The Annual Conference of the Westermarck Society
17th and 18th March 2016
University of Jyväskylä, Finland
THURSDAY, 03/17/2016
9.30-12.00 Registration opens (Agora-building, Entrance lobby)
12.15-12.45 Welcome (Ag, Auditorium 1)
- Professor Markku Lonkila, head of the organizing committee & Dean Terhi-Anna Wilska, president of the Westermarck Society
- Vice-Rector Helena Rasku-Puttonen
- Sociology award 2014-2015
12.45–14.45 Keynote presentations (Ag, Auditorio 1)
- Associate Professor Brooke Harrington (Copenhagen Business School)
Methodology and Globalization: For a Sociology of the Local-Global Encounter
- Senior Scientist Marja Ylönen (VTT)
Black swans, resilience and sociological imagination
- Professor Petri Ylikoski (University of Helsinki)
Social mechanisms and the new challenges for the sociological imagination
14.45-15.00 Break
15.00-18.00 Workshops
18.30 Reception by the faculty: Ruusupuisto (Alvar Aallon katu 9)
20.00 Conference Dinner: Aalto-sali (Väinönkatu 7))
FRIDAY 03/18/2016
9.00-12.00 Workshops
12.00-13.00 Lunch Break
13.00-13.30 The Westermarck Society- spring meeting (Ag, Auditorium 1)
13.30 to 13.50 Westermarck Thesis Award (Ag, Auditorium 1)
14.00-16.00 ‘Sociology and Immigration’ Panel Discussion (Ag, Auditorium 1)
Chariman: Tapio Litmanen, University of Jyväskylä
Panelistit:
- Outi Fingerroos, University of Jyväskylä
- Päivi Pirkkalainen, University of Jyväskylä
- Lena Näre, University of Helsinki
- Pasi Saukkonen, City of Helsinki Urban Facts
16.00-17.00 Ending of the Conference (Agora-building, Entrance lobby)
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