talks
17.5.2021 INVITED PAPER
”What UN?’ Methodologically blonde reflections on doing ethnography at the UN.’ In Webinar on Empirical Research within the UN Human Rights System. ERC-project RIVERS (Video available here).
10.5.2021 KEYNOTE
Kansainvälinen liikkuvuus ja kulttuuriyhteistyö pandemian aikana – digitalisaation mahdollisuudet. Valtakunnallinen Aleksanteri-foorumi
4.5.2021 ROUNDTABLE
Knowledge for Sustainable Development. Lund University
15.4.2021 INVITED TALK
‘Oma maa mansikka, muu maa mustikka? Suomalaisten minäkuva koronapandemiassa’. Käytännönlähtöisen tutkimuksen yhdistyksen Praba ryn 20-vuotisjuhlaseminaari, Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu.
18.3.2021 TRAINING & INTERVIEW
Arvot, ihmisoikeudet ja yhdenvertaisuus -koulutus, Oulun kaupunki. Article of training here.
19.2.2021 VISITING LECTURE
‘What’s anthropology got to do with it? Methodologically blonde reflections on Anthropology, Human Rights and the Law’, Bachelor program in Law & Anthropology, London School of Economics
19.1.2021 INVITED TALK
Kaikki kotona: kuinka korona mullisti maailmamme. Korona keskellämme-esitelmäsarja, TammerNova Rotarit.
11.11.2020 PAPER
‘Loops and holes – or how to advance a human rights issue’. Research seminar, Lund University.
28.1.2020 VISITING LECTURE
‘Vapaudet, oikeudet & velvoitteet: oikeusajattelun klassikot’. In course ‘Poliittisen ajattelun perusteet’ (by Emilia Palonen), University of Helsinki
23.1.2020 TALK
‘Scholar & New Audiences’. Winter School 2020 of Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies.
16.1.2020 CHAIR
‘Piiloöljy-ilta‘, Tieteiden yö, Sofia Bistro, Kiseleffin talo, Helsinki. With Allegra Lab Hki & Häiriköt päämaja.
15.1.2020 VISITING LECTURE
‘Enforcing Human Rights: United Nations.‘ In lecture course ‘Introduction to Human Rights law’ (by Ukri Soirila), University of Helsinki
26.11.2019 MODERATOR
‘Onko oikeusvaltio kriisissä?’ Tutkas-verkosto, Pikkuparlamentti, Eduskunta. Tallenne keskustelusta täällä.
22.11.2019 PAPER (remotely)
‘Improving the World via accounting law? Reflections on Human Rights, Corporate Obligations, Law, and Politics’ In Roundtable on “Changing Climates of Politics and Law,” American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, November 22, 2019, Vancouver, BC.
9.11.2019 CEREMONIAL SPEECH
Juhlapuhe Sosiaali- ja kulttuuriantropologian opiskelijajärjestö Manan 30-vuotisjuhlissa, Kaiku, Helsinki
8.11.2019 VISITING LECTURE
‘Tutkija ja uudet yleisöt‘. Asiantuntijuus-kurssi, Valtiotieteellinen tiedekunta, Helsingin yliopisto
26.10.2019 TALK
‘The future of European Anthropology & the EASA’. At ‘Why the World Needs Anthropologists: Sustaining Cities‘, Oslo. Paper available here.
30.9.2019 PAPER
‘Loops and holes: Negotiating human rights at the centre’. Plenary session at the German Anthropological Association Annual Conference. Videos of all plenaries available here.
9.9.2019 WORKSHOP
Academic Freedom, Academic Integrity and Open Access in the Social Sciences. Presenter. London School of Economics.
28.7.2019 TALK
‘Pelko tuntemattomasta: ajatuksia ruokapöydistä, silakkapihveistä ja ihmisen kokoisista askeleista kohti tuttua’, Meidän Festivaali, avajaiskonsertti, Pekka Halosen Akatemia, Järvenpää.
3.6.2019 PAPER
‘History of Human Rights: the Versailles perspective’, in ‘Versailles and Rights: a Centenary Appraisal’, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies and the Karelian Institute of the University of Eastern Finland.
21.5.2019 VIDEO
Comment on papers by Julie Billaud, and Marie-Benedicte Dembour & Susanne Melde (at 1:16-1:35), in ‘Petitions & Petitioning‘, University of Helsinki
15.5.2019 PODCAST
‘Keskusteluja elämästä ja antropologiasta‘, AlterNATIIVI, AntroBlogi (hosted by Anna Haverinen)
9.5.2019 PANELIST
‘Law and ethnography: a Methodological debate’, with Marie-Benedicte Dembour and Jane Cowan. Helsinki Socio-Legal Studies Initiative
3.5.2019 DISCUSSANT
‘Petitions and Petitioning: Voice, Politics, Practices, Codes, Technologies’. Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies
8.3.2019 PAPER
”Movement in the Right Direction’: An Ethnography of a Human Rights Report’, Global Governance Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
8.3.2019 TALK
Tutkimustiedon uudenlaiset viestintä- ja vaikutusmahdollisuudet. Ethnos Ry Kevätseminaari.
5.3.2019 TALK
‘Movement in the right direction: an ethnography of a human rights report’, Anthropology Department Seminar Series, Sussex University
5.3.2019 VISITING LECTURE
‘Human Rights: Local, Global – and everything in between: the case study of Finland’. Course: Human Rights (By Julie Billaud), Sussex University
7-8.2.2019 DISCUSSANT
‘Law and Language: Engaging the Field’, University of Jyväskylä
1.2.2018 VISITING LECTURE
‘Oikeudet, vapaudet & velvoitteet’. Course: ‘Poliittisen ajattelun perusteet’ (‘Rights, Liberties & Duties‘ in Course: Principles of Political Thought (by Emilia Palonen)), Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki
28.1.2019 PANEL
Paneelikeskustelu ihmisoikeuksien tulevaisuudesta. KIOS 20 vuotta -juhlatilaisuus
23-25.1.2019 MODERATION
‘Academic Writing and Publishing’, Winter School of the Helsinki Collegium of Advanced Studies
11.1.2019 INTERVIEW
MTV3 News Broadcast at 10 pm (LIVE) on Panel on Climate change, Lava-Klubi, Night of Science (at 0:15:30)
11.1.2019 CHAIR
‘Sanoista tekoihin ilmastonmuutoksessa. Kuinka radikaaleja tekoja tarvitaan?’ Panel on Climate Change at Lava-Klubi Tieteiden yö 2019. (Night of Science)
11.1.2019 TALK
‘Tiedeviestinnän mahdollisuudet’. Katsomukset.fi 1 vuotta -tilaisuus, Thirsty Scholar, Tieteiden yö 2019 (Night of Science)
5 & 13.12.2018 PAPER & ESSAY
‘Movement in the Right Direction: Reflections on 70 years of world improvement’. At ‘The UDHR at 70: Historical and Juridical Perspectives‘, Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies & Geneva Academy of International and Humanitarian Law. Edited version published at The Global
17.11.2018 PAPER (via skype)
“Peer review 2.0 at Allegralaboratory.net: Reflections on creativity, knowledge and novel publication formats”, Invited paper at panel by Somatosphere at the American Anthropological Association, San Jose
15.8.2018 PAPER
“Dependent emancipation: the mechanisms and paradoxes of travelling human rights policies: the case of ‘LGTBI’ in 5 moments”, Bi-Annual Meeting of the European Association of Social Anthropologists, Stockholm
