UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Winner of the UEF 3MT 2025 and People's choice Henna Rinta-Kiikka (on the right) and runnerup Lais Oliveira Leite (on the left). 010
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 12/12/2025UEF Global Development Day 2025 focused on how co-innovation transforms knowledge into sustainable impact. Henna Rinta-Kiikka won the UEF 3MT 2025 & People's Choice Award. Lais Oliveira Leite was runner-up & Christian Muragijimana was selected UEF candidate for the SANORD 3MT in 2026. Congrats!uef.fiUEF Global Development Day 2025 showcases co-innovation for global impactThe UEF Global Development Day 2025 brought together academia, industry and civil society to explore how co-innovation can transform knowledge into sustainable and impactful global solutions. 120
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 01/11/2025With over 300 alumni, UEF has a vast network in and from Nepal. An alumni event was held in Kathmandu. The Nepali alumni are committed to collaborating with UEF and are establishing an alumni chapter. Interested Nepali alumni can join a new WhatsApp group channel here lnkd.in/gUHcGZg8 #UEFalumni 040
Reposted by UEF_GlobalDevInternational Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Happening this Tuesday! Learn more & register: buff.ly/95exrLj 043
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 20/10/2025UEF staff visited the Agriculture & Fisheries University in Bharatpur, Nepal & explored deepened partnership opportunities. Also joined a fish product innovation event supporting public health & nutrition. Met with women-led cooperatives deepening academia-community engagement. #ErasmusPlus #Nepal 031
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Staff and student mobility is crucial for sustainable global academic partnerships. #Erasmus+uef.fiGlobal mobility builds bridges in academiaThe University of Eastern Finland’s success in securing global mobility funding has enabled staff and student mobility for more than 550 individuals over the past decade. 031
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Henkilöstövaihto luo ja ylläpitää pitkäaikaisia kumppanuuksia. #Erasmus+uef.fiGlobaali liikkuvuus yhdistää akateemisen maailmanItä-Suomen yliopiston menestys globaalin liikkuvuuden rahoituksessa on mahdollistanut yli 550 henkilöstö- ja opiskelijavaihtoa 10 vuoden aikana. 000
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Aurora is what the skies brought out today! Lovely experience for our Erasmus + staff mobility guests visiting us in #Kuopio from Kyrgyzstan and Ireland. 000
Reposted by UEF_GlobalDevbondngo.bsky.social @bondngo.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) are not peripheral to the crises in international development, but central to both the problems we face and the solution. Mike O'Driscoll and Bond's Lena Bheeroo explore our sector's EDI problem in this blog. www.bond.org.uk/news/2025/09...buff.lyWho works in international development – and does it matter? | BondEquity, diversity and inclusion are not peripheral to the crises in international development, but central to both the problems we face and the solution. 022
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Great news! UEF's Department of Social Sciences got significant funding to partner with Tribuhavn University, MidWestern University & Purbunchal University in Nepal, & University of Ostrava (Czech) & National Distance Education University (Spain) to develop social work practice education in Nepal.uef.fiEU supports social work education collaboration with NepalThe project aims at enhancing the development and sustainability of the social work profession in Nepal. 031
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Timely reflection on development by @he-mel.bsky.social in the @eadi.bsky.social blog. 034
Reposted by UEF_GlobalDevGlobal Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Global Finance Rewired podcast episode #3 is out! “The system’s skewed to creditors. African govts can’t fund key areas while servicing debt.” Samantha K. (African Sovereign Debt Justice Network) + @bodoellmers.bsky.social on IMF limits + UN debt reform: 👍 youtu.be/5DjezDOn_Xk?...youtu.beGlobal Finance Rewired (episode 3): The debt crisis and debt architecture reformYouTube video by Global Policy Forum Europe 031
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 20/08/2025The University of Eastern Finland has been awarded over 320,000 euros to coordinate five projects, in the Team Finland Knowledge programme 2025 call, and over 347,000 euros for student and staff mobility with 21 partners in 19 countries, in the Erasmus+ programme’s call for global mobility in 2025.uef.fiTeam Finland Knowledge and Erasmus+ Global Mobility Programmes back UEF’s global collaborationThe University of Eastern Finland has been awarded over 320,000 euros of Team Finland Knowledge programme funding, and over 347,000 euros of Erasmus+ Global Mobility funding. 000
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Did you complete a degree or a study exchange at the University of Eastern Finland, or former Universities of Kuopio and Joensuu? Welcome to join the UEF alumni in Lagos, Nigeria on Tuesday 22 July at 17.00.uef.fiUEF Alumni Reception in NigeriaDid you complete a degree or a study exchange at the University of Eastern Finland, or former Universities of Kuopio and Joensuu?Welcome to join the UEF… 000
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Africa Day 2025 at UEF focused on discussions on transforming academic & research landscapes with Africa. VC Matengu of the University of Namibia set the scene with questions, and a UEF doctoral researcher panel responded, and Rector @tapiomaatta.bsky.social closed. Together we can! #AfricaDayUEF 030
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 26/05/2025The National Archives in Joensuu & UEF library in Joensuu have one of the most unique Africa collections in Finland with material from Finnish missionaries and other collections from East Africa. The same materials are found in Namibia and in East Africa. Today's tour was part of the #AfricaDayUEF 010
Reposted by UEF_GlobalDevLSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 23/05/2025#Authorship plays a central role in academics' credibility and career progression. Yet restrictive authorship practices risk perpetuating inequalities and sidelining key knowledge contributions – Joseph Mellors and Stroma Cole for @lseimpactblog.bsky.socialblogs.lse.ac.ukWhy restrictive academic authorship practices perpetuate inequality - Impact of Social SciencesAuthorship plays a central role in the credibility and career progression of academics. Yet as Joseph Mellors and Stroma Cole argue, restrictive authorship practices risk perpetuating inequalities… 023
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Africa Day 2025 is coming up. To get yourself in the mode, explore the Africa picks from the UEF library collection. go.uef.fi/LibraryAfric... #AfricaDayUEF #Library 000
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 22/05/2025ToxiSA brings South Africa, Zimbabwe and Finland together in developing global toxicology education. #TeamFinlandKnowledge #SDGs #GoodHealthandWellbeinguef.fiHazards identified, risks assessed, borders crossed: ToxiSA advances global toxicology educationStudents from Finland and Southern Africa took part in a new practical course on toxicology under the auspice of the ToxiSA: From Toxicity to Safety project. 011
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Wonderful hosting @unipid.bsky.social in our Joensuu campus this week, as we prepare for the move of the coordination unit. 000
Reposted by UEF_GlobalDevFinnish University Partnership for International Development @unipid.bsky.social · 19/05/2025🎓 Three exciting new virtual courses in the UniPID 2025-2026 offering! UniPID is happy to announce the launch of three new online courses for the 2025-2026 academic year: www.unipid.fi/news/three-e...unipid.fiThree exciting new virtual courses in the UniPID 2025-2026 offering! — UniPIDThe 2025 academic year is already off to a promising start! UniPID is expanding its Virtual Studies program with three new courses that explore global issues ranging from climate mobility to trademark law and conflict resolution. These additions reflect UniPID’s ongoing commitment, providing students with access to high quality courses on sustainable development pathways and opportunities to collaborate with peers from the Global South. Curious about what’s ahead? Let’s take a closer look! 021
Reposted by UEF_GlobalDevFinnish University Partnership for International Development @unipid.bsky.social · 13/05/2025🌍 UniPID (Finnish University Partnership for International Development) is happy to have joined BlueSky! Looking forward to connecting and being part of the conversation. Learn more about us: www.unipid.fi #UniPID #BlueSky 011
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Last week UEF's Faculty of Health Sciences host partners from BAU International University Batumi Georgia; Birzeit University, Palestine; Université de Rennes, France; & the Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Mongolia. Deepening collaboration & networking. #Erasmus 020
Reposted by UEF_GlobalDevTiina Seppälä @tiinaseppala.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Our call for papers for the special issue 'Strange Activism: Multiple Roles of Resistance Amidst the Crisis of Democracy' in the Journal of Resistance Studies is now out and open until 16 May. resistance-journal.org/call-for-pap... 093
Reposted by UEF_GlobalDevLSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 09/04/2025The disruption caused by #Trump’s #tariffs has heightened global policy uncertainty. Trade unpredictability is especially harmful for #African markets, which rely heavily on foreign direct investment. How can Africa safeguard its economies & secure its role in global trade? @africaatlse.bsky.socialblogs.lse.ac.ukWhat US tariffs mean for Africa and the global south - LSE Business ReviewThe trade disruption caused by President Trump’s use of tariffs has heightened global policy uncertainty. Trade unpredictability is especially harmful for African markets, which rely heavily on… 044
Reposted by UEF_GlobalDevFingo @fingo.fi · 09/04/2025Miksi emme puhu Puolan aborttioikeuksien yhteydessä siitä, että Tšekissä pakkosteriloitiin romaninaisia vielä 2010-luvulla? Tietoa romanivähemmistön syrjinnästä löytyy, mutta se sivuutetaan, kirjoittaa Tuukka Tuomasjukka. Hyvää kansainvälistä romanipäivää - lue lisää Maailman Kuvalehdestä. ⬇️buff.lyRomanien oikeudet matelevat, emmekä vieläkään osaa puhua siitä - Maailman KuvalehtiMiksi emme puhu Puolan aborttioikeuksien yhteydessä siitä, että Tšekissä pakkosteriloitiin romaninaisia vielä 2010-luvulla? Tietoa romanivähemmistön syrjinnästä löytyy, mutta se sivuutetaan,… 021
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 31/03/2025ToxiSA: From Toxicity to Saftey course opening at UEF's School of Pharmacy. Students from the Tshwane University of Technology, Harare Institute of Technology, University of Helsinki and UEF will be engaging in practical laboratory exercises this week. #TeamFinlandKnowledge 000
Reposted by UEF_GlobalDevTiina Seppälä @tiinaseppala.bsky.social · 28/03/2025A few weeks ago, I was interviewed for this EXALT podcast, which is out now. Thank you so much, Sophia Hagolani-Albov and Chris Chagnon, for the opportunity to discuss various aspects of my research!podcasts.apple.comTiina Seppälä - What are some of the limitations and possibilities of arts-based research?Podcast Episode · EXALT Podcast · 28/03/2025 · 1h 042
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 28/03/20253 new #UEFAlumni. from Kyrgyzstan. Azamat Kerimkolov, Aidana Mirbekova & Sedep Madieva were on a 3-month exchange from Kyrgyz State Medical Academy. Sedep found a passion for nutrition research, Aidana epidemiology & Azamat was on internship at KYS-hospital & wants to get licensed as doctor & stay. 000
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 24/03/2025"What we eat, affects our gut". Senior Researcher Carlos Gomez Gallego works on food and its health effects. He also works with partners in Peru and Bolivia on sustainable food systems. #zerohungeruef.fiThe gut in the lab may reveal what gut microbes do in real timeWhat we eat affects our gut microbes, and now researchers can follow both good and bad changes step by step. 032
Reposted by UEF_GlobalDevStockholm Environment Institute @sei.org · 21/03/2025Big news for #CleanAir in Southeast Asia! 💨🌏 A new report from UNEP, #ASEAN and CCAC just launched at the 2025 Climate and Clean Air Conference, with SEI as co-authors. The report explore 15 key measures to improve air quality for over 250 million people by 2030. 🔗 buff.ly/cNw3WLpbuff.lyClean air and climate solutions for ASEAN assessmentThe ASEAN Clean Air Solutions Assessment shows 15 measures could clean air for 250 million people and reduce PM2.5 by 50-70% in Southeast Asia by 2030. 021
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Today, we hosted Deputy Vice Chancellor Prof Killian of the Dar es Salaam University in Tanzania on our Kuopio campus. UEF's CFO Heini Koskenvuori explained the funding model & financial management of the university. Good grounds laid to support research collaboration between our universities. 000
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 14/03/2025How can institutions and funding agencies help foster #inclusivity and #equity in global academic partnerships? @rosiavento.bsky.social, @kellybrito.bsky.social and Susanne von Itter ponder on this in @eadi.bsky.social's blog 'Debating Development Research'.developmentresearch.euBuilding Inclusive Partnerships: Key Strategies for Successful Funding ApplicationsBy Roseanna Avento, Kelly Brito and Susanne von Itter In the realm of research and development, fostering inclusive global academic partnerships is crucial for addressing equity, diversity, and inc… 051
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Excellent visit by colleagues from the Tajik Agrarian University and Tajik State University of Law, Business and Politics, on our UEF's Joensuu Campus. They visited our Dept of Geographical & Historical Studies, Karelian Institute, School of Forestry, & Dept of Environmental & Biological Sciences. 010
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Did you miss the latest #KAPTalks lecture? Associate Professor Alina Sajed's lecture 'From the Third World to the Global South: Lives and afterlives of a global political project' can be accessed below. Thanks to the European Commission & @undp.org. Also thanks to FSDR & UniPID: #DevDays2025youtu.be#KAPTalks with Alina Sajed: From the Third World to the Global SouthYouTube video by UNDP Eurasia 021
Reposted by UEF_GlobalDevAnu Lahtinen @anulah.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Ukrainan kielen ja kulttuurin sivuaine aloittaa Itä-Suomen yliopistossa. 👍🇺🇦 @uniuef.bsky.social www.uef.fi/fi/artikkeli...uef.fiUusi ukrainan kielen ja kulttuurin sivuaine alkaa Itä-Suomen yliopistossa – opinnot kasvattavat myös Venäjän tuntemustaOpinnot koostuvat kuudesta opintojaksosta, joista kolmella kehitetään ukrainan kielitaitoa ja kolmella syvennytään ukrainalaiseen kulttuuriin. 26015
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Language needs to recognise colonial histories as "the very terminology we use delimits our understanding of the world". ~ Alina Sajed #KAPTalks 000
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 27/02/2025What are 'developing' countries developing towards? When does a developing country become a developed one? Should 'developed' countries focus more on their own over-development? ~ Alina Sajed #KAPTalks 100
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Thus deep ambiguities& contradictions behind the idea of Global South, whereby spaces from the global south, formerly 3rd world, are now integrated into institutional arrangements in& by the North, which benefit primarily the North & the political/economic elites in the South. 100
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Vice versa, some spaces that used to be part of the 3rd world now inhabit an ambiguous political and economic space because of rapid processes of modernization and integration into the global economy. #KAPTalks 100
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Global South incorporates not only spaces that used to be referred to before as the 3rd world, but also spaces in Global North characterized by exploitation, oppression, neocolonial relations-such as indigenous & black communities & immigrant communities in Western societies. 100
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Whereas some scholars see an almost seamless continuum between the Third World & to the Global South, others see continuities, but also fundamental ruptures & shifts between the two not just conceptual, but historical realities. #KAPTalks 100
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 27/02/2025At the core of the right to self-govern & to self-determination lies the idea of economic sovereignty. Especially that absolute sovereignty over natural resources belongs to the state. - Alina Sajed, #KAPTalks 120
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Opening of the Development Days 2025 conference by the Finnish Society for Development Research, Chair Bonn Juego, Vice Chair @tiinaseppala.bsky.social and Meeri Tiensuu. The conference theme is: Development Transitions: Amidst Waste, Wars and Maldevelopment. 001
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 27/02/2025#KAPTalks "From the Third World to the Global South:Lives and afterlives of a global political project" by Associate Prof Alina Sajed. 27th Feb 10.00 EET. Moderator @teppoeskelinen.bsky.social Free & Hybrid. #DevDays2025. More Info www.uef.fi/en/event/kap... By: UNDP, European Commission & UEF 020
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Palestinians are living shorter lives. The struggle of their liberation is a struggle for re-existance. ~ Ali Kadri 000
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Pushbacks of the BRICS is towards to the west but it doesn't change the game or the status quo. ~ Alina Sajed 100
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 26/02/2025What comes after is also important. Alina Sajed recommends watching the Battle of Algiers. 100
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 26/02/2025The minimalist view of liberation as a removal of an oppressor is quite restructive. e.g Bashar al-Assad was removed. But is that sufficient? ~ Alina Sajed 100
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social · 26/02/2025AI technologies and military technologies are researched, developed & marketed through Gaza, before the pure death taking place now. 100