Durand, Leticia, Anja Nygren, Anne Cristina de la Vega-Leinert (coords.) (2019) Naturaleza e neoliberalismo en América Latina, Mexico: Universidad Autónoma de México. Includes a chapter by Anja Nygren: “Gobernanza neoliberal de riesgos y vulnerabilidades en acuajes urbanos en México”, pp. 423-465. And by Saila-Maria Saaristo:“Asociaciones de residentes de las favelas: entre represión, violencia y política”, …
“From Hangami (Temporary) to Permanent Lives: Creating Space for Urban Life Historical Approach in the Aftermath of an Earthquake” Have you wondered how to democratize (if not daring to claim to decolonize), academic knowledge production praxis? Here’s one example: University Lecturer/Academy Fellow Marjaana Jauhola’s ongoing urban ethnographic research of two decades after the 2001 Kutch …
Join hosts Christopher Chagnon and Sophia Hagolani-Albov on the last Friday of every month for an exploration of extractivisms and alternatives. This podcast is part of science popularization and communication of the Global Extractivisms and Alternatives Initiative (EXALT). Our guests will come from academics, activism, and lived experience. The format is a semi-structured conversation between …
November 2019 Engagement – EXALT Podcast is out now! Read More »
Policy Dialogue on the Finnish and EU Africa strategies in the making On the 1stof November Finnish Society for Development Research together with the Finnish Development Policy Committee (KPT), Fingo, Development Studies (University of Helsinki), and UniPID, organised a policy dialogue “Financing for Sustainable Development in Africa” at Think Corner, University of Helsinki. The event …
CALL FOR PAPERS: Development Days 2020 is now open! We invite you to join us in Helsinki, for Development Days 2020 Conference ‘Inequality Revisited: In Search of Novel Perspectives on an Enduring Problem’, to take place on 26 – 28 February 2020. Join and contribute to a critical academic and practitioner exchange on new trends, …
(Re)purposing the university to tackle the climate emergency January 16, 2020 13 – 15 at the Think Corner Stage, Helsinki Earth is currently facing an unprecedented climate emergency, which has arrived and is accelerating faster than most scientists expected. It is more severe than anticipated, threatening natural ecosystems and the fate of humanity. The need …
Hello everyone, and welcome to this first FSDR newsletter (hopefully of many). I would like to begin by thanking everyone who contributed their time, thought, and energy to bringing this together. This is a platform by and for the FSDR members to share, collaborate, and discuss. Though this is perhaps preaching to the choir, development …
By Dr Sabaheta Ramcilovic-Suominen, Researcher, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) (Finnish version below) “What would have, could have become of Africa if Europeans never colonized it? If there was no colonialism, altering of entire civilizations, destruction of their political and social systems, their cultural dignity and self-worth? What social and political systems and cultural and …
Opinion: Colonisation, globalisation, and refugees Read More »
By Dr Sabaheta Ramcilovic-Suominen, Researcher, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) (Finnish version below) The raise of the right wing movements and the strong nationalistic feelings across the ‘Western World’, are emerging in part out of the fear of the ‘West’ for their position as a global leader. Fear that their ‘wealthy paradise on Earth’ and …
By Dr Sabaheta Ramcilovic-Suominen, Researcher, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) (Finnish version below) When I for the first time found myself in Vientiane, I was searching for the city I had read about. The Vientiane I saw in the pictures and heard of in the stories – a tranquil ‘village’, with calm wide streets and …
