{"id":1916,"date":"2015-10-27T13:56:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T11:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/?page_id=1916"},"modified":"2026-03-03T19:10:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T17:10:43","slug":"call-for-papers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/","title":{"rendered":"#DevDays2026 has come to an end. Warm thanks to everyone who joined us in Helsinki and online."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Development Days Conference 2026<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1y585J1mlPHmTJ08kmDf_pLqVYXVGH5xr\/view?usp=sharing\"><em>Development in Ruins, Hope in the Cracks: A Time for Reckoning, Reclaiming, and Reawakening<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">26-27 February 2026 | P\u00e4\u00e4rakennus (Main Building), University of Helsinki<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Conference update<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"558\" data-end=\"808\"><strong>Development Days Conference 2026<\/strong> took place on 26\u201327 February 2026 at the University of Helsinki (Main Building) and online. Thank you to all participants, working group coordinators, speakers, volunteers, and partners who made <strong>#DevDays2026<\/strong> possible.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"810\" data-end=\"1034\">We extend our warm thanks to our keynote speakers, Walden Bello and Robtel Neajai Pailey, and to Ullamaija Kivikuru and Kaarle Nordenstreng for marking FSDR\u2019s 40th anniversary with their reflections on the society\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>The conference programme remains available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/programme-2026\">here,<\/a> as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/pre-conference-events\">pre-conference events<\/a>. Accepted presentations are listed on each <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\">Working Group page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For any post-conference queries (e.g., certificates of participation, invoices\/receipts), please email: <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"mailto:info.developmentdays@gmail.com\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1424\" data-end=\"1454\">info.developmentdays@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1152\" data-end=\"1181\"><strong data-start=\"1152\" data-end=\"1181\">Post-conference resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"1184\" data-end=\"1213\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/19QsHaVWjUghdBFzi21AIjHgVfqms0DGH\/view?usp=sharing\">Book of Abstracts<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1184\" data-end=\"1213\">Recordings (Opening ceremony, Keynote lectures and plenaries): <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLbjidPMU6Z_FQycz4FX2KQiUtqOhpAt7l&amp;si=dJ3Yv1tlg5wEderO\">DevDays2026 Youtube Playlist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Development Days 2026 Conference Concept Note<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We live in a ruined and ruining world. The postwar program and edifice of \u201cdevelopment\u201d as we know it\u2014built on the assumptions of linear progress, donor-driven aid, and international cooperation\u2014is crumbling. Development\u2019s failures, rooted in the colonial and capitalist world-system, are manifest: in the stark precarity and inequalities sharpening under economic neoliberalism; in the climate emergency spiraling beyond control; in the defunding of social institutions and public services amid rising securitization and militarization; in the surge of reactionary, ethno-nationalist, and authoritarian-populist politics eroding human dignity and global solidarities; and in the realities of genocide, forced displacement, and mass starvation \u2014 cruelties inflicted against humanity.<\/p>\n<p>These <strong>ruins<\/strong> in the contemporary polycrisis, entangled with the history of extractive capitalism and colonialism, demand profound reckoning. Yet, in the <strong>cracks<\/strong>\u2014within the fissures and margins of the prevailing disorder\u2014seeds of hope are already germinating. This <strong>hope<\/strong> is found both in the recognition of diverse forms of human coexistence that predate Western hegemony, and in vibrant new movements. From struggles for climate action, equality, peace, and food sovereignty, to feminist economies of care and Indigenous knowledge reclamations, to the uprisings led by students and the youth, people are reawakening consciousness and reclaiming agency, spaces, and the commons. These are not simply strategies of survival, but practices of community-building and world-making that prefigure life beyond the colonial capitalist paradigm of development.<\/p>\n<p>Coinciding with the <strong>40th anniversary of the Finnish Society for Development Research<\/strong>, the <strong>#DevDays2026<\/strong> international conference calls on scholars, practitioners, and activists to share their studies, reflections, advocacies, and experiences in engaging this dialectic of ruin and hope. We ask: How do we reckon with the ruins of development? How do we learn from, and nurture, the cracks where hope takes root? And how do we reawaken political consciousness for socio-ecological and economic-cultural transformation?<\/p>\n<p>This gathering is more than critique. It is an invitation to self-reflection on <strong>Reckoning, Reclaiming, Reawakening<\/strong> toward renewal. As we reflect on four decades of critical development research in Finland, we take up the challenge not only to analyze collapse but to actively participate in the collective labor of reimagining and advancing futures of justice, care, and solidarity.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Keynotes and Plenary Roundtable<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Keynote Lecture will be delivered by Walden Bello (Honorary Senior Research Fellow, State University of New York &amp; Co-Founder, Focus on the Global South) on &#8220;Revisiting Deglobalization in an Era of Geopolitical Competition&#8221;. The Keynote Conversation on &#8220;Alternative Development in a Post-Aid World&#8221; will be led by Robtel Neajai Pailey (Assistant Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science). The Plenary Roundtable on &#8220;The State of Development Research: Critical Perspectives from Finland, Europe, and the Global South&#8221; will have a panel comprising Anja Nygren, Eleanor Fisher, Alfredo Saad-Filho, and David Barkin.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Working Groups<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This year&#8217;s conference is organized around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\"><strong>20 selected Working Groups<\/strong><\/a>. We invite you to explore them and see the <strong data-start=\"2896\" data-end=\"2922\">accepted presentations<\/strong> listed on each Working Group page.<\/p>\n<h3>Important dates<\/h3>\n<p>\u25cf 12.01.2026: Registration opens<br \/>\n\u25cf 15.02.2026: Registration closes<br \/>\n\u25cf 25.02.2026: Pre-conference events (DocShop, Master\u2019s Workshop, Public Forum)<br \/>\n\u25cf 26.-27.02.2026: #DevDays2026 Conference in Helsinki<\/p>\n<p>In line with our commitment to democratizing, diversifying, and decolonizing development knowledge, we welcome online participation and hybrid engagement. We particularly encourage collaboration with colleagues from the Global South.<\/p>\n<p>For\u00a0more information and updates, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kehitystutkimus.fi%2Fconference&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cbojuego%40jyu.mail.onmicrosoft.com%7C4389a612a7f8447a3c0108dcddf114e5%7Ce9662d58caa44bc1b138c8b1acab5a11%7C1%7C0%7C638629274760417362%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Byl83EsiLV30gY8Wbq7zAeGcnhQQrWDk34%2BOm6BzD3g%3D&amp;reserved=0\">conference\u00a0website<\/a> regularly, follow FSDR&#8217;s social media pages <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KehitystutkimuksenSeura\">(Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/fsdr-kehitystutkimus\">LinkedIn<\/a>), or write to us at <a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Finfo.developmentdays%40gmail.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cbojuego%40jyu.mail.onmicrosoft.com%7C4389a612a7f8447a3c0108dcddf114e5%7Ce9662d58caa44bc1b138c8b1acab5a11%7C1%7C0%7C638629274760432340%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ffnSXsNRfTnbwqvk%2FGcwuR1FRJCVZJzEVfl3B%2BA3bnQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\">info.developmentdays@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Organizers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/\">Finnish Society\u00a0for\u00a0Development\u00a0Research<\/a> (FSDR), in collaboration with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helsinki.fi\/en\">University of Helsinki<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unipid.fi\/\">Finnish University Partnership for International Development<\/a> (UniPID), the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helsinki.fi\/en\/helsinki-institute-sustainability-science\">Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science<\/a> (HELSUS), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsv.fi\/en\">Federation of Finnish Learned Societies<\/a>, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hel.fi\/en\"> City of Helsinki<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalvisions.fi\/en\/\">Global Visions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4279\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FSDR-logo-all-language-300x101.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"348\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FSDR-logo-all-language-300x101.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FSDR-logo-all-language-1024x345.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FSDR-logo-all-language-768x259.png 768w, 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P\u00e4\u00e4rakennus (Main Building), University of Helsinki Conference update Development Days Conference 2026 took place on 26\u201327 February 2026 at the University of Helsinki (Main Building) and online. 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