The aim of the symposium is to build a community of feminist peace researchers in Finland, share experiences in research and teaching, but also think of ways to collaborate in the future. It is organized as part of the Feminist Peace Research Course (PEACE060) of the PEACE MA programme (Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research).
It will run between 10.30am-4pm, starting with a morning coffee at 10am. It will consist of a keynote lecture by Tiina Vaittinen, a roundtable discussion chaired by Élise Féron, poster presentations by the participants and an opportunity for informal networking.
The official program of the symposium is as follows:
- 10.00 Coffee/ Registration/ Setting up of posters
- 10.30 – 11.30 Opening words and keynote lecture, Q&A
- 11.45 – 12.30 Poster round I
- 12.30 – 13.15 Lunch break (at one’s own cost)
- 13.15 – 14 Poster round II
- 14 – 14.30 Coffee break
- 14.30 – 16 Panel discussion
- 16.00 Closing words
Among the speakers, besides Tiina Vaittinen and Élise Féron (both Senior Research Fellows at Tampere University), the symposium will count with the participation of Violeta Gutiérrez Zamora, Postdoctoral Researcher at Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE); Leena Vastapuu, Assistant Professor at the Swedish Defence University (SEDU); Ana Tarazona, PhD researcher at Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI); and Deanna Reder, 2023 MPhil candidate for St Andrews’s Peacebuilding and Mediation programme.
Registration is open until April 30th.