FINAL REMINDER - Tomorrow, 15 February, is the last day to register for the #DevDays2026 Conference. See the updated programme here: www.kehitystutkimus.fi/conference/p... FSDR@40 🧡💚

#DevDays2026 Conference | Development in Ruins, Hope in the Cracks: A Time for Reckoning, Reclaiming, and Reawakening | University of Helsinki | 26–27 Feb 2026 | Keynote speakers: Walden Bello, SUNY at Binghamton & Robtel Neajai Pailey, LSE | REGISTER before 15 Feb www.kehitystutkimus.fi/conference/

Register for FSDR@40 | #DevDays2026 Conference | Development in Ruins, Hope in the Cracks: A Time for Reckoning, Reclaiming, and Reawakening | University of Helsinki | 26–27 Feb 2026 | Keynote speakers: Walden Bello, SUNY at Binghamton & Robtel Neajai Pailey, LSE | www.kehitystutkimus.fi/conference/

Welcome to Professor Majken Jul Sørensen's keynote and other presentations by researchers of the 'Strange Activism as a Possibility and a Problem for Democracy' project (Kone Foundation) on 28.1. at 9-11.30 am in Helsinki. Register to join onsite or online: link.webropolsurveys.com/EventPartici...

ISSUE 11.1 IS OUT!! It opens with a thoughtful editorial by Richard Jackson on Resistance Studies & the genocide in Gaza. https://resistance-journal.org/jrs_articles/resistance-studies-and-the-gaza-genocide/ https://resistance-journal.org/jrs_articles/resistance-studies-and-the-gaza-genocide/

We are very excited and honored to host the book launch of Dr Suraj Milind Yengde’s “Caste: A Global Story” on 10 December, from 4 to 6 pm at the University of Helsinki Main Building. Join us for the event onsite or online via Zoom. Please register using the QR code. www.facebook.com/events/12944...

Global Development Studies presents: We are honoured to host the book launch of Dr Suraj Milind Yengde’s “Caste: A Global Story” on 10 December 2025 at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki. Please register for the event via the QR code.

Today, I am honoured to attend Martta Kaskinen's PhD defence on Gender, Development and the ‘F-word’ as a member of the faculty grading committee. Eija Ranta will act as the custos and professor Srila Roy (University of the Witwatersrand) as the opponent. tapahtumat.helsinki.fi/en-FI/page/6...

Naisiin kohdistuvan väkivallan vastaisen päivän tapahtumat olivat eilen hienoja Pikku-Finlandiassa ja kaupungilla. Tässä juhlaseminaarin ohjelma, oranssi Manta ja pätkä Espan lavalta ennen hiljaista kulkuetta 🧡

Please consider submitting an abstract to our working group "The Entanglement of Gen Z, Democracy and Geopolitics in the Global South" at the #DevDays2026, University of Helsinki, 26–27 February 2026. More about the conference: www.kehitystutkimus.fi/conference/

Call for papers – FSDR@40 | #DevDays2026 Conference | Development in Ruins, Hope in the Cracks: A Time for Reckoning, Reclaiming, and Reawakening | University of Helsinki | 26–27 February 2026 | Keynote speakers: Prof. Walden Bello, SUNY & Robtel Neajai Pailey, LSE www.kehitystutkimus.fi/conference/

Tänään 31.10. tulee kuluneeksi tasan 25 vuotta siitä, kun YK:n turvallisuusneuvosto hyväksyi päätöslauselman 1325: Naiset, rauha ja turvallisuus. Elina Korhonen, Elisa Tarnaala ja Hanne Lyytikkä kirjoittavat hienosti sen merkityksestä tämänhetkisessä maailmantilanteessa.

Uusi Juttu teki kiinnostavan artikkelin Z-sukupolven protesteista Nepalissa, johon Karoliina Paananen haastatteli myös mua.

An interesting blog series to follow for several weeks to come, including authors such as Isabel Ruiz, Evan Easton Calabria and many others.

honored to have been invited to be the Opponent in a PhD defense at the University of Helsinki. Congratulations to Manoj Bushal, and a special thank to Tiina Seppala and all the colleagues at development studies

Next week, I will be speaking at an interesting event – Nepal’s Gen Z Revolution: Understanding the Uprising and Exploring Democratic Futures – at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki.

Just before the protests began in Nepal, I attended the Second Inter-Polar Conference: Connecting the Arctic with the Third Pole at ICIMOD. It was just as inspiring as the first conference in 2023. This time, it focused on the cryosphere, people & climate change. www.arcticcentre.org/EN/Inter-Pol...

Several important events are taking place next week in Helsinki to celebrate 50 years of existence of the Helsinki Accords. Please consider also signing the The Helsinki +50 People’s declaration on common security and human rights. "Stop the arms race, find peaceful solutions" helsinkiplus50.org

Sydäntä särkee

Valuable insights from Gustavo de Carvalho, Senior Researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs.

Kiitokset ahkerille kollegoille, jotka jaksavat vastata näihin kohuihin, kesälläkin. Maahanmuuttoon/feminismiin/rasismiin liittyvää tutkimusta on riepoteltu vuosia. Nyt kritisoidaan myös kansainvälisyyttä. Tiede on kuitenkin lähtökohtaisesti kansainvälistä, ja aikamme keskeiset haasteet globaaleja.

Suomen Naiset, rauha ja turvallisuus -verkosto vaatii välitöntä tulitaukoa, sotatoimien lopettamista ja humanitaarisen avun pääsyä Gazaan www.vaestoliitto.fi/ajankohtaist...

Join us for the ’Persistent Inequalities Cutting Across Borders’ research seminar with Professor Surinder S. Jodhka from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. We are co-hosting this event on Tuesday 10 June. Please register either for onsite or online participation. www.helsinki.fi/en/ineq-hels...

Tilanne Gazassa on enemmän kuin katastrofaalinen - nyt on viimeinen hetkemme toimia. Sinä voit vaikuttaa allekirjoittamalla vetoomuksen Gazan suojelemiseksi. Lue lisää ja allekirjoita täältä: buff.ly/TJgLoZh

Join us for the ’Persistent Inequalities Cutting Across Borders’ research seminar with Professor Surinder S. Jodhka from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. We are co-hosting this event on Tuesday 10 June. Please register either for onsite or online participation. www.helsinki.fi/en/ineq-hels...

Gaza | Yli 1 600 tutkijaa vaatii Suomea tunnustamaan Palestiinan www.hs.fi/politiikka/a...

🎓 UniPID Master’s Award 2025 – Call Open! UniPID & FSDR will award €1,000 for the exceptional Master’s thesis from UniPID member universities. Honorable mentions will also be awarded. 📌 Details & eligibility: 🔗 www.unipid.fi/unipid-calls... 📅 Deadline: 15 Aug 2025

📣 Join the Pre-Selection Committee – UniPID Master’s Award 2025 UniPID is looking for experts to take part in the Pre-Selection Committee for the 2025 Master’s Award in Development Studies. 🗓 Deadline: 9 June 🔗 More info: www.unipid.fi/docnet-forms... #DevelopmentStudies #MastersAward #UniPID

We are delighted to co-host Professor Surinder S. Jodhka from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, in May-June. Join us for his intriguing INEQ Keynote ’Re-Cast(e)ing Ascription: Identities, Inequality and Democracy in India’ on Monday 2 June, in Helsinki or online www.helsinki.fi/en/ineq-hels...

SIPRI's annual update on Trends in World Military Expenditure (2024) has been just published, observing an unprecedented rise in global military spending. www.sipri.org/media/press-...

Our call for papers for the special issue 'Strange Activism: Multiple Roles of Resistance Amidst the Crisis of Democracy' in the Journal of Resistance Studies is now out and open until 16 May. resistance-journal.org/call-for-pap...

Vielä ehtii äänestämään. Itse tein sen täällä paikallisdemokratian alueella 11C.

Ajatuksiani tieteen autonomian uhista ja puolustamisen tärkeydestä (valitettavasti maksumuurin takana) www.hs.fi/feature/art-...

Work with us. We have two one-year positions in World Politics now open. Deadline soon, so please share with potential candidates. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Maailma kylässä -festivaalin puheohjelma on julkaistu! Luvassa 24 keskustelua rauhasta. Lavalla nähdään vaikuttava joukko puhujia ja puheenvuoroja sekä Suomesta että maailmalta. Monilla heistä on omakohtaista kokemusta sodista, konflikteista ja epäoikeudenmukaisuudesta. #MaailmaKylässä #rauha

A few weeks ago, I was interviewed for this EXALT podcast, which is out now. Thank you so much, Sophia Hagolani-Albov and Chris Chagnon, for the opportunity to discuss various aspects of my research!

If in Helsinki in April, consider joining this event. The organisers from the brilliant RESET team just mentioned that there are still some spaces left. What is Possible: Engaged Scholarship on Healthcare, Humanitarianism, Education, and Climate Action, 9–10 April 2025, University of Helsinki.

A brand new journal on creative research methods from Bristol University Press is launching, with an incredible team of editors, including wonderful @sumingkhoo.bsky.social

Did you miss the latest #KAPTalks lecture? Associate Professor Alina Sajed's lecture 'From the Third World to the Global South: Lives and afterlives of a global political project' can be accessed below. Thanks to the European Commission & @undp.org. Also thanks to FSDR & UniPID: #DevDays2025

Our fantastic Postdoc Aina Brias recently participated in the working group "Ecotopias of Sustainability: From Maldevelopment to ‘Desirable’ Future Forests" at the #DevDays2025 Conference in Helsinki! Aina shares her reflections here 👉 blogs.helsinki.fi/digital-geog...

SIPRI's report on trends in international arms transfers was published this week. The largest arms exporters in 2020–2024 were US, France, Russia, China and Germany. Full data available here: armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsTransfer/

An interesting event today @University of Helsinki: Film screening & discussion series ’Power and Resistance of the Image: Latin American Women on the Screen’ by Otroas Feminismoas Finlandia, in collaboration with the RCF funded project ’Social Justice and Raciality in Post-Utopian Latin America’.

Kehitysyhteistyö on perinteisesti nähty liittolaisuuksien rakentamista auttavana toimintana. Nyt vuosikymmenien aikana rakentunut valtava kansainvälinen yhteistyöverkosto tuhansine toimijoineen, järjestöineen ja yrityksineen on romahtamassa, kirjoittaa Eija Ranta. #tiedetaivas #politiikasta

#DevDays2025 Conference | Development Transitions: Amidst Waste, Wars, and Maldevelopment | University of Helsinki | 27.-28.2.2025 | Check also pre-conference program on 26.2. | Our registration is still open until tomorrow evening www.kehitystutkimus.fi/conference/

Breathtaking. And frightening.

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Solidarity with all the women in science in the USA who suddenly have their jobs on line & are unable to work on global challenges like climate change, emissions, diversity & equity. No words for this madness. #WomenInStem #WomenInScience

We, too, elaborated on these convergences in our "Beyond Borders: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Global Development Studies and International Relations" roundtable at the Finnish International Studies Association (FISA) Conference held in Imatra on 24–25 January 2025. fisa.fi/uutiset/fisa...

The annual report of CIVICUS Monitor, following the state of freedom of association, peaceful assembly and expression across the world, is out: "Civic freedoms are being curtailed in an overwhelming majority of countries. Civil society is under severe attack in 116 of 198 countries and territories."

An experiment in unconditional social assistance, a piece written by Neil Howard, who is a reader in International Development at the University of Bath and a trustee of the BIEN – Basic Income Earth Network.