The Development Days DocShop 2025 brought together enthusiastic doctoral researchers and distinguished professors for an insightful pre-conference workshop, designed to deepen understanding on ethical and methodological considerations for conducting meaningful and responsible research in the Global...
The UniPID Master’s Award in Development Studies 2024 was presented during the Development Days Conference reception in Helsinki. This year’s winner, Johanna Katariina Pajula from Tampere University, was recognized for her excellent thesis on social protection in humanitarian crises in Africa.
What better way to start the new year than by welcoming a new member! Hanken School of Economics has officially joined the UniPID network. With this addition, we now move forward together with 10 Finnish universities, strengthening our commitment to advancing universities’ global responsibility.
The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters has compiled a joint declaration with signatures from 12 universities, 4 foundations and 9 other scientific actors that seek to create a community of scientists and science supporters to act as pioneers of the sustainability transformation. The undersigned...
Coordination of the Finnish University Partnership for International Development (UniPID) will move from the University of Helsinki to the University of Eastern Finland from the start of 2026.
Acknowledging different perspectives, knowledge systems, and experiences is essential for finding sustainable and responsible solutions to contemporary issues and therefore one of UniPID’s missions. But while Western academia has started to recognize the need for more diverse research, the...
Discover how inclusive and participatory practices in virtual courses foster equity, empathy, and global collaboration ✨ #EducationForAll
On 5 November 2024, UniPID hosted its Annual Seminar on “Strengthening Agency in the Pluriverse of the Academic Worlds”. The seminar took place within the framework of the Finnish Universities' Rectors' Council’s (UNIFI’s) seminar on sustainability and responsibility at the...
In October 2024, UniPID co-organized the fourth LEAP-RE Stakeholder Forum in Milan, bringing together diverse voices from Africa and Europe to discuss the future of renewable energy partnerships.