Month: October 2018

The Council of Finnish Academies, together with the Centre for European Studies, University of Helsinki, cordially invites you to a seminar:

EUROPE ON TEST: NARRATIVES OF UNION AND DISUNION – THE NORDIC PERSPECTIVE

November 14, 2018 Helsinki, The House of The Estates, 9 am – 4 pm.

“Europe on Test: Narratives of Union and Disunion” – a series of seminars hosted by selected Academies of Sciences and Humanities in various European cities and coordinated by ALLEA – will address these and other aspects of relevance for the future of Europe as a community. Renowned scholars will debate and illuminate the significance of such narratives from a variety of different angles and within their national contexts.

The Nordic perspective on Europe will be explored at the conference organized by The Council of Finnish Academies at The House of the Estates Helsinki on November 14, 2018. The focus of this conference will be on the role of the Nordic societies in the European and global context. The speakers will debate about the essence of the Nordic welfare state and about the legacies of history on the ideas and ideologies in the Nordic countries. Then the focus will move to the present times and Nordic societies struggling with issues of migration and multiculturalism giving room for populism and extremist political movements with the aim/under the banner of defending the traditional Nordic values.

The full program and further information can be found athttp://www.academies.fi/europeontest/

Please register you attendance at http://www.academies.fi/europeontest/ by November 6th 2018.

PROGRAMME

08:30–09:00 Registration

09:00–09:10 Welcome by Professor Jan Sundberg

09:10-09:20 Greeting from ALLEA by Chancellor emerita Krista Varantola

09:20–10:55 Session 1: Europe and the Nordics

Chair: Dr Juhana Aunesluoma, Centre for European Studies, University of Helsinki

Professor emeritus Bo Stråth, University of Helsinki

Professor Mary Hilson, Aarhus University

Professor Karl-Erik Michelsen, Lappeenranta University of Technology

10:55–11:10 Coffee and Nibbles

11:10–12:35 Session 2: Mobility, migration and refuge

Chair: Professor Jan Sundberg, University of Helsinki

Professor Thomas Hylland Eriksen, University of Oslo

Dr Camilla Nordberg, University of Helsinki

13:35 –15:00 Session 3: Politics, populism, and extremist movements

Professor Roger Eatwell, University of Bath

Dr Ann-Cathrine Jungar, Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

Professor Juha Herkman, University of Helsinki

15:00 –16:00 Reflections

Chair: Professor Józef Niżnik, Polish Academy of Sciences

Session Chairs from sessions 1, 2 and 3.

Dear fellow PhD student!

Research data management and its planning (DMP) is a hot topic throughout the year – not only while the Academy of Finland’s call is open.

Even the Finnish Cultural Foundation (Suomen Kulttuurirahasto) recommends a DMP as an appendix of the application.

We have three more RDM Basics lectures this year where we walk you through the basic terminology and concepts of research data management. The next lecture is tomorrow – Tuesday 23.10.

For more information and enrollments, please, see:

https://blogs.helsinki.fi/librarynews/2018/10/22/research-data-management-basics-sign-up-for-the-courses-on-23-10-22-11-or-11-12/

The information session is primarily intended for doctoral candidates at the University of Helsinki who will be defending their dissertations in a public examination in the near future, about 6 months before your doctoral defence. The public examination will be discussed from various angles. The session will be in English.

The session on 9.11.2018 (from 12:30 until 15.15) is in English.

The session will cover the following issues:
– the history of the public examination
– duties of the doctoral candidate, the opponent and the custos
– procedures and dress code to be followed at the public examination
– the legal rights of the doctoral candidate
– dissemination of information about the public examination
– media coverage

Specialists are professor Markku Löytönen (host), communication specialist Elisa Lautala, Research and Postgraduate Studies Officer Anniina Sjöblöm. Additionally, a person who has recently defended his/her doctoral thesis will give a presentation about his/her own experiences.

Registarion and more info via staff training calendar Henkka. You can find the training by name (prepare for your doctoral defence) or by date. If you cannot access Henkka, you may also register via eLomake-form.

Further information:
Human Resources Development and Occupational Wellbeing Unit
hrd@helsinki.fi

Professor Nyla Branscombe, the University of Kansas Friday, November 2 nd 2018, at 2-4 PM The Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Research/Social Psychology Unioninkatu 35, room 113

‘When and why are victims expected to be more humanitarian than non-victims?’

Aims and learning outcomes: The lecture aims to develop an understanding of how group and individual history influence judgments of individuals and groups in the present. The role of perceiver motivation to maintain belief in a just world in this process is emphasized. It is argued that by believing that suffering and injustice is redeemed with psychological benefits or strengths, this frequently results in victims being held to higher moral standards of conduct compared to non-victims. Along to the theoretical perspectives on how people make sense of other people’s suffering, the student will gain an acquaintance with meaning-making processes, including benefit-finding as a form of mentally redeeming good from bad; familiarize themselves with third-party inferences about Holocaust and Cambodian survivors’ descendants, as well as victims of a variety forms of social discrimination and exclusion; and learn to compare and contrast third-party observer and victim motivations when reminded of suffering history.

Preliminary reading list:

Branscombe, N.R., Warner, R.H., Klar, Y., & Fernández, S. (2015). Historical group victimization entails moral obligations for descendants. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 59, 118-129.

Branscombe, N.R., Wohl, M.J.A., & Warner, R.H. (2016). Remembering historical victimization: Potential for intergroup conflict escalation and conflict reduction. In A. Miller (Ed.), The social psychology of good and evil (2nd ed., pp. 367-389). New York: Guilford Press.

Warner, R.H., Wohl, M.J.A., & Branscombe, N.R. (2014). When victim group members feel a moral obligation to help suffering others. European Journal of Social Psychology, 44, 231-241.

Nyla Branscombe is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Kansas since 1987. She received her BA (1980) and MA (1982) degrees in Canada, and Ph.D. (1986) from Purdue University. Her research has concentrated on the role that group memberships and identities play in shaping people’s emotions, thoughts, and behavior. She has published more than 150 articles and chapters, co-authored and co-edited several textbooks and scholarly volumes. She has been recipient of numerous research prizes—most recently the Higuchi Research Achievement Award from the State of Kansas. She is also the proud recipient of the 2015 University of Kansas Graduate Research Mentor Award.

Contact Info:

The Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Research, Unit of Social Psychology Postal address: P.O. Box 54 FIN-00014 University of Helsinki Visiting address: Unioninkatu 37

Doctoral Programme in Social Sciences Coordinator: Tiina Käkelä E-mail: tiina.kakela@helsinki.fi

The Research Area of Cultural and Social Diversities and Intergroup Relations Contact person: Prof. Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti E-mail: inga.jasinskaja@helsinki.fi

 

Grounded Theory lecture

(SCI022Z-LZ Postgraduate studies: Grounded theory)

Time: November 28, 2018, at 10:30-12:00

Place: Lecture hall U3 (room number U141), Aalto main building, Otakaari 1, Espoo

This grounded theory lecture is suitable for those currently applying this methodology in their research, but also for those taking a general interest in the subject. The lecture will familiarize participants with classic (Glaserian) grounded theory while clarifying its commonalities with (and differences from) other grounded theory approaches. The lecture will also cover trends in recent grounded theory research studies published in management journals. Due to limited space, please register by November 25th at the latest. Registration for Aalto students is through WebOodi, for all others by e-mail to markko.hamalainen@aalto.fi. Although pre-readings are not required, a link to relevant readings will be sent to participants after registration. Attendees will find it helpful to explore the subject before the lecture. In early 2019 the lecture will be followed-up by hands-on workshops primarily targeted to PhD candidates who are (or will be) using grounded theory in their dissertation work.

The lecturer, Markko Hämäläinen, is a fellow of the Grounded Theory Institute and a grounded theory researcher in the field of Entrepreneurship