{"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":"2026-10-30T20:23:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T18:23:03","slug":"working-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups","title":{"rendered":"Working Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The DevDays2027 program features <span class=\"hljs-strong\"><strong>22 Working Groups <\/strong><\/span>spanning critical perspectives on development research, policy, and advocacy.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"hljs-section\">Guidelines for Submissions:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em><span class=\"hljs-strong\">Where to Send: <\/span><\/em><\/strong>Please submit your abstract or expression of interest directly to the primary email contact listed on each Working Group page.<\/li>\n<li><em><span class=\"hljs-strong\"><strong>Submission Format:<\/strong> <\/span><\/em>Standard abstracts should be up to <span class=\"hljs-strong\"><strong>300 words<\/strong><\/span> unless otherwise noted on the specific Working Group page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Deadline:<br \/>\n<\/strong><span class=\"hljs-strong\">25 November 2026<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"hljs-section\"><strong>The #DevDays2027 Working Groups<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/wg-1-critical-data-studies-interrogating-the-age-of-big-tech-and-ai\">WG 1: Critical Data Studies: Interrogating the Age of Big Tech and AI <\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Coordinator: <\/strong>Christopher Chagnon <em>(University of Helsinki)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/wg-2-beyond-smart-forests-centering-iplcs-and-equity-in-forest-governance\">WG 2: Beyond \u201cSmart\u201d Forests: Centering IPLCs and Equity in Forest Governance <\/a><\/strong><strong>Coordinators: <\/strong>Ayonghe Akonwi <em>(University of Helsinki),<\/em>\u00a0Omobola Eko (<em>University of Tuscia, Italy)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/wg-3-governing-through-markets-public-value-capability-and-accountability\">WG 3: Governing through Markets: Public Value, Capability and Accountability <\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Coordinators:\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"hljs-section\">Vinay Sharma; Ashish Bhateja<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/wg-4-conversations-across-contexts-a-warm-data-lab\">WG 4: Conversations Across Contexts: A Warm Data Lab<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Coordinator: <\/strong>Arnaldo Pellini <em>(Capability POy and ODI Global)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/wg-5-reclaiming-development-african-led-research-collective-power-and-just-futures-for-people-and-nature\">WG 5: Reclaiming Development: African-Led Research, Collective Power, and Just Futures for People and Nature<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Coordinator: <\/strong>Amos Njuguna <em>(NIERA: Network of Impact Evaluation Researchers in Africa)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/wg-6-global-sustainability-with-global-resources-and-stakeholders\">WG 6: Global Sustainability with Global Resources and Stakeholders<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Coordinator: <\/strong>Annika Hyyti\u00e4 <em>(University of Helsinki)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/wg-7-china-and-the-new-geographies-of-green-transition\">WG 7: China and the New Geographies of Green Transition<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Coordinators: <\/strong>Usman Ashraf, Mir\u00e4 K\u00e4k\u00f6nen <em>&amp; <\/em>Chenmei Li <em>(University of Helsinki)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/wg-8-africa-across-the-social-sciences-early-career-perspectives\">WG 8: Africa Across the Social Sciences: Early-Career Perspectives<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Coordinators: <\/strong>Ilmari Huotari<em> (University of Helsinki \/ Global Development Studies)<\/em>, Kirsten Nielsen, <em>(University of Helsinki \/ Anthropology)<\/em>, Lina Bonde <em>(University of Helsinki \/ Sociology)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/w9-experiences-from-the-develop2-academy-programme\">WG 9: Experiences from the DEVELOP2 Academy Programme<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Coordinator: <\/strong>Mikko Ylikangas <em>(Research Council of Finland)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/wg-10-tropical-forest-governance-in-the-era-of-new-digital-technologies\">WG 10: Tropical Forest Governance in the Era of New Digital Technologies<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Coordinators: <\/strong>Heini Vihem\u00e4ki &amp; Maria Brockhaus <em>(Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/wg-11-resisting-green-extractivism-in-nordic-frontiers-to-sustain-life\">WG 11: Resisting Green Extractivism in Nordic Frontiers to Sustain Life<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Coordinators: <\/strong>Eleonoora Karttunen <em>(Social and Public Policy, University of Eastern Finland)<\/em>, Susanna Myllyl\u00e4 <em>(Environmental Policy, University of Eastern Finland)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/wg-12-tariff-liberalisation-and-sustainability-rules-of-origin-as-development-policy\">WG 12: Tariff Liberalisation and Sustainability: Rules of Origin as Development Policy<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Coordinators: <\/strong>Guillaume G\u00e9rout Suominen <em>(University of Helsinki)<\/em>, Jacob Kotcho Bongkwaha (<i>Commission of the Economic Community of Central African States<\/i><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/wg-13-emptying-landscapes-rural-outmigration-and-the-transformation-of-people-nature-relations-in-the-global-south\">WG 13: Emptying Landscapes? Rural Outmigration and the Transformation of People\u2013Nature Relations in the Global South<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Coordinators: <\/strong>Edward L. Webb &amp; Heini Vihem\u00e4ki <em>(Viikki Tropical Resources Institute, University of Helsinki)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n<\/em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/wg-14-learning-otherwise-becoming-one-unity-popular-pedagogy-andragogy-and-action-research-as-new-dynamics-of-collective-power\">WG 14: Learning Otherwise, Becoming One: Unity, Popular Pedagogy, Andragogy, and Action Research as New Dynamics of Collective Power<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Coordinator: <\/strong>Abirlal Mukherjee <em>(University of the People, California, USA)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/wg-15-global-climate-tipping-points-and-extractive-politics\">WG 15: Global Climate Tipping Points and Extractive Politics<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Coordinators: <\/strong>Sophia Hagolani-Albov, Markus Kr\u00f6ger <em>&amp; <\/em>Sanna Komi <em>(Global Development Studies, University of Helsinki)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/wg-16-from-extractivism-to-degrowth-exploring-local-alternatives-in-a-global-world\">WG 16: From Extractivism to Degrowth: Exploring Local Alternatives in a Global World<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Coordinators: <\/strong>Sanna Komi <em>(University of Helsinki, Global Development Studies, and Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona, Institut de Ci\u00e8ncia i Tecnologia Ambientals)<\/em>, Riina Bhatia <em>(University of Helsinki, Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Sustainability of Society)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/wg-17-care-and-the-governance-of-the-commons-towards-new-approaches\">WG 17: Care and the Governance of the Commons: Towards New Approaches<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Coordinator: <\/strong>Francesco Mirra<em> (University Paris 1 Panth\u00e9on Sorbonne)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/wg-18-reimagining-democratic-participation-in-an-age-of-geopolitics-southern-experiences\">WG 18: Reimagining Democratic Participation in an Age of Geopolitics: Southern Experiences<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Coordinators: <\/strong>Henri Onodera <em>(University of Helsinki)<\/em>, Karim Ma\u00efche <em>(University of Lapland)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/wg-19-educational-sovereignty-pedagogies-of-resistance-and-relational-epistemologies-for-empowering-people-and-nature\">WG 19: Educational Sovereignty: Pedagogies of Resistance and Relational Epistemologies for Empowering People and\u00a0Nature<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Coordinators: <\/strong>Meri Mononen-Mat\u00edas <em>(University of Helsinki)<\/em>, Gabriel Cruz Ignacio <em>(Teacher\/Researcher, Oaxaca, Mexico; online coordinator)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/wg-20-the-political-economy-of-the-green-digital-transition\">WG 20: The Political Economy of the Green\u2013Digital Transition<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Coordinator: <\/strong>Paul Arteaga <em>(Lappeenranta University of Technology)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hljs-section\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/wg-21-transdisciplinary-research-in-a-changing-arctic-geopolitics-knowledge-and-decolonial-practice\">WG 21: Transdisciplinary Research in a Changing Arctic: Geopolitics, Knowledge and Decolonial Practice<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Coordinators: <\/strong>Sabaheta Ramcilovic-Suominen <em>(LUKE: Natural Resources Institute Finland)<\/em>, \u00deorbj\u00f6rn Kristj\u00e1nsson <em>(University of Iceland)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/working-groups\/wg-22-navigating-the-oda-crisis-post-aid-solidarities-youth-agency-and-resilient-south-south-north-academic-networks\">WG 22: Navigating the ODA Crisis: Post-Aid Solidarities, Youth Agency, and Resilient South\u2013South\u2013North Academic Networks<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Coordinator: <\/strong>Teo Ramari <em>(SYL and the University of Helsinki)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DevDays2027 program features 22 Working Groups spanning critical perspectives on development research, policy, and advocacy. 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