[Commlist] Power, future and agency CFP

the next (8th) conference on studying and theorizing on power relations 
will take place in Helsinki, August 24-26. Please send your abstracts by 
the end of this month, the online address is 
https://www.lyyti.in/power2020cfp.

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Power, future and agency
Helsinki, August 24-26, 2020

Recent years have intensified a complex conjuncture of global 
challenges. Daily news explains in clear terms that we are gambling on 
environmental sustainability, with increasingly small odds on our side. 
Rapidly advancing datafication and algorithmically organized 
interactions affect the logics of interaction and opinion formation. 
Experiences of intersecting inequalities sharpen differences, polarize 
political debates and create clashing camps both locally and globally. 
These and other current trends force us to rethink questions of power, 
governance and authority: in what ways do governments, corporations, 
political parties, social movements and citizens affect the future, and 
what is the role of science and expertise in the current world? These 
and related questions will be taken up and discussed in the  8th Power 
Conference, which will take place at the University of Helsinki, August 
24-26, 2020. The three intensive days will include keynote talks by:
•	Gianpaolo Baiocchi (New York University)
•	Mark Haugaard  (National University of Ireland)
•	Laura Centemeri (CNRS, Centre National de la Recherce, FRA)
•	Mike Zapp (University of Luxembourg)
•	Suvi Salmenniemi (University of Turku)
•	Shakuntala Banaji (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Several streams of paper sessions will provide participants a chance to 
present their work and engage in intensive discussions with colleagues. 
We invite scholars from all fields of inquiry to propose presentations 
of themes such as (but not restricted to):
•	political movements and new of forms of engagement
•	international organizations and global consultancy
•	comparative studies on policy processes
•	inequalities, social classes (inside and across nations)
•	politics of affect
•	datafied resources and infrastructures of power
•	the role of science, knowledge and expertise
•	new media and communication environments and platforms
•	new conceptualizations of power and elites

Deadline for abstracts (max 300 words) is March 20, 2020. (Notification 
of acceptance March 31st).
Submit your abstract here: https://www.lyyti.in/power2020cfp.

Registration fees: Standard €200; graduate students €100.
Power Conference 2020 is organized by University of Helsinki, University 
of Tampere and the Society for the Study of Power Relations. For more 
information, contact the organizing committee

Risto Kunelius, University of Helsinki ((risto.kunelius /at/ helsinki.fi))
Eeva Luhtakallio, University of Helsinki ((eeva.luhtakallio /at/ helsinki.fi))
Pertti Alasuutari, Tampere University ((pertti.alasuutari /at/ tuni.fi))
Risto Heiskala, Tampere University ((risto.heiskala /at/ tuni.fi))
Anu Kantola, University of Helsinki ((anu.kantola /at/ helsinki.fi))
Tuomas Ylä-Anttila, University of Helsinki ((tuomas.yla-anttila /at/ helsinki.fi))
Tuomas Forsberg, University of Helsinki ((tuomas.forsberg /at/ helsinki.fi))

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