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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 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).
Seppälä works as a university lecturer in Qualitative Research.
She is a member of the Rethinking Nordic Democracy: Civil Disobedience in Exceptional Times research group, funded by the Academy of Finland (2018–2022) and Service Design Research Group CO-STARS at the Faculty of Art and Design.
She has the title of a docent (adjunct professor) of International Development Studies at the University of Jyväskylä.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Social Sciences, Political Sciences
Award Date: 24 Nov 2010
External positions
Docent/adjunct professor, University of Jyväskylä
23 Sep 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 Sep 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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Civil Disobedience from Nepal to Norway: Traditions, Extensions, and Civility
Nykänen, T. (ed.), Seppälä, T. (ed.) & Koikkalainen, P. (ed.), 30 Sep 2022, London: Routledge. 236 p. (Ethics, Human Rights, and Global Political Thought).Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Scientific › peer-review
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Different Forms of Dissent in Anti-Deportation Activism in Finland: From Refugee Protests to Civil Disobedience
Seppälä, T., 30 Sep 2022, Civil Disobedience from Nepal to Norway: Traditions, Extensions, and Civility. Nykänen, T., Seppälä, T. & Koikkalainen, P. (eds.). London: Routledge, 21 p. (Ethics, Human Rights, and Global Political Thought).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Dissenting Civil Society, Hunger Strikes, and the Transitional Justice Process in Nepal
Pokharel, N., Niroula, S. & Seppälä, T., 30 Sep 2022, Civil Disobedience from Nepal to Norway: Traditions, Extensions, and Civility. Nykänen, T., Seppälä, T. & Koikkalainen, P. (eds.). London: Routledge, 17 p. (Ethics, Human Rights, and Global Political Thought).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Entangled Global Inequalities and Responsibilities
Seppälä, T., 11 Aug 2022, In: UniPID News. 11.8.2022Research output: Contribution to journal › Blog Post › Professional
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Introduction: Civil disobedience from Nepal to Norway
Seppälä, T., Nykänen, T. & Harjumaa, T., 30 Sep 2022, Civil Disobedience from Nepal to Norway: Traditions, Extensions, and Civility. Nykänen, T., Seppälä, T. & Koikkalainen, P. (eds.). London: Routledge, 8 p. (Ethics, Human Rights, and Global Political Thought).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
Activities
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Arts-Based Methods for Decolonising Participatory Research
Tiina Seppälä (Speaker) & Melanie Sarantou (Speaker)
19 Jan 2023Activity: Presentation › Public or invited talk
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ULAP Research Assessment Exercise: Self-Evaluation of Global Northern Communities and Societies (GloNos) research unit
Laura Orvokki Junka-Aikio (Chair), Tiina Seppälä (Reviewer) & Leena Suopajärvi (Reviewer)
Jan 2023Activity: Evaluation, assessment or examination › Evaluation of activities
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Supervisor of PhD Candidate
Julian Reid (Supervisor) & Tiina Seppälä (Supervisor)
Jan 2023 → …Activity: Evaluation, assessment or examination › Supervisor of doctoral candidate
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Tietämisen maailmanpolitiikat [The World Politics of Knowing]
Sanna Valkonen (Speaker) & Tiina Seppälä (Speaker)
9 Dec 2022Activity: Presentation › Public or invited talk
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'Global Northern Communities and Societies' research community meeting
Laura Orvokki Junka-Aikio (Organiser), Tiina Seppälä (Organiser) & Leena Suopajärvi (Organiser)
7 Dec 2022Activity: Participating in or organisation of an event › Organization of a workshop, panel, session or tutorial