Events

2024

28 July – 1 August: A session panel will be held at the 13th International Convention of Asian Scholars Crossways of Knowledge in Surabaya, under Theme 1: Uneven Geographies, Ecologies, Technologies and Human Futures, entitled Seeds of change: Revitalizing Asian region food security through multi-stakeholder bargaining and initiatives. 

2023

1 December: Project Launch at Kamari “The Chamber”, Helsinki and online (hybrid event). Please register here.

8 – 10 November: Finnish Geography Days 2023 – GEOGRAPHIES IN TIMES OF CRISES

The conference is organised jointly by the Department of Geographical and Historical Studies and the Karelian Institute at the University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu. We convene a panel session entitled “Stakeholder and policy responses to multidimensional food security challenges in diverse regions“.

1 – 3 November: A paper by Kettunen and Pratiwi (2023), “Good and bad palm oil: The EU-Indonesia bargaining on palm oil policy” is accepted for presentation at the 27th International Euro-Asia Research Conference Evolving Euro-Asia Business Management: Changing Political and Economic Perspectives, to be held in Casa Asia, Barcelona, Spain.

23 – 26 May: Sustainability Science Days 2023 -PATHWAYS OF HOPE – knowledge, actions, solutions

The conference is organised jointly by the Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS) and Aalto University. We convene a session entitled “Unpacking the scientific knowledge networks for sustainability transformation in Agri-Food system” together with Ruralia Insitute, University of Helsinki.

12 May: The PI (Erja Kettunen-Matilainen) will give a keynote lecture at the Palmen Colloquium of the Geographical Society of Finland, entitled “Economic geography perspectives on Internationalization, trade, and trade policy negotiations: Asia, palm oil and multi-stakeholder bargaining“.

3 – 21 April: The PI (Erja Kettunen-Matilainen) will be a visiting scholar at NIAS – Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen to work on a topic related to Indonesia-EU palm oil negotiations. The project is presented in NIAS Update; Just in time for Easter (mailchi.mp).