{"id":3579,"date":"2022-01-06T13:53:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T11:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/?page_id=3579"},"modified":"2026-02-23T18:29:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:29:43","slug":"programme-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/programme-2026","title":{"rendered":"Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Please note that the programme is subject to change.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"756\" data-end=\"775\">Wed 25.2.2026<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"776\" data-end=\"984\"><strong data-start=\"776\" data-end=\"801\">Pre-conference events<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"776\" data-end=\"984\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12.00\u201315.00<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unipid.fi\/unipid-event-registrations\/masters-workshop-2026\/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExbkxnVmxUdEFuM2lNRklpQXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7PSEMoYvx92PR_BoXYDHiguRMu7JkB-7WYsVQGv69GX2dE3NTk3FZEnMrF8w_aem_v4zDhhDEqPsGetMQKTDU4w\">Master\u2019s Workshop 2026 | <em>&#8220;Navigating the Road to Completion&#8221;<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13.00\u201315.00<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unipid.fi\/docnet-forms\/devdays25-docshop-registration\/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExbkxnVmxUdEFuM2lNRklpQXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5QUWIXGVF39O5hoZ-nXf720ilYDOdXefGePpuM4wi_x9XishzdaW73VjtfIw_aem_7knUN_GginXJ928R9QwnJw\">DocShop2026 | <em>&#8220;Beyond Academia: Doing Development Research in Different Fields&#8221;<\/em><\/a> (Resource Persons: Maaria Seppanen, Heini Vihem\u00e4ki, Axel Sointu, Joni Valkila, Outi Hakkarainen, and Nea-Mari Heinonen)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17.00\u201319.00<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalvisions.fi\/en\/2026\/01\/26\/event-whose-future-global-visions-in-a-contested-world\/\">Public Forum | <em>&#8220;Whose Future? Global Visions in a Contested World&#8221;<\/em><\/a> with the conference keynote speakers Walden Bello, Robtel Neajai Pailey, and Alfredo Saad-Filho, co-organized by Global Visions and Finnish Society for Development Research, moderated by Max Tallberg and Astrid Aminoff (Think Corner)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"986\" data-end=\"1005\">Thu 26.2.2026<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1006\" data-end=\"1755\"><strong data-start=\"1006\" data-end=\"1026\">Conference Day 1<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1006\" data-end=\"1755\">08.30\u201309.00 Registration (Small Festive Hall foyer)<br data-start=\"1080\" data-end=\"1083\" \/>09.00\u201309.15 Opening of the conference and welcome remarks: &#8220;<em>In Defense of Good Development&#8221;<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jyu.fi\/en\/people\/bonn-juego\">Bonn Juego<\/a>, Chair of the FSDR &amp; Senior Lecturer at the University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4<br data-start=\"1159\" data-end=\"1162\" \/>09.15\u201310.00 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/keynote-speakers\">Keynote Lecture<\/a>: Walden Bello, <em>&#8220;Revisiting Deglobalization in an Era of Geopolitical Competition&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"1777\" data-end=\"2304\"><em>Commentator: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/nai.uu.se\/about-us\/person\/liisa-laakso.html\">Liisa Laakso<\/a>, Chair, Human Rights Committee, Council of Finnish Academies<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1777\" data-end=\"2304\"><em>Commentator: <\/em><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/tuomioja.org\/english\/\">Erkki Tuomioja<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">, Founder, Historians without Borders &amp; Former Minister, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1777\" data-end=\"2304\"><em>Chair<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helsinki.fi\/en\/about-us\/people\/people-finder\/teivo-teivainen-9017075\">Teivo Teivainen<\/a>, Research Director, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1006\" data-end=\"1755\">10.00\u201310.30 Q&amp;A: open forum\/discussion<br data-start=\"1265\" data-end=\"1268\" \/>10.30\u201312.00 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/keynote-speakers\">Keynote Conversation<\/a>: Robtel Neajai Pailey, <em>\u201cAlternative Development in a Post-Aid World\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"1006\" data-end=\"1755\"><em>Facilitator:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/researchportal.helsinki.fi\/en\/persons\/eija-ranta\/\">Eija Ranta<\/a>, Academy of Finland Research Fellow<\/li>\n<li><em>Commentator: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/researchportal.helsinki.fi\/en\/persons\/juhani-koponen\/\">Juhani Koponen<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">, Professor Emeritus, University of Helsinki &amp; FSDR Honorary Member<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1006\" data-end=\"1755\">12.00\u201313.00 Lunch break<br data-start=\"1416\" data-end=\"1419\" \/>13.00\u201314.30 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/programme-2026\/working-group-sessions\">Working Groups I<\/a> (parallel sessions: onsite\/hybrid\/online)<br data-start=\"1489\" data-end=\"1492\" \/>14.30\u201315.00 Coffee break \/ Book presentations<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Taru Salmenkari: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elgaronline.com\/monobook\/book\/9781035316687\/9781035316687.xml\"><em>Global Ideas, Local Adaptations: Chinese Activism and the Will to Make Civil Society<\/em><\/a> (Edward Elgar 2025)<\/li>\n<li>Henri Onodera, Martta Kaskinen &amp; Eija Ranta (Eds.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\/books\/oa-edit\/10.4324\/9781003378891\/citizenship-utopias-global-south-henri-onodera-martta-kaskinen-eija-ranta?_gl=1*1lx5a12*_gcl_au*ODc1NjExNTY0LjE3NzAyMTkyOTI.*_ga*MTEzNTQyODM5MC4xNzcwMjE5Mjky*_ga_0HYE8YG0M6*czE3NzAzNjQwNjAkbzIkZzEkdDE3NzAzNjQwOTEkajMzJGwwJGgw\"><em>Citizenship Utopias in the Global South: The Emergent Forms of Activism in an Era of Disillusionment<\/em><\/a> (Routledge 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p data-start=\"1006\" data-end=\"1755\">15.00\u201316.30 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/programme-2026\/working-group-sessions\">Working Groups II<\/a> (parallel sessions: onsite\/hybrid\/online)<br data-start=\"1590\" data-end=\"1593\" \/>16.30\u201318.00 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/programme-2026\/working-group-sessions\">Working Groups III<\/a> (parallel sessions: onsite\/hybrid\/online)<br \/>\n18.15-18.45 Announcement of the Master&#8217;s Thesis Award in Development Studies (UniPID)<br \/>\n19.00\u201320.00 Conference reception hosted by the City of Helsinki (Pohjoisesplanadi 11-13)<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1757\" data-end=\"1776\">Fri 27.2.2026<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1777\" data-end=\"2304\"><strong data-start=\"1777\" data-end=\"1797\">Conference Day 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1777\" data-end=\"2304\">08.30\u201309.00 Registration (Small Festive Hall foyer)<br \/>\n09.00-09.15 FSDR@40: <em>&#8220;How did it<\/em> <em>begin?&#8221;<\/em>, by <a href=\"https:\/\/researchportal.helsinki.fi\/en\/persons\/ullamaija-kivikuru\/\">Ullamaija Kivikuru<\/a> (Professor Emerita, University of Helsinki) &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.tuni.fi\/kaarle\/about\/\">Kaarle Nordenstreng<\/a> (Professor Emeritus, Tampere University)<br \/>\n09.15\u201311.15 Plenary Roundtable: <em>\u201cThe State of Development Research: Critical Perspectives from Finland, Europe, and the Global South\u201d , <\/em>with panelists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"1777\" data-end=\"2304\"><a href=\"https:\/\/researchportal.helsinki.fi\/en\/persons\/anja-nygren\/\">Anja Nygren<\/a>, Professor of Global Development Studies, University of Helsinki<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1777\" data-end=\"2304\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nai.uu.se\/about-us\/person\/eleanor-fisher.html\">Eleanor Fisher<\/a>, Professor of International Development &amp; Head of Research, NAI &#8211; Nordic Africa Institute<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1777\" data-end=\"2304\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.developmentresearch.eu\/?p=2102\">Alfredo Saad-Filho<\/a>, Professor, Queen&#8217;s University Belfast &amp; Vice-President, EADI &#8211; European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1777\" data-end=\"2304\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RmpwfRG0aUQ\">David Barkin<\/a>, Distinguished Professor, Universidad Aut\u00f3noma Metropolitana, Xochimilco, M\u00e9xico<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1777\" data-end=\"2304\"><em>Chair<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jyu.fi\/fi\/henkilot\/tiina-kontinen\">Tiina Kontinen<\/a>, Professor of International Development Studies, University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1777\" data-end=\"2304\"><em>Commentator:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/researchportal.helsinki.fi\/en\/persons\/barry-gills\/\">Barry K. Gills<\/a>, Professor Emeritus, University of Helsinki<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>11.15\u201312.15 Lunch<br data-start=\"1985\" data-end=\"1988\" \/>12.15\u201313.45 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/programme-2026\/working-group-sessions\">Working Groups IV<\/a> (parallel sessions: onsite\/hybrid\/online)<br data-start=\"2059\" data-end=\"2062\" \/>13.45\u201314.15 Coffee break \/ Book presentations<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Markus Kr\u00f6ger: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/clearcut\/8BBC0BFBF9AF30A01D4A1F6F6DA8E89C\"><em>Clearcut: Political Economies of Deforestration<\/em><\/a> (Cambridge University Press 2025)<\/li>\n<li>Sabaheta Ramcilovik-Suominen (Ed.): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\/books\/oa-edit\/10.4324\/9781003466109\/socioecological-transformations-sabaheta-ramcilovic-suominen\"><em>Socioecological Transformations: Linking Ontologies with Structures, Personal with Collective Change<\/em><\/a> (Routledge 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>14.15\u201315.45 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kehitystutkimus.fi\/conference\/programme-2026\/working-group-sessions\">Working Groups V<\/a> (parallel sessions: onsite\/hybrid)<br data-start=\"2152\" data-end=\"2155\" \/>15.45\u201316.15 Conference summary and closing remarks (Small Festive Hall)<br data-start=\"2226\" data-end=\"2229\" \/>16.15\u201316.30 Break<br data-start=\"2246\" data-end=\"2249\" \/>16.30\u201318.00 FSDR Annual General Meeting (Small Festive Hall)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please note that the programme is subject to change. Wed 25.2.2026 Pre-conference events 12.00\u201315.00 Master\u2019s Workshop 2026 | &#8220;Navigating the Road to Completion&#8221; 13.00\u201315.00 DocShop2026 | &#8220;Beyond Academia: Doing Development Research in Different Fields&#8221; (Resource Persons: Maaria Seppanen, Heini Vihem\u00e4ki, Axel Sointu, Joni Valkila, Outi Hakkarainen, and Nea-Mari Heinonen) 17.00\u201319.00 Public Forum | &#8220;Whose Future? 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