Please note that the programme is subject to change.

Wed 26.2.2025
Pre-Conference Workshops for Master’s students, doctoral researchers & Public Forum 

12:00–15:00 Pre-conference activities (DocShop and Master’s Workshop)
17:00-19:00 Public Forum on “Critical perspectives on wars, mal/development and liberation in the Global Middle East” with Alina Sajed, Ali Kadri, and Antti Tarvainen. Moderated by Lili De Paola. Helsinki Think Corner 

Thu 27.2.2025
Conference Day 1 

09:00–9:30 Registration
09:30–10:00 Opening of the conference and welcome address
10:00-11:30 Kapuscinski Lecture with Associate Professor Alina Sajed – “From the Third World to the Global South – Lives and afterlives of a global political project”. Moderated by Teppo Eskelinen. (Open to the public and with live-stream, but it is required to register here).
11:30–12:45 Keynote Lecture with Professor Ali Kadri – “De-development and the Accumulation of Waste through Wars”. Chaired by Karim Maïche; Commentator: Tiina Seppälä
12:45–14:00 Lunch break
14:00–15:30 Working Groups I
15:30–16:00 Coffee break
16:00–17:30 Working Groups II
17:30–18:30 FSDR Annual General Meeting
19:00–20:00 Conference reception hosted by the City of Helsinki

• Announcement of the Master’s Thesis Award in Development Studies (UniPID) & Speech by the award recipient (15 min altogether)

Fri 28.2.2025
Conference Day 2

09:00–9:15 Registration
09:15–9:30 Opening words
9:30–10:15 Plenary roundtable with Professor Manuela Picq, starting with a talk on “Scholar Activism: When Our Bodies Stand for Our Ideas”. Convened by Bonn Juego; Commentators and Interviewers: Teivo Teivainen and Barry Gills
10:15–10:45 Q&A: Open discussion
11:00–12:30 Working Groups III
12:30–13:30 Lunch break
13:30–15:00 Working Groups IV
15:00–15:30 Coffee break
15:30–16:00 Conference summary and closing remarks
16:15 Free Get-together