Planetary political imagination and democracy – from ideas to action

Welcome to Planetary political imagination and democracy – from ideas to action, an event hosted by POLIFA and Global Visions ry on February 20th, at Permantosali, Tekstin talo. The event includes three presentations on themes of global political imagination and democracy. The event will be in-person and online – no registration needed.

Speakers:

Eeva Mäkinen is a PhD political researcher of universal political imagination at the University of Lapland and founder of POLIFA. The aim of POLIFA is to raise visibility of novel ideas of freedom, democracy and political imagination that receive less attention. Eeva is interested in global phenomena and ideas that take various forms locally.

Max Tallberg is the founder and chairperson of the Global Visions Association. The aim of the association is to bring together people, groups and ideas that are striving to build a better world, with a view focused especially on global possibilities regarding all of this. You can find more information about us on our webpage.

Heikki Patomäki is Professor of World Politics and Global Political Economy at the University of Helsinki. He has worked as a full professor also in Nottingham and Melbourne and as a visiting professor in Kyoto and Aberystwyth. He has published some 20 monographs, 10 edited volumes and special issues, and more than 250 academic papers on topics such as the philosophy of social sciences, global political economy and security, economic and political theory, as well as peace research.