Detangling Development

In this final episode of Detangling Development podcast, we dive into how to foster students' global competences with Alexandra Biris, master student at the Changing Education programme at the University of Helsinki.

Populations face differing health challenges, access to health care, and other health-related resources. A One Health approach can be relevant for addressing these issues in a collaborative and cross-sectoral way. This episode takes a dive in to One Health and global inequalities with Sarah Green, professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Helsinki and member of Helsinki One Health.

This episode takes a deep dive into the role of the private sector in Finnish education development cooperation with Elizabeth Eta, postdoctoral researcher working with the Global Innovation Network for Teaching and Learning (GINTL) at the University of Helsinki.

How can feminist and decolonial approaches help deconstruct the power dynamics and pre-established assumptions in global academic partnerships? Get to know more with Violeta Gutierrez Zamora, early stage researcher and teacher from the University of Eastern Finland.

In this episode we take a look at Finland's role in global sustainable development with Teppo Eskelinen, philosopher and senior lecturer in Social Sciences at the University of Eastern Finland. 

In this episode we dive deeper into the relationship between policymaking and research in the field of global development, through an interview with Marikki Karhu, secretary general of the Finnish Development Policy Committee.

An introductory episode with Johanna Kivimäki, Director of UniPID. In this episode we give an overview of each of the six themes that will be discussed in the following episodes: research based development policy; development cooperation and private sector in education; Finland's role in global sustainable development; feminist and decolonial approaches in academic partnerships; OneHealth and global inequality; and students global competences.

Melissa Plath, senior specialist at UniPID and host of this podcast, introduces "Detangling Development".