Pillars of Security – What Should We Talk About When We Talk About Security?

How to participate?

You can take part in the event on-site or follow the live stream via Zoom.

Link to the live stream: https://tuni.zoom.us/j/63013000339

 

We are collecting registrations for on-site catering purposes. To take part on-site, please register by 2 December 2025 by using this link: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=r0Rp-nzM2EyRVMARMnmJEPj2cjAiCExJhAtnhqKyRClUMEhPSVNJVUdCTEg3OE5LWEFLOThOSkhPVi4u&route=shorturl 

 

What Should We Talk About When We Talk About Security?

Global politics is shifting rapidly as realpolitik reshapes international relations, development cooperation is redefined, and sustainability struggles for attention. At the same time, enduring global challenges — from inequality and conflict to ecological breakdown — demand urgent and renewed focus. In this context, traditional ideas of “security” are being questioned, and new approaches are needed to understand what truly makes societies safe.

 

Join us for an engaging event where leading experts unpack what security means and explore how Finland can help shape a more just, sustainable, and secure future. Through three focused sessions, the discussion will examine how current security policies shape global stability, what themes should guide security debates in an age of crises, and what practical steps can move us toward peace, justice, and shared responsibility.

 

The program features contributions from Tampere University International Relations students and a performance of a poem by Elina Lajunen from the Unit of Theatre Arts, Tampere University.

 

Panellists

• Tuomas Forsberg, Professor, International Relations, Tampere University

• Mariam Khawar, Researcher, University of Helsinki

• Mika Kerttunen, Doctor of Social Sciences, Lieutenant Colonel retired of the Finnish Army

• Cordelia Buchanan Ponczek, Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Clarendon Scholar and doctoral candidate at the University of Oxford

• Valtteri Vuorisalo, Professor of Practice, Tampere University

• Linda Konate, Executive Director, Fingo