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Event War, Medicine, Resistance

War, Medicine, Resistance

11.–12.5.2026 at 09.30–16.30 Faculty of Medicine, Haartmaninkatu 8, P.O. Box 63, 00014 University of Helsinki
This conference brings together researchers, clinicians, and practitioners to examine how contemporary conflicts transform bodies, environments, health systems, and microbial worlds.
Event Minna Lyytikäinen: Making WPS Stick(y)

Minna Lyytikäinen: Making WPS Stick(y)

15.5.2026 at 12.00–14.00 Päärakennus, Karolina Eskelin (U3032), Fabianinkatu 33, Helsinki
Minna Lyytikäinen will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled "Making WPS Stick(y) - Best practices, affective politics and gendered common sense in Finland and Nepal" in the Faculty of…
Event HEPP6 - Helsinki Conference on Emotions, Populism and Polarisation

HEPP6 - Helsinki Conference on Emotions, Populism and Polarisation

18.–22.5.2026 at 09.00–16.00 Fabianinkatu 33, 00170 Helsinki
In addition to our core focus areas of emotions, populism, polarisation, the HEPP6 conference will include a special focus on the emotional dynamics of grievance politics and their impact on…
Broad perspectives on society

The Faculty of Social Scienes explores phenomena and problems in our changing world from different perspectives. Our teaching is closely linked to the latest research and aims to educate experts who are well versed in various social phenomena.