The plenary program for all participants will take place in Fellman Hall, located in the main lobby of the University of Lapland. The working groups will meet in separately designated rooms. You can check the group-specific rooms here: Working groups 2026 – Sosiologipäivät.
Programme
Thursday, 7 May 2026
9:00–12:00 Registration
Main Lobby, University of Lapland
Fellman Hall:
12:00–12:30 Opening Words
12:30–13:30 Plenary I
Vanessa May: Precarious Belonging and the Power of Resonant Connections in Everyday Life
13:30–14:00 Westermarck Society’s Master’s Thesis Award Ceremony
14:00–15:00 Plenary II
Tero Toivanen: Yhteisön pimeä puoli? – Äärioikeisto ekologisen yhteisön rakentajana
15:00–15:30 Coffee Break
15:30–17:30 Working Group Sessions
17.30-19.00 Ilmiö-preparty in Oliver’s Corner (more information below)
19:00–21:00 Conference Dinner
Arktikum (Pohjoisranta 4)
(Participants are kindly requested to book the dinner as part of the online conference registration.)
21:00–23:00 Evening Reception at Arktikum
(Complimentary admission for all conference participants.)
Friday, 8 May 2026
9.30–11.30 Working Group Sessions
11.30-12.00 Launch event Pekka Sulkunen: Sosiologinen modernisaatioteoria – Valinnanvapaus ja demokratia (Vastapaino). Discussion with the author, joined by Eeva Luhtakallio. The language of the event is Finnish. (Lovisa-lava)
11.30–13:00 Lunch
Fellman Hall:
13:00–14:00 Plenary III
Charlotte Kroløkke: Toxic reproductive futures: Chemical exposure and off-world fertility imaginaries
14:00–14:30 Sosiologia Journal Article Award
14:30–15:30 Plenary IV
Omistuksenjälkeisyys Research Group:
Jälkiä talouden tulevaisuuksista: omistamisen murrospuhe ja arkiset kudelmat
15:30–16:30 Closing Words
From 17:00 onwards Informal “Train Waiting Club” at Alvari Food & Drink (Ratakatu 3)
Ilmiö-preparty
Ilmiö (https://ilmiomedia.fi/), which aims to provide ”sosiological media for all”, is organizing a preparty for the participants of Sosiology Days on Thursday, May 7 from 17.30-19H at Oliver’s Corner (Koskikatu 19, Rovaniemi). Come and meet your colleagues as well as the editorial staff of Ilmiö and discuss the popularisation of sosiology!
