{"id":3437,"date":"2021-10-18T21:32:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T18:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/?page_id=3437"},"modified":"2026-02-18T23:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:51:07","slug":"working-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups","title":{"rendered":"Working Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Working Group Titles and Coordinators<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/working-group-1-shifting-foundations-for-civic-space-and-expanding-solidarity-learning-care-and-collective-agency-beyond-development\">Nurturing Hope and Resistance in the Ruins<\/a><\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinators: Bayan Arouri <em>(Tampere University)<\/em>, Ebru Sevik <em>(Tampere University)<\/em>, Meeri Tiensuu <em>(Tampere University)<\/em>, and Caecilie Svop Jensen <em>(Tampere University)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/working-group-2-the-entanglement-of-gen-z-democracy-and-geopolitics-in-the-global-south\">The Entanglement of Gen Z, Democracy and Geopolitics in the Global South<\/a><\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinators:\u00a0Tiina Sepp\u00e4l\u00e4 <em>(University of Helsinki)<\/em> and Manoj Bhusal <em>(University of Helsinki)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/working-group-3-intergenerational-hope-in-sparsely-populated-regions\">Intergenerational Hope in Sparsely Populated Regions<\/a><\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinators:Tapio Nyk\u00e4nen <em>(Oulu University)<\/em> and Helena Ristaniemi <em>(Oulu University)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/working-group-4-sites-of-ruins-sites-of-hope-rethinking-building-infrastructures-in-the-precarious-present\">Sites of Ruins, Sites of Hope: (Re)Thinking Building Infrastructures in the Precarious Present<\/a><\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinators: Dayabati Roy and Roshni Chattopadhyay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/working-group-5-pedagogy-of-resistance-social-movements-popular-education-and-transformative-learning\">Pedagogy of Resistance: Social Movements, Popular Education, and Transformative Learning<\/a><\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinator: Meri Mononen-Matias <em>(University of Helsinki) <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/working-group-6-philosophical-and-spiritual-practices-for-sustainability-transformations-cultivating-inner-wisdom-embodying-change\">Philosophical and Spiritual Practices for Sustainability Transformations: Cultivating Inner Wisdom, Embodying Change<\/a><\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinators: Ramcilovik-Suominen Sabaheta\u00a0<em>(Luke &#8211; Natural Resources Institute of Finland)<\/em> and Jessica B\u00f6hme <em>(Institute for Practical ekoPhilosophy)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/working-group-7-from-crises-to-just-sustainable-futures-reimagining-the-ecotopia-in-socio-ecological-systems\">From Crises to Just Sustainable Futures: Reimagining the \u2018Ecotopia\u2019 in Socio-Ecological Systems<\/a><\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinators: Ayonghe Nebasifu <em>(University of Helsinki)<\/em>, Karen Heikkil\u00e4 <em>(University of Helsinki)<\/em>, and Aliz\u00e9e Ville <em>(University of Helsinki)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/working-group-8-governing-in-the-ruins-of-green-development-neoliberal-and-or-authoritarian-sustainability-and-the-cracks-of-everyday-ecologies\"><em>Governing in the Ruins of Green Development: Neoliberal and\/or Authoritarian Sustainability and the Cracks of Everyday Ecologies<\/em><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinators: Taru Salmenkari <em>(University of Helsinki) <\/em>and Virginie Arantes <em>(Universit\u00e9 libre de Bruxelles)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/working-group-9-extractivism-recognition-and-responsibility-the-search-for-more-just-futures\">Extractivism, Recognition, and Responsibility: The Search for More Just Futures<\/a><\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinators: Anja Nygren <em>(University of Helsinki)<\/em>, Anna Heikkinen <em>(University of Helsinki)<\/em>, Mira K\u00e4k\u00f6nen <em>(University of Helsinki)<\/em>, and Anu Lounela <em>(University of Helsinki)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><em><em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/working-group-10-planting-promises-money-myths-and-the-realities-of-global-tree-planting-and-ecological-restoration\"><em>Planting Promises: Money, Myths, and the Realities of Global Tree Planting and<br \/>\nEcological Restoration<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinators: Markus Kr\u00f6ger <em>(University of Helsinki)<\/em>, Ossi Ollinaho <em>(University of Helsinki)<\/em>, and Sophia Hagolani-Albov <em>(University of Helsinki)\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/working-group-11-reawakening-consciousness-pedagogies-of-hope-and-participatory-learning-for-transformative-futures\">Reawakening Consciousness: Pedagogies of Hope and Participatory Learning for Transformative Futures<\/a><\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinator: Abirlal Mukherjee <em>(Amity University)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/working-group-12-decolonial-feminist-methodologies-as-resistance-and-the-blueprint-for-hope\">Methodology as a Tool for Resistance and Hope<\/a><\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinator: Reyhane Gholami <em>(Terrorism Research &amp; Analysis Consortium)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/working-group-13-supporting-environmental-defenders-to-advance-environmental-and-social-justice\"><em>Supporting Environmental Defenders to Advance Environmental and Social Justice<\/em><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinators: Denis Ruysschaert <em>(University of Helsinki) <\/em>and Yannick Wild <em>(Peace Brigades International)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/working-group-14-re-imagining-futures-from-the-edges-epistemologies-and-experiences-of-sustainability-and-resistance-otherwise\">Re-imagining Futures from the Edges: Epistemologies and Experiences of Sustainability and Resistance Otherwise<\/a><\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinators: Tuija Veintie <em>(University of Helsinki)<\/em>, Nathaly Pinto <em>(Aalto University)<\/em>, Marinka R\u00e4s\u00e4nen <em>(University of Helsinki)<\/em>, Eleonora Lundell <em>(University of Helsinki &amp; University of Neuchat\u00eal)<\/em>, and Monica Lemos <em>(University of Helsinki)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/working-group-15-shifting-foundations-for-civic-space-and-expanding-solidarity-learning-care-and-collective-agency-beyond-development\">Shifting Foundations for Civic Space and Expanding Solidarity: Learning, Care, and Collective Agency Beyond Development<\/a><\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinators: Crystal Green <em style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">(University of Helsinki) <\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">and Susan Wiksten <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">(University of Helsinki)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/working-group-16-reimagining-political-participation-in-an-age-of-geopolitics-southern-experiences\">Reimagining Political Participation in an Age of Geopolitics: Southern Experiences<\/a><\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinators: Henri Onodera <em>(University of Helsinki) <\/em>and Karim M\u00e4iche\u00a0<em>(University of Lapland)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/working-group-17-reclaiming-metaphysical-memory-indigenous-knowledge-ancestral-healing-and-regenerative-development-in-southern-africa-and-the-global-south\"><em>Reclaiming Metaphysical Memory: Indigenous Knowledge, Ancestral Healing, and Regenerative Development in the Global South<\/em><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinators: Munya Saruchera <em>(Stellenbosch University)<\/em> and Sostina Spiwe Matina\u00a0<em>(Wits University)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/working-group-18-the-political-economy-of-the-green-digital-transition\"><em>The Political Economy of the Green-Digital Transition<\/em><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinators: Edemilson Paran\u00e1 <em>(LUT University)<\/em> and Rodrigo Santaella Gon\u00e7alves <em>(LUT University)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/working-group-19-student-activism-and-transnational-solidarity-standing-with-sudan-palestine-and-beyond\"><em>Keep Eye on Sudan: Panel Discussion with Sudanese Community Activists<\/em><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinators: Syksy Byholm <em>(Keho ry)<\/em> and Johanna Airaksinen <em>(Keho ry)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/working-group-20-develop2-the-academy-programme-for-development-research\">\u00a0<em>Experiences from the DEVELOP2 Academy Programme<\/em><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinator: Mikko Ylikangas <em style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">(Research Council of Finland)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/working-group-21-perspectives-from-african-based-research-the-nordic-africa-institutes-visiting-scholars-programme\"><em>Perspectives from African-based Research: The Nordic Africa Institute&#8217;s Visiting Scholar&#8217;s Programme<\/em><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinators: Eleanor Fisher<em> (the Nordic Africa Institute)<\/em> and Liisa Laakso <em>(the Nordic Africa Institute)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: 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