A conversation on international development and research ethics

Marjaana Jauhola (she/they) is an ethnographer at the intersection of international politics, development, peace and conflict, and feminism. With life's historical and visual methods Marjaana focuses on global politics of post-conflict/disaster reconstruction and gendered and sexualized notions of piety, good life, and better futures. Currently at the University of Helsinki, but soon joining the Tampere Peace Research Institute at the University of Tampere.

 Born in the capital of Finland Helsinki, she has lived half of her life in the smaller paper and pulp industry-driven towns of Kajaani and Jyväskylä, the post-mining industrial Welsh town Aberystwyth where she completed her Ph.D. in International Politics. After completing her first degree in sociology and before rejoining the academy for Ph.D. and research career, Marjaana worked for a decade in different development and humanitarian aid organizations. These experiences led her to conduct research on the global politics of gender in the aftermath of disasters and armed conflicts/political violence.

Visit her visual portfolio Scraps of Hope (https://scrapsofhope.fi/) or Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/scrapsofhopeurbanethnographies/) for more details. Her latest book with embedded videos can be read here: https://hup.fi/site/books/m/10.33134/pro-et-contra-1/