Development Days 2027 Conference CALL FOR WORKING GROUPS Empowering Development: People and Nature in the Era of New Technologies and Geopolitics 25-26 February 2027 | Helsinki, Finland Concept Note Development research concerns the well-being of people and nature. So long as there are threats to, and aspirations for, the flourishing of humanity and ecology, development …

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By Teo Ramari FSDR’s Kesäpäivä brought members together for an afternoon of research exchange, discussion, and networking before the summer break. This year’s event introduced a new research showcase format, featuring presentations by two FSDR members from the University of Helsinki. Meri Mononen-Matias presented her work on community-based educational models in Oaxaca, exploring how Indigenous …

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Bonn Juego Senior Lecturer in International Development Studies at the University of Jyväskylä & Chair of the Finnish Society for Development Research   As we closed our timely conversation at the World Village Festival 2026 — this year themed ‘Freedom’ — Walden Bello helped us see that the collapse of the neoliberal order is a …

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by Erkki Tuomioja [Remarks at the Development Days Conference on Walden Bello’s keynote lecture, “Revisiting Deglobalization in an Era of Geopolitical Competition,” University of Helsinki, 26 February 2026] We are witnessing today the breakdown of the rules-based World Order, as it was established and developed after WW II on the basis of the UN Charter. …

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Dr. Lauri Siitonen, researcher and teacher of international development cooperation, passed away after a bout of illness on 22 March 2026 in Helsinki at the age of 72. He was born in Turku on 14 February 1954. He went to school in Eura. He studied international politics at the University of Turku and received his …

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By Walden Bello I would like, first of all, to thank Prof Bonn Juego, Chair of the Finnish Society for Development Research, and Prof Tiina Seppälä, Conference Chair of Development Days 2026, for inviting me to address this august assembly.  I am truly honored and happy to be in Finland. It is often said that …

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Bonn Juego Chair of the Finnish Society for Development Research, Co-Chair of Development Days 2026, and Senior Lecturer in International Development Studies at the University of Jyväskylä [Opening remarks and Introduction to the Development Days 2026 / FSDR@40 international conference with the theme “Development in Ruins, Hope in the Cracks: A Time for Reckoning, Reclaiming, …

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This is a republication of the “Meet a Wisdomer” section of JYU.Wisdom Newsletter 1/26, by the School of Resource Wisdom, University of Jyväskylä, featuring FSDR Chair Bonn Juego. Meet a Wisdomer: Bonn Juego “Redefining Sustainability through Justice, Peace, and Planetary Well-being”   Q: How did you become a part of the JYU.Wisdom community? Bonn: My …

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Dear FSDR Members, As we close the chapter on 2025, the Board sincerely thanks you for your continued membership and steadfast support. We also want to congratulate each of you for simply getting through another challenging year for the development research community, surviving and overcoming every hurdle, as we fulfill our professional responsibilities and continue …

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#DevDays2026 | FSDR@40 Development in Ruins, Hope in the Cracks: A Time for Reckoning, Reclaiming, and Reawakening University of Helsinki, Finland | 26–27 February 2026 Concept Note  We live in a ruined and ruining world. The postwar program and edifice of “development” as we know it—built on the assumptions of linear progress, donor-driven aid, and international cooperation—is crumbling. …

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