Upcoming
5 December
Autumn Meeting of the Finnish International Studies Association (KATSE)
16–17 November
Narrative Militarism: Creative Methods in Feminist Security Studies workshop at the Swedish Defence University in Stockholm.
22 October
Minna Lyytikäinen will discuss the project’s themes at the Helsinki Book Fair.
Past
1–4 September
EISA 19th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, with presentations in the panel Gender, War-Preparedness and Remilitarisation.
1–4 June
Minna Lyytikäinen and Leena Vastapuu conducted fieldwork in Helsinki and Mikkeli.
15 May 2026
Minna Lyytikäinen defended her doctoral dissertation in Political Science at the University of Helsinki. The dissertation is titled Making WPS Stick(y): Best Practices, Affective Politics and Gendered Common Sense in Finland and Nepal.
6–8 May 2026
Political Science Days, working group Gender, Militarism and War Preparedness across the Nordics.
1 January 2026
The secretariat of the Finnish International Studies Association (KATSE) changed: Leena Vastapuu began a three-year term as Chair of the association, Katariina Mustasilta as Vice-Chair, and Minna Lyytikäinen as Secretary.
14–22 February 2026
Leena Vastapuu conducted fieldwork in Mikkeli.
19 March 2026
Leena Vastapuu was interviewed on an MTV3 Live broadcast about the project’s themes.
8–10 April 2026
Leena Vastapuu conducted fieldwork in Mikkeli.
23 January 2026
Leena Vastapuu gave a presentation titled “From Social Navigation to Social Rafting: A Critical Revision” at the Central and Eastern Europe Security Hub (CEEShub 2026) conference at Tallinn University.
14 January 2026
Minna Lyytikäinen presented research on Finland’s Women, Peace and Security policy at the webinar The Nordic Countries and the Future of Women, Peace and Security.
10 January 2026
Leena Vastapuu served as the opponent at Nora Stenius’s doctoral dissertation defence at the University of Helsinki.
12 December 2025
Leena Vastapuu led the workshop “Feminist Peace Research Methods: Autophotography” within the COST Action Peace Research Community Europe network.
1–2 December 2025
HomeFront project planning workshop in Turku.
27 November 2025
Leena Vastapuu gave an introductory presentation at the Tampere Peace Day workshop “Culture of Preparedness and Militarization in the Nordics.”
3 November 2025
Leena Vastapuu presented the HomeFront project to students of International Relations at Tampere University.
9–10 November 2025
HomeFront project planning workshop in Stockholm.
9 October
Leena Vastapuu gave a presentation at the Gender Equality Days in Vantaa on women’s role in national defence.