Activism and civil disobedience in Finland and beyond

You are welcome to listen to discussions on activism and civil disobedience in Finland and beyond. 

The seminar includes three speakers: Tapio Nykänen (University of Lapland) and Teppo Eskelinen & Saara Koikkalainen (University of Eastern Finland, UEF).

Programme

12:00 Welcoming words and presentation of speakers 

12:15-13:00 Tapio Nykänen Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lapland: 
Strange Activism as a Possibility and Problem for Democracy 

13:00-13:45 Teppo Eskelinen Department of Social Sciences, UEF: 
Images of the society and possible futures in the Finnish climate movement 

13:45-14:30 Saara Koikkalainen Karelian Institute, UEF: 
Activists and Heroes: Finnish volunteers and the War in Ukraine 

14:30 Concluding discussion

Contact person: Saara Koikkalainen, email saara.koikkalainen@uef.fi.