Marja-Liisa (Aro) Swantz died peacefully in her sleep on a May night at the age of 99. Professor emerita Swantz was the first director of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Helsinki. She taught in the Departments of Ethnology, Religious Studies, Social Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, and Development Studies at the University of …
Authors: Ayonghe Nebasifu, Edmund Asare, Geethanjali Mariaselvam, Enrique Aliste-Almuna, Ida Herdieckerhoff, Anna Mustonen, Violeta Gutiérrez-Zamora, Anna-Emilia Haapakoski, Salla Jutila, & Aina Guinart Written based on insights from a working group (WG4) at the Development Days 2025 conference. The working group was organised by collaboration of the International Forest Policy Research Group and the Helsinki …
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By Eija Ranta. Originally published by the KIOS Foundation on 28 February 2025. Note: The blog post was changed to its original Finnish language on 30 March due to issues with translation. Presidentti Donald Trumpin päätös jäädyttää Yhdysvaltain kehitysyhteistyöviraston (USAID) toiminta oli shokeeraava. Jo Trumpin ensimmäisellä presidenttikaudella kävi selväksi, ettei hän usko kehitysyhteistyön kaltaiseen pehmeään …
USAIDin alasajo ja sen maailmanlaajuiset seuraukset Read More »
Bonn Juego Chair of the Finnish Society for Development Research, Co-Chair of Development Days 2025, and Senior Lecturer in International Development Studies at the University of Jyväskylä [Opening remarks to the Development Days conference with the theme “Development Transitions: Amidst Waste, Wars, and Maldevelopment”, 27 February 2025, Helsinki] Good morning, everyone! And to international participants …
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Dear FSDR Members, As we wrap up 2024, let’s take a moment to celebrate the resilience and achievements of our community. This year has tested us with global and domestic political challenges, but it has also been a time of remarkable events and accomplishments for the FSDR, as highlighted in previous newsletters. Most importantly, the …
Bonn Juego Chair of the Finnish Society for Development Research [A commentary on the UEF Global Development Report 2024, presented to the University of Eastern Finland during the UEF Global Development Day, 18 November 2024] Hello and congratulations from Jyväskylä! Thank you for the invitation to be part of this occasion to celebrate past accomplishments …
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Bonn Juego Chair, Finnish Society for Development Research & Senior Lecturer, University of Jyväskylä [Edited opening remarks and introduction to the FSDR Policy Dialogue 2024 on “Finland’s Development Policy for Today: Past Lessons, Future Visions”, 21 October 2024] Welcome to this year’s Policy Dialogue of the Finnish Society for Development Research (FSDR – Kehitystutkimuksen …
On Finland’s Development Policy Today: Questions and Reflections Read More »
By Eija Ranta and Martta Kaskinen / Originally published by EADI as part of the European Development Policy Outlook Series The boost in popularity of the populist right-wing Finns party has meant a bumpy ride for Finland’s development affairs. With far-right extremists in the government, Finland’s development aid is plunging. In this blog post, we …
Finland’s Development Aid Plunges amid Far-Right Take-Over of Policy Agendas Read More »
Bonn Juego Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at the University of Jyväskylä, Chair of the Finnish Society for Development Research, and Co-Chair of Development Days 2024 [Revised and edited opening remarks to the Development Days conference with the theme “Crises and Futures of/in Development”, 15 February 2024, Helsinki] Good morning! Dear colleagues and international guests, …
The Development Days conference, held on 15-16 February 2024, was a resounding success. We had many interesting and analytically rich sessions that provoked more discussion than what there was time for. The conference atmosphere was spiced with a tangible sense of community-building. In the times of crises we live in, a stronger and critical development …
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