[Kaupunkitutkimus] VL: Invitation International Symposium: "CITIES OF INCLUSION-SPACES OF JUSTICE", 19-20 SEPT, 2019

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Subject: Invitation International Symposium: "CITIES OF INCLUSION-SPACES OF JUSTICE", 19-20 SEPT, 2019

Dear colleagues:



Welcome to the International Research Symposium: CITIES OF INCLUSION - SPACES OF JUSTICE, co-organized by the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, "Fragile Cities in the Global South" -Research Project, funded by the Academy of Finland, and "Political, Societal and Regional Change" -Doctoral Programme.

Date and venue: 19-20 September, 2019, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies



The main keynote speakers are:

1.   Prof. DIANE DAVIS (Harvard University, USA):City, Nation, Network: Shifting Territorialities of Sovereignty and Urban Violence in the global South

Venue:Think Corner Stage (Tiedekulma), Yliopistonkatu 4
Date: Thu, 19 Sept. 2019 at 9.15-10.30

2.   Prof. SASKIA SASSEN (Columbia University, USA): Predatory Formations Dressed in Wall Street Suits and Algorithmic Math
Venue:Porthania Lecture Hall II (Yliopistonkatu 3)
Date: Thu, 19. Sept, 2019 at 16-17.45

3.   Prof. ERIK SWYNGEDOUW (University of Manchester, UK): Life and Death in the Urbicene: The de-politicized fantasy of Anthropocenic urbanization
Venue:Think Corner Stage (Tiedekulma), Yliopistonkatu 4
Date: Fri, 20 Sept, 2019 at 9.30-10.30

For a full programme of the Symposium see:

https://blogs.helsinki.fi/citiesofinclusion2019/

Background
Cities around the world are developing new forms of governing risks and vulnerabilities and designing novel ways for inclusive planning, social belonging and political decision-making. The challenges related to societal insecurity, environmental vulnerability, socio-spatial segregation and politics of exclusion are enormous especially in many cities of the global South, where 3/4 of the world's urban population is living.  The Research Symposium "Cities of Inclusion - Spaces of Justice" aims at developing new theoretical and methodological approaches to understand the multifaceted risks and vulnerabilities in contemporary cities and the emergent initiatives for enhanced equality, justice and wellbeing.

In this International Symposium, top scholars from social sciences and other relevant fields, including urban studies, development studies, anthropology, geography, sociology, political science, urban policy etc., will discuss new approaches for understanding insecurities, vulnerabilities, and segregations characteristic of urban spaces, and for promoting spheres inclusion, politics of justice, and alternative ways to imagine the future. The Symposium aims to develop approaches capable to refocus inclusion and justice at the center of urban theory, and urban policy, to make room for initiatives and efforts that elude conventional perspectives and institutionalized structures in the search for more inclusive cities.

The keynote lectures and working group sessions are free and open to the public but we kindly ask you to register in advance at:
https://blogs.helsinki.fi/citiesofinclusion2019/registration/

The registration closes 12 September 2019. Please circulate among your networks!

On behalf of the organizing committee,

Florencia Quesada Avendaño, Development Studies
Anja Nygren, Development Studies
Elina Hartikainen, Anthropology
University of Helsinki





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Florencia Quesada Avendaño

PhD, Docent, University Researcher
Development Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
PL 18 (Unioninkatu 35), University of Helsinki

Finland