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Last update of the webpage: 2022-06-03

Keynote – Juhana Aunesluoma 
Plenary Panel: Putin’s Russia
Round table: Changing Organisation (…)
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Book panel: Baltic hospitality (…)
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Book Panel: Resourceful Civil Society (…)
Book Panel: Making and Contestation (…)
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Book Launch: CBEES State (…)
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Event: Baltic-Nordic Encounters (…)
Event: Film screening Baltic Childhoods (…)

Plenary Panel: Putin’s Russia, the Ukraine War, and Norden/the Baltic

2 June; 13:30 – 14:30

Venue: MB416

Participants:

  • Mark Bassin, Professor of History of Ideas, CBEES, Södertörn University.
  • Martin Kragh, Deputy Director (SCEEUS) and Senior Research Fellow, The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI).

Description:

A presentation and podium discussion of Martin Kragh’s new book Det fallna imperiet: Ryssland och väst under Vladimir Putin (Fri Tanke, 2022).

Round table: The Changing Organisation of Party Relations: The 2022 Swedish Election in a Nordic Context

3 June; 11 – 12:30

Venue: MB416

Participants:

  • Nicholas Aylott, Södertörn University, Sweden
  • Femming Christiansen, Roskilde University, Denmark
  • Tapio Raunio, Tampere University, Finland
  • Marja Lemme, Södertörns högskola, Sweden

In September 2022, Swedes vote in their quadrennial parliamentary election. Once again, a central issue will be how political parties organise their relations. For decades, Swedish politics was mostly simple: the parties of the left faced those of the right. In 2010, the format took on an especially organised form, in the shape of two competing alliances. Then the system changed, as an eighth party established a parliamentary presence – and thus put existing inter-party relations under increasing strain. Has the system now reverted to the old two-bloc structure, only with reshuffled party affiliation? If so, why? How might the parties organise their relations now? Does the experience of other Nordic countries help us to discern underlying patterns and influences?

QUESTIONS TO BE RAISED IN THE ROUNDTABLE:

  • How did the radical-right party in each country come in from the cold? On what basis has co-operation with other parties developed?
  • How do centre-right parties respond to such detente – with exit, voice or loyalty?
  • How has the left responded to the changing shape of the right?
  • Why does there seem to be a gravitational pull towards bipolar competition – except in Finland?

Each participant will begin with a 12-minute talk, after which each will comment and/or put questions to the others. Questions from the audience will be taken at the end.

Stream 1: Nordic cooperation and region-building

Panel 1a: Pan-nationalism in the Nordic region 

Chair: Peter Stadius, Centre for Nordic Studies, University of Helsinki

1 June; 14-15.30

Venue: MB416

Panel 1b: Peace, War, and Diplomacy

Chair: Jussi Kurunmäki, University of Eastern Finland/Södertörn University

1 June; 16-17.30

Venue: MB416

Panel 1c: Gendering Nordic neighborhood

Chair: Yulia Gradskova, CBEES, Södertörn University

3 June; 9-10.30

Venue: MB416

Stream 2: Democracy, governance and law 

Panel 2a: (Re)writing the history of Nordic social democracy

Chair: Kjell Östberg, Södertörn University

1 June; 14-15.30

Venue: MB505

Panel 2b: Border- and geopolitics of a pandemic (part1)

Chairs:

  • Thomas Lundén, Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES), Södertörn University
  • Caroline Elisabeth Weber, Centre for Border Region Studies/SDU

1 June; 16-17.30

Venue: MB505

Panel 2b : Border- and geopolitics of a pandemic (part 2)

Chairs:

  • Thomas Lundén CBEES, Södertörn University
  • Caroline Elisabeth Weber, Centre for Border Region Studies/SDU

2 June; 9-10.30

Venue: MB505

  • «An Inclincation to Conform»: Government and the Governed in Norway during Covid-19 • Kristian Bjørkdahl, University of Oslo. This paper is cancelled.
  • Nordic Model of Governance in Pandemic Times: Comparative historical insights from Finland and Sweden • Johanna Rainio-Niemi University of Helsinki / Södertörn University.
  • Skilda vägar – Tackling past and present pandemics in Finland and Sweden • Jenni Karimäki, University of Helsinki.
  • Comparing crisis management across borders: territorial choices in times of crisis. • Therese Sefton, Centre for Welfare and Labour Research (NOVA) OsloMet. This paper is cancelled.
  • The Image of Covid Occurrence – Administrative Entities and Spatial Resolution • Anders Schærström, Södertörn University; Sigríður Haraldsdóttir, Directorate of Health, Iceland; Clive Sabel BERTHA Big Data Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University.
  • The image of COVID Occurrence – The Iceland Case • Clive Sabel, Big Data Centre for Environment and Health (BERTHA) Department of Public Health, Aarhus University; Anders Schærström, Södertörn University.

Panel 2b : Border- and geopolitics of a pandemic (part3)

Chairs:

  • Thomas Lundén, CBEES, Södertörn University
  • Caroline Elisabeth Weber, Centre for Border Region Studies/SDU

2 June; 11-12.30

Venue: MB505

Panel 2c: Nordic associations and models

Chair: Haldor Byrkjeflot, University of Oslo/CBS Copenhagen

2 June; 15-16.30

Venue: MB505

Panel 2d: Deliberation, Participation, Accountability

Chair: Jón Ólafsson, University of Iceland

3 June; 9-10.30

Venue: MB505

Book panel: Baltic hospitality from the middle ages to the twentieth century: Receiving strangers in Northeastern Europe
2 June; 17-18.30

Venue: MB505

Participants: Christina Reimann (author), Södertörn University; Leif Runefelt (author), Södertörn University; Heiko Droste (discussant), Stockholm University; Tim Geelhaar (discussant), Bielefeld University.

Stream 3: Public policy, gender equality and labour markets 

Panel 3a: Conflicts and coalitions in redistributive issues

Chair: Zhen Im

1 June; 14-15.30

Venue: MB503

Panel 3b: Social Policies in the Nordic Welfare States

Chair: Miroslav Nemčok, University of Oslo

2 June; 9-10.30

Venue: MB503

Panel 3c: Internationalization and the Gender Wage Gap

Chair: Patrik Tingvall, Södertörn University

2 June; 11-12.30

Venue: UB425

Stream 4: Imagining Norden – branding and Nordic reputation 

Panel 4a: Nordic models in global entanglements

Chair: Mary Hilson, Aarhus University

1 June; 14-15.30

Venue: MB313 – Svarta Lådan

Panel 4b: Nordic Spaces Abroad Renew

Chair: Susan Lindholm, Södertörn University

2 June; 9-10.30

Venue: MB313 – Svarta Lådan

Panel 4c: Belarusian and Polish Chronotopes of Norden and Nordic Chronotopes of Eastern Europe (part 1)

Chair: Kazimierz Musiał, Institute of Scandinavian Studies, University of Gdańsk

2 June; 11-12.30

Venue: MB313 – Svarta Lådan

Panel 4c: Belarusian and Polish Chronotopes of Norden and Nordic Chronotopes of Eastern Europe (part 2)

Chair: Kazimierz Musiał, Institute of Scandinavian Studies, University of Gdańsk

2 June; 15-16.30

Venue: MB313 – Svarta Lådan

Panel 4d: Nordic Tropes Special relationships: images of Nordic neighbours at 20th century Winter Olympics

Panel 4 d is cancelled.

Chair: Torbjörn Nilsson, Södertörn University
3 June; 9-10.30
Venue: MB313 – Svarta Lådan
Special relationships: images of Nordic neighbours at 20th century Winter Olympics • Martin Johansson, Södertörn University.
Oljeeventyret: The History of a Norwegian Trope • Kristian Bjørkdahl, University of Oslo. This paper is cancelled.
Youth drinking in Nordic neighbourhoods: Nordic alcohol research in the long 1960s • Helena Bergman, Södertörn University. This paper is cancelled.

Book panel: Resourceful Civil Society. Navigating the Changing Landscapes of Civil Society Organizations

2 June; 17-18.30

Venue: MB313 – Svarta låda

Bernard Enjolras, Insitute for Social Reseach (Oslo).
Lisa Kings, Södertörn University.
Apostolis Papakostas, Södertörn University.
Zhanna Kravchenko, Södertörn University.

Book Panel: The Making and Contestation of Nordicness Models

1 June; 16-17.30

Venue: MB313 – Svarta Lådan

Participants: Johan Strang, University of Helsinki; Haldor Byrkeflot, University of Oslo; Mary Hilson, Aarhus University; Mads Mordhorst, Copenhagen Business School; Carl Marklund, Södertörn University.

Stream 5: Multiculturalism and globalization

Panel 5a: Going Green?

Chair: Arno Van Hootegem KU Leuven

1 June; 16-17.30

Venue: MB503

  • Towards a real Green Transition? Triple constraints holding back EU member states’ “greening” industrial strategies. • Zhen Im, Copenhagen Business School & University of Helsinki; Caroline De La Porte, Copenhagen Business School; Elke Heins, University of Edinburgh; Andrea Prontera, University of Marcerata; Dorota Szelewa, University College Dublin.
  • Reforming basic social security to facilitate eco-social transition • Heikki Hiilamo, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, University of Helsinki.
  • To lead or not to lead: The Nordic countries in international forums on clean energy • Christina Heinz-Fischer, University Heidelberg; Elin Lerum Boasson; Jale Tosun.
  • Buying green and sustainable! Green Public Procurement in Europe • Maciej Sychowiec, Linnaeus University; Karl Loxbo, Stockholm University; Brigitte Pircher, Linnaeus Univeristy. This paper is cancelled

Panel 5b: Migrants, Ethnicity and Race (part 1)

Chair: Carolin Schütze, CBS Copenhagen

2 June; 11-12.30

Venue: MB503

Panel 5b: Migrants, Ethnicity and Race (part 2)

Chair: Carolin Schütze, CBS Copenhagen

2 June; 15.00-16.30

Venue: MB503

Panel 5c: Muslim organizations and the state

3 June; 9-10.30

Chair: Karin Borevi, Södertörn University

Venue: MB503

Book Launch: CBEES State of the Region Report 2021

2 June; 17-18.30

Venue: MB503

Chairs and moderators:

  • Joakim Ekman, CBEES, Södertörn University;
  • Tora Lane, CBEES, Södertörn University;

Jogile Ulinskaite, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University;
Rosita Garskaite, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University;
Manes Weisskricher, Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX), University of Oslo;
Andrej Kotljartjuk, Södertörn University;
Francesco Zavatti, Södertörn University.

Stream 6: Nordic culture and media

Panel 6a: Higher Education in the Nordic Neighbourhood

2 June; 9-10.30

Chair: Janne Holmén, Södertörn University

Venue: MB416

Panel 6b: Media welfare state and data trust

2 June; 11-12.30

Chair: Heike Graf, Södertörn University

Venue: MB416

Panel 6c: Legacies of the Iron Curtain in Literature, Film and Political Discourse

2 June; 15-16.30

Chair: Torben Jelsbak, University of Copenhagen

Venue: MB416

Event: Baltic-Nordic Encounters in the Wake of 1989: a Meeting with Lithuanian Writer and Playwright Marius Ivaškevičius

2 June; 17-18.30

Venue: MB416

Event hosts:

  • Lill-Ann Körber, Aarhus University;
  • Ieva Steponavičiūtė-Aleksiejūnienė, Vilnius University;
  • Clemens Räthel, University of Greifswald.

Event: Film screening and discussion: Baltic Childhoods during the Cold War and Baltic-Nordic Migration since the 1990s: A Meeting with Latvian Norwegian Film Director Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen

1 June; 19-21.00

Venue: MB313 – Svarta lådan

The film screening is hosted by:

  • Ieva Steponavičiūtė-Aleksiejūnienė, Vilnius University;
  • Lill-Ann Körber, Aarhus University