Introduction to film: Katriina Lehto (Ph.L) (University of Tampere, Department of History)

Thursday 3rd of November

7.00-9.00 Breakfast and Morning Sauna

8.00-9.00 Registration

9.00-9.05 Welcoming words

• Helena Helve, Chairperson of the Finnish Youth Research Board

9.05-11.00
Plenary session I:
"Governing or activating Young Citizens"

Key-note lecture:

• Associate Professor William Walters (University of Carleton, Canada): "European integration, governmentality, young citizens"

Comments:

• Researcher Annikki Savio (National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Stakes): "Social dimension and citizenship in the EU"
• Research Professor Sakari Hänninen (National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health in Finland, Stakes): "European citizenship as a biopolitical construct"
• Research director Tommi Hoikkala (The Finnish Youth Research Network): "Researchers producing young citizenship in Europe"

Chairperson: Research Director Tapio Kuure (University of Kuopio, Master`s programme in youth education)

11.00-12.00 Lunch

12.00-14.00
Plenary session II
"Young Citizens and Challenges of Comparison"

Key-note lectures:

• Director Sami Borg (Finnish Social Science Data Archive): European Social Survey (ESS): New 'European' findings, challenges for future work and the many-faced Social indicators
• Researcher Kari Paakkunainen (The Finnish Youth Research Network): Political Participation of Young People in Europe (EUYOUPART-Project): "New 'European findings' and problems in understanding politics of young people"

Comments:

• Researcher Paul Timar (SORA-Institute for Social Research and Analyses, Vienna): "EUYOUPART The European mean to compare participation of young citizens"

Chairperson: Researcher Petri Hautaniemi (University of Helsinki , Institute of Development Studies)

14.00 Coffee break and Distribution of Prizes: the Best Master Thesis of Finnish Youth Research

14.30-17.00 Working groups

• I Young Citizenships: Young citizenships and participation
  (Coordinator: Sinikka Aapola)
• II Methods in Youth Research
  (Coordinators: Helena Helve, Arniika Kuusisto)
• III The Dilemma of Evaluation Researcher
  (Coordinators: Sirkku Kotilainen, Merja Kylmäkoski)

17.00-17.30 "Mixed Methods in Youth Research" Book release event.

18.00-21.00 Smoke sauna (18-19.30 women's shift, 19.30-21 men's shift)
21.30 Dinner

22.30 Kuokkavieraat (Live music)

Friday 4th cf November

7.00- 9.00 Breakfast and Morning Sauna

9.00-11.00
Plenary session III
"What is the Method Catching Young Citizens?"

Key-note lecture:

• Professor Daniel Bertaux (Director of Research, French National Center for Scientific Research, France): "The Politics of Triangulation"

Comments:

• Dr. Wolfgang Gaiser (Deutsches Jugendinstitut, DJI): "Youth research of German Youth Institute between different kind of partner countries, political contexts and empirical data"

• Associate Professor Peter A. Kraus (Humboldt University, Berlin) "In search of the European citizen. Strategies, methods and dilemmas in building a transnational civic community"
  

Chairperson: Researcher Arniika Kuusisto (University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Sciences in Education)

11.00-12.00 Lunch

12.00-14.00 Working groups

• I Young Citizenships: Contested concepts and politics of youth
  (Coordinator: Tarja Tolonen)
• IV Govern or Activate Young People?
  (Coordinators: Pia Lundbom, Jaana Lähteenmaa)

14.00 Coffee break

14.30-17.00
Plenary session IV
"The dilemma of Evaluation Researcher"

Key-note lecture:

• Research professor Marja Holmila (National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health) (STAKES): "The dilemma of Evalution Researcher"

Comments:

• Senior researcher Kati Rantala (The Police College of Finland): "Managerialism and Evaluation Research"
• Researcher Marti Taru (Institute of International and Social Studies at Tallinn University): "The role of the evaluative Youth Researcher in the new Democracies: An Estonian case"

17.00 Close of the conference