Suomen kehitystutkimuksen seura / Föreningen för utvecklingsforskning / Finnish Society for Development Research
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Keho ry, the student association for global development studies in UH, organised a panel discussion with Students for Palestine just now in #DevDays2025, in which the students called for stronger solidarity from the researcher community in fights against colonialism.
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FSDR - Finnish Society for Development Research retweeted
28 Feb 2025
Eija Ranta, Academy Researcher and University Lecturer in Global Development Studies at the University of Helsinki and board member of KIOS, discusses the impacts of the USAID freeze and what the freeze means for all of us. 👉bit.ly/4h10WyH
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The second conference day has started with a lively and inspirational plenary session on scholar activism with Manuela Picq, with Barry Gills and @TeivoTeivainen as commentators. #DevDays2025
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The interesting and engaging discussion with the speakers and the audience could have lasted for hours, as we dove into topics such as race, gender, nationality, and privilege in scholar-activist struggles. A lively and critical start for the second conference day!
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Ali Kadri is currently giving an illuminating keynote lecture on the topic "De-development and the Accumulation of Waste through Wars". #DevDays2025
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Happening now: The Development Days 2025 conference is kicked off with #KAPTalks Kapuscinski Development Lecture by associate professor Alina Sajed, with Dr Teppo Eskelinen as the commentator. #DevDays2025
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In her talk, Sajed tackles the contested laguage used to refer to the Global North/ developing coutries/ Third World. According to her, the language needs to recognise colonial histories as "the very terminology we use delimits our understanding of the world".
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📢 DEADLINE today, 5 Feb, to register for the @FSDR_Fi-@unipidfinland:
🔸️Master's Workshop 2025 - unipid.fi/unipid-event-regis…
🔸️DocShop 2025 - unipid.fi/docnet-forms/devda…
Both are part of pre-conference events of #DevDays2025 to be held on 26 Feb.
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🚨 Registration: #DevDays2025 (Development Days 2025) Conference in Helsinki, 27-28 February.
🗣Theme: "Development Transitions: Amidst Waste, Wars, and Maldevelopment."
🗓️ Register by: 20 February 2025
💻 Link: kehitystutkimus.fi/conferenc…
📧 Contact: info.developmentdays@gmail.com
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🎄☃️ Season's Greetings to FSDR members and friends!
🗞 Our year-end 2024 newsletter is out. Many thanks for your active engagements in our past, recent, and future endeavors. Here's to yet another meaningful year in 2025.
🎁 Happy Holidays!
mailchi.mp/1e16cc76fceb/fsdr…
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📢 LAST DAY to submit paper abstract proposals to respective Working Groups in #DevDays2025!
See: kehitystutkimus.fi/conferenc…
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FSDR - Finnish Society for Development Research retweeted
17 Nov 2024
The Inequality Working Group of @ysi_commons at Development Days 2025, organized by @FSDR_Fi at the @helsinkiuni
Apply here: ysi.ineteconomics.org/event/…
#inequality #institutions #ysi #GlobalSouth
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FSDR - Finnish Society for Development Research retweeted
12 Nov 2024
#CallForPapers:
#Development #Days #Conference 2025 | #Development #Transitions – Amidst #Waste, #Wars, and #Maldevelopment (Päärakennus, Universidad de Helsinki, 27-28/febrero/2025).
Resúmenes hasta el 24/noviembre.
Organiza: @FSDR_Fi y otras.
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Join today the FSDR-organized workshop in the annual SDG-4 Seminar @uniofjyvaskyla (Ruusupuisto, C101 Lucina) on "Global Education Policy and Development Cooperation", featuring Minna Hakkarainen (@Ulkoministerio), Marinka Räsänen (@helsinkiuni), and @BonnJuego (JYU/@FSDR_Fi).
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🗞 Newsletter for October 2024 now released! It includes:
✅️ Titles of the selected 14 Working Group proposals for #DevDays2025.
✅️ Link to video recording of the FSDR Policy Dialogue 2024.
✅️ Reminder about future events.
✅️ New publications.
mailchi.mp/4ef11736b453/fsdr…
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FSDR - Finnish Society for Development Research retweeted
28 Oct 2024
Hei you all, interested in #Multispecies #Justice. There's 5 days left to apply for our #JustGlobe conference. More info & the CfP at justglobeproject.com/call-fo… Share it away 🙏🏼
@PolEcoNet @FSDR_Fi @ExaltResearch
📢CfP: With @EhrnstromMaria we are organising a session at the #SSD2023 conf. Inviting contributions on:
- #anticapitalist, #anticolonial, post and #degrowth approaches to #transformations &
- #posthuman, #multispecies, #relational and #ontological approaches. Apply ⬇️
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FSDR - Finnish Society for Development Research retweeted
28 Oct 2024
UEF Global Development Day 2024 will be held on 18 November! An inspiring session dedicated to showcasing our global development activities can be followed online. Read more the programme: uef.fi/en/event/uef-global-d…. @UEF_GlobalDev @unipidfinland @FSDR_Fi @KPT_toimikunta
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🙏 Many thanks indeed for the contributions to the success of the FSDR Policy Dialogue 2024 - "Finland's Development Policy for Today: Past Lessons, Future Visions"!
🎦 The event's recording is now available at the FSDR's YouTube channel:
youtu.be/RXOyDplDlhM?si=hnvF…
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📆 DEADLINE Reminder: 20 Oct 2024
#DevDays2025 | CALL FOR WORKING GROUPS
Development Days Conference 2025:
"Development Transitions – Amidst Waste, Wars, and Maldevelopment"
27-28 Feb 2025 | Helsinki
Website:
kehitystutkimus.fi/conferenc…
Submit:
info.developmentdays@gmail.com
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🤝 FSDR POLICY DIALOGUE 2024🤝
"Finland's Development Policy for Today: Past Lessons, Future Visions"
Monday | 21 Oct 2024 | 13:30-15:00 | Zoom
REGISTRATION required:
jyufi.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
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