question of inequality to the clarion call for global justice. In turn, analyses of inequality have suffered from new forms of stratification. Many studies are methodologically nationalist, although local and global inequalities are increasingly intertwined and injustices are ever more widespread.<\/p>\n

There is an urgent need to rethink inequalities in development research and practice. To do so, it is necessary to utilise multi- and transdisciplinary approaches \u2013 that is, to learn and share beyond disciplinary boundaries. The Finnish Society for Development Research (FSDR) engages with these ongoing debates through the\u00a0Development Days 2020 Conference<\/em>.<\/p>\n

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are very pleased to announce our\u00a0keynote speakers<\/a>\u00a0for the conference:<\/p>\n