Coordinator: 

Mikko Ylikangas (Research Council of Finland) – mikko.ylikangas@aka.fi

The panel addresses some of the key questions of the Development Days 2026. The panel will bring together researchers from three DEVELOP2 research programme projects to present their experiences in their ongoing research in Africa and Nepal. The presentations will be followed by a commentator’s notions, and a moderated discussion with the audience. The panelists are invited speakers (more information about them to be announced later).

The research projects are jointly funded 2023–2026 by the Academy of Finland and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. The panel is targeted for a broad academic and practitioner audience as well as other stakeholders.