Globaali kehitystutkimus - Global Development Studies

12/05/2025

Global Development Studies Research Day today in sunny Harakka Island.

23/04/2025

This is sign up form for The End of USAID? Rethinking the Future of International Development Aid & Climate Change -panel event on Friday 25.4. at 16-18. 📍: Room U4072, The main building of the University of Helsinki (Unioninkatu 34). Note: it is OK to attend without registration too. The event i...

11/11/2024

”When I’m on Stage, I Rule.” - Cholita music and fashion in a changing Bolivia

You are warmly welcome to learn more about Bolivian cholita music and fashion on Wednesday, November 13th from 14:00 to 16:00 p.m, at room 344, Unioninkatu 35, second floor!

We have the pleasure of the company of Bolivian cholita artist, fashion entrepreneur and student of Political science Verónica Torrico on this event. Verónica founded the song and dance group Las Florecitas de Mizque together with her sisters Roxana and Noelia in 2009. The group formed part of a cultural phenomenon that involved hundreds of song and dance groups created by young Quechua-speaking women known as cholitas. When the dance venues were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Torrico sisters created a cholita fashion line based on their performance outfits. Today, their artisanal clothes workshop has grown into several fashion stores.

During this event, Verónica Torrico will talk and show videos about the Torrico sisters' experience in cholita music and fashion, with a short presentation by Siboné Oroza with a focus on women from Indigenous backgrounds making space for themselves in Bolivian music industry. There will also be time for questions and answers. The languages of the event will be Quechua, Spanish, and English.

This session is organised in collaboration with the World Wide Women Female Musicians Crossing Borders and Building Futures (2021–2024), funded by Kone Foundation. Siboné Oroza’s doctoral thesis on cholita music is available at Helda, the open-access digital repository of the University of Helsinki https://helda.helsinki.fi/items/e22ffccd-1fe1-475c-a1c2-ad725a7921c2."

”Cuando estoy en la tarima, mando yo.” - Música y moda cholita en un país en cambio

Te invitamos a conocer más sobre la música y la moda de la cholita boliviana el miércoles 13 de noviembre de 14:00 a 16:00 en la sala 344, Unioninkatu 35, segundo piso.

Tendremos el placer de contar con la compañía de la artista cholita boliviana, empresaria de la moda y estudiante de Ciencias Políticas Verónica Torrico en este evento. Verónica fundó el grupo de canto y baile Las Florecitas de Mizque junto a sus hermanas Roxana y Noelia en 2009. El grupo formaba parte de un fenómeno cultural en el que participaban cientos de grupos de canto y danza creados por jóvenes quechuahablantes conocidas como cholitas. Cuando se cerraron los locales de baile durante la pandemia del COVID-19, las hermanas Torrico crearon una línea de moda cholita basada en sus trajes de actuación. Hoy, su taller de ropa artesanal se ha convertido en varias tiendas de moda.

Durante este acto, Verónica Torrico hablará y mostrará vídeos sobre la experiencia de las hermanas Torrico en la música y la moda cholitas, con una breve presentación de Siboné Oroza centrada en las mujeres de origen indígena que se hacen un espacio en la industria musical boliviana. También habrá tiempo para preguntas y respuestas. Los idiomas del acto serán el quechua, el español y el inglés.

Esta sesión está organizada en colaboración con el proyecto mundial Mujeres Músicas Cruzando Fronteras y Construyendo Futuros (2021-2024), financiado por la Fundación Kone. La tesis doctoral de Siboné Oroza sobre la música cholita está disponible en Helda, el repositorio digital de libre acceso de la Universidad de Helsinki https://helda.helsinki.fi/items/e22ffccd-1fe1-475c-a1c2-ad725a7921c2.»

17/09/2024

GDS researchers Eija Ranta and Martta Kaskinen discuss Finland's development policy changes in the EADI Debating Development blog series. EADI is the leading European network in the field of Development Studies with more than 100 institutional members in more than 25 countries.

By Eija Ranta and Martta Kaskinen / Part of the European Development Policy Outlook Series The boost in popularity of the populist right-wing Finns party has meant a bumpy ride for Finland’s develo…

12/08/2024

New article by GDS lecturer Eija Ranta has been published at the International Feminist Journal of Politics. The article discusses gender equality, women's political inclusion, and intersectionality in the context of Kenya and African political systems. Suggested reading also for those working with electoral support and democracy support in development cooperation.

Sub-Saharan Africa has become known for its growing number of women political decision makers, and its progressive policies and laws such as gender quotas. Yet we still do not know enough about how...

16/05/2024

GDS teachers, researchers and students in Jollas, in celebration of professor Barry Gills' retirement. Enjoying a beautiful day together 🌿🌿🌿

19/04/2024

In English below //

Hei!

Olet lämpimästi tervetullut 19.4. järjestettävään Afterwork tapahtumaan, mikä on Keho ry:n järjestämä tapahtuma kaikille globaalin kehitystutkimuksen opiskelijoille, tutkijoille ja henkilökunnalle. Afterwork alkaa kello 17.00 Kuppalassa, m***a voit osallistua myös myöhemmin illan mittaa.

Tapahtuma on rentoa illanviettoa ja tarjolla on tuttuun tapaan pientä syötävää ja juotavaa. Tarjoilu on täysin vegaanista, m***a mikäli teillä on joitain allergioita, ottakaa yhteyttä meihin.

MISSÄ? Kuppala, Snellmaninkatu 14 A

MILLOIN? 19.4. klo 17.00 ->

KENELLE? Globaalin kehitystutkimuksen opiskelijoille, tutkijoille ja henkilökunnalle

Oikein mukavaa viikonloppua ja toivottavasti näemme Kuppalassa!

Keho ry

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Hello!

You are warmly welcome to the Afterwork event which is organized by Keho ry. The event is for all GDS students, researchers and staff members. The Afterwork is held on April 19th at 5.00 pm at Kuppala, but you can join throughout the evening.

At the event, as usual, we have some snacks and drinks for everybody. Everything is completely vegan, but if you have any allergies, please let us know.

WHERE? Kuppala, Snellmaninkatu 14 A

WHEN? On April 19th at 5.00pm ->

FOR WHOM? GDS students, researchers and staff members

Have a great weekend and we hope to see you at Kuppala!

Keho ry

10/04/2024

Discussion on Climate Debt and Climate Justice

Thursday 11.4.2024 at 16:00–18:00
Language Center, Room 115
Fabianinkatu 26, Helsinki

You are cordially invited to engage in our seminar discussion related to the topical issues of climate debt and climate justice. The event will be co-hosted by the discipline of Global Development Studies and the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki.

We are collaborating with Debt for Climate Finland for this occasion. It is part of the Global South-led Debt for Climate movement, advocating for climate justice through debt cancellation. Their work is founded on the principle that the substantial debts imposed by Western financial institutions on countries in the Global South hinder their ability to adapt to the impacts of the ecological crisis and ties them to fossil fuel production and extractivism.

Our program includes a Q & A session featuring guest speakers from Debt for Climate chapters in Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia.

We will also benefit from the expertise of our invited commentators, Professor Barry K. Gills and Dr. Ossi I. Ollinaho from Global Development Studies at the University of Helsinki.



Program

16.00–16.05 Opening remarks by Dr. Tiina Seppälä, Global Development Studies, UH

16.05–16.35 Presentation: “Why debt cancellation is climate justice?” Debt for Climate Finland

16.35–17.10 Q & A session with Coordinator Dianey M. from Debt for Climate Kenya, alongside Coordinators from Ghana and Zambia

17.10–17.20 Commentary by Professor Barry K. Gills, Global Development Studies, UH

17.20–17.30 Commentary by Dr. Ossi I. Ollinaho, Global Development Studies, UH

17.30–18.00 Open discussion



We invite participants to join either in person or virtually via Zoom.



Join Zoom Meeting

https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/64280684109?pwd=RUdSdnh6VHJ6RnBzK21GVUhrS0MzZz09

Meeting ID: 642 8068 4109

Passcode: 843686



We look forward to your valuable participation in this important discussion.



For more information, please contact:



Tiina Seppälä, Global Development Studies, University of Helsinki

[email protected]

13/03/2024

The public examination of Maija Lassila's doctoral dissertation

Incommensurabilities of New Arctic Extractive Projects: Resistance to Mining Among Sámi, Reindeer Herders and Local Communities in Sápmi and Finnish Lapland

Friday, 22 March at 14 o'clock at the festive hall of University of Helsinki Language Centre, (Fabianinkatu 26).

Professor Mario Bl**er from Memorial University of Newfoundland will serve as the opponent and Professor Barry Gills as the Custos.

The defence will be streamed through this link: https://video.helsinki.fi/unitube/live-stream.html?room=l13
(The video is muted and the sound can be switched on from the bottom left corner of the video, this sometimes needs a bit of scrolling the page.)

The dissertation can be read through this link: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/572542

13/02/2024

"Afrikkalaisia kirjoituksia on luenta- ja keskustelusarja filosofisista, uskonnollisista ja kaunokirjallisista afrikkalaisista kirjoituksista."

Afrikkalaisia kirjoituksia on luenta- ja keskustelusarja filosofisista, uskonnollisista ja kaunokirjallisista afrikkalaisista kirjoituksista. Sarjaan sisältyy kirjoituksia kaikkiaan 20 maasta; Mali, Tansania, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Benin, Sambia, Gabon, Keski-Afrikan tasavalta, Kongo, Etiopia, Somalia,...

07/12/2023

We are recruiting a temporary university lecturer in Global Development Studies.

University Lecturer in global development studies