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Research interests
Tiina Seppälä holds a PhD in International Relations. Her PhD thesis (2010) dealt with the anti-war movement and theories of global resistance.
She works as a university lecturer in Qualitative Research. She has the title of a docent (adjunct professor) of International Development Studies at the University of Jyväskylä.
She is interested in social movements, activism, development, forced migration, displacement, post/decolonial studies, feminist theory, ethnography and engaged scholarship. Recently, she has focused on feminisation of resistance, decolonial feminist solidarity and arts-based research methods.
She has engaged with slum activists and women’s rights movements in Nepal and Bangladesh, anti-eviction movements in India, asylum seekers in Finland and anti-war activists in the UK. Her research project Governance, Resistance and Neoliberal Development: Struggles against Development-Induced Displacement and Forced Evictions in South Asia was funded by the Academy of Finland (2013–2016).
She has been a visiting scholar in India (Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, 2011–2012), Nepal (Nepal Institute of Peace, 2012, 2014, 2020), Bangladesh (Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit based at the University of Dhaka, 2015) and Australia (University of Newcastle, 2019).
She is the author of Globalizing Resistance against War? (Routledge 2012) and co-editor of Arts-Based Methods for Decolonising Participatory Research (Routledge 2021) and Civil Disobedience from Nepal to Norway (Routledge 2022).
She co-coordinates the Global Northern Communities and Societies research unit (with Leena Suopajärvi) and Migration Studies in the Global Arctic research network (with Nafisa Yeasmin) at the Faculty of Social Sciences. She is a member of Service Design Research Group CO-STARS at the Faculty of Art and Design.
Seppälä serves as the vice chair of the Finnish Society for Development Research, and is a council member of the Migration Institute of Finland.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Social Sciences, Political Sciences
Award Date: 24 Nov 2010
External positions
Docent/adjunct professor, University of Jyväskylä
23 Sept 2020 → …
Visiting senior research fellow, Nepal Institute of Peace
1 Jan 2020 → 31 Jan 2020
Visiting senior research fellow, University of Newcastle
1 Dec 2019 → 31 Dec 2019
Evaluator, EUROOPANKOMISSIO
5 Oct 2018 → 18 Nov 2018
Evaluator, EUROOPANKOMISSIO
6 Oct 2017 → 3 Dec 2017
Evaluator, EUROOPANKOMISSIO
10 Oct 2016 → 20 Nov 2016
Evaluator, EUROOPANKOMISSIO
29 Feb 2016 → 15 Apr 2016
Visiting post-doctoral researcher, University of Dhaka
1 Nov 2015 → 21 Dec 2015
Evaluator, EUROOPANKOMISSIO
22 Jun 2015 → 25 Sept 2015
Visiting post-doctoral researcher, Nepal Institute of Peace
15 May 2014 → 15 Jul 2014
Book editor, Institute for Northern Culture
15 Oct 2012 → 30 Nov 2012
Visiting post-doctoral researcher, Nepal Institute of Peace
1 Apr 2012 → 30 Jun 2012
Visiting post-doctoral researcher, Mahanirban Calcutta Reseach Group
1 Oct 2011 → 31 Mar 2012
Field of science
- International political science
- Multidisciplinary
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Projects
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REND: Rethinking Nordic Democracy: Civil Disobedience in Exceptional Times
Kukko, J., Seppälä, T., Nykänen, T., Luoma-aho, M., Koikkalainen, P., Kotiranta, S. & Haataja, C.
01.09.2018 → 31.12.2022
Project: Co-funded project
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CIMO Fellowship/Afroja Khanam
Kansainvälisen liikkuvuuden ja yhteistyön keskus CIMO
01.10.2014 → 30.06.2015
Project: Co-funded project
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RESISTANCE: Governance, Resistance and Neoliberal Development: Struggles against Development-Induced Displacement and Forced Evictions in South Asia
01.09.2013 → 31.08.2016
Project: Co-funded project
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Decolonial Feminist Solidarity/ies
González, Y., Motta, S. & Seppälä, T., Nov 2023, Handbook of Feminist Research Methodologies in Management and Organization Studies. Katila, S., Meriläinen, S. & Bell, E. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, p. 297-314 18 p. (Research Handbooks in Business and Management series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Naiset, jotka eivät suostuneet istumaan lentokoneissa
Seppälä, T., 30 Apr 2023, Tottelematon kansa: poliittisen vastarinnan muuttuvat muodot. Nykänen, T., Kukko, J-E. & Koikkalainen, P. (eds.). Tampere: Vastapaino, p. 211–247 37 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Suomen Elokapina 2020-luvun kansalaistottelemattomuutena: liike, oikeutus ja merkitys
Nykänen, T., Kotiranta, S., Kukko, J-E. & Seppälä, T., 30 Apr 2023, Tottelematon kansa: poliittisen vastarinnan muuttuvat muodot. Nykänen, T., Kukko, J-E. & Koikkalainen, P. (eds.). Tampere: Vastapaino, p. 285–325 41 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Ukrainan sodan vaikutukset, konfliktit ja kehitys globaalissa Etelässä
Edalati, Z., Gutiérres-Zamora, V., Juego, B., Wayessa, G. & Seppälä, T., 21 Jun 2023, In: Kosmopolis : rauhan-, konfliktin- ja maailmanpolitiikan tutkimuksen aikakauslehti. 53, 2, p. 53-62Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
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Civil Disobedience from Nepal to Norway: Traditions, Extensions, and Civility
Nykänen, T. (ed.), Seppälä, T. (ed.) & Koikkalainen, P. (ed.), 30 Sept 2022, London: Routledge. 236 p. (Ethics, Human Rights, and Global Political Thought).Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Scientific › peer-review
Activities
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Critical Arctic Studies Symposium 2023: Session IV A: Sensing Relationality – Naturecultures, Soundscapes and Art
Tiina Seppälä (Chair)
11 Oct 2023Activity: Participating in or organisation of an event › Chair of workshop, panel, session or tutorial
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Knowing and Caring in the Times of Crisis?
Anu Valtonen (Speaker), Kirsti Lempiäinen (Contributor) & Tiina Seppälä (Speaker)
29 Sept 2023Activity: Presentation › Conference presentation
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Millenium : Journal of International Studies (Journal)
Tiina Seppälä (Peer reviewer)
26 Sept 2023Activity: Editorial and other work related to publications › Reviewer of scientific journal
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Examples of Resistance and Activism Research
Tiina Seppälä (Speaker)
20 Sept 2023Activity: Presentation › Public or invited talk
Press/Media
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Lapin yliopiston yhteiskuntatieteiden tiedekunnan 40-vuotisjuhlaseminaarissa katsotaan tulevaan
23.11.2022
1 item of Media coverage
Media contents: Other
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Kaikille avoimessa seminaarissa keskustellaan kansalaistottelemattomuudesta, joka koettelee sallitun rajoja
23.08.2022
1 item of Media coverage
Media contents: Research
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Tiina Seppälä ja Nafisa Yeasmin Siirtolaisinstituutin hallintoneuvostoon
02.05.2022
1 item of Media coverage
Media contents: Other
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