ETMU 2026

Program

The Conference will take place at Åbo Akademi University in Arken, Tehtaankatu 2, 20500 Turku

Wednesday 4.11.2026

15:00-18:00Pre-Conference: ETMU Doctoral Seminar 2026. The pre-conference is organized at the Migration Institute of Finland (Hämeenkatu 13) in Turku, Finland. Pre-registration is required. More information here.

Thursday 5.11.2026

9:00-10:00Registration in the lobby in Arken, Tehtaankatu 2, 20500 Turku
10:00-10:15Welcome words with Magdalena Kmak from Mobile Futures and Melinda Russial and Michelle Francett-Hermes from ETMU (auditorium Armfelt, Arken)
10:15-11:30Keynote 1: “Why would I come to a place that hates me for what I am” Black and Muslim Women Decolonising Trust in New Global Times
Emeritus Professor Heidi Safia Mirza (auditorium Armfelt, Arken)
11:30-13:00Lunch (at one’s own expense)
13:00-14:30Parallel sessions 1
14:30-15:00Coffee break: Meet the ETMU board (the lobby in Arken)
15:00-16:30Parallel sessions 2
16:40-17:30Reception with welcoming words by Sinikka Valtonen from Turku city and the launch of the edited volume “Trust Dilemmas – Perspectives on Trust, Migration and Integration”, edited by Magdalena Kmak, Eveliina Lyytinen and Liselott Sundbäck. (the lobby in Arken)
The book will also be discussed during the panel discussion on Friday.
19:00 Dinner at Panimoravintola Koulu (Eerikinkatu 18, 20100 Turku). Please note that the dinner required advance registration when registering for the conference.

Friday 6.11.2026

8:30-09:00ETMU Fall General Assembly (auditorium Armfelt, Arken)
9:15-10:45Parallel sessions 3
10:45-11:15Coffee break (the lobby in Arken)
11:15-12:30Keynote 2: Diversity and Social Sustainability in Ageing Welfare States: Negotiations of Deservingness and Trust
Entrepreneur and Professor of Practice Shadia Rask (auditorium Armfelt, Arken)
12:30-13:45Lunch (at one’s own expense)
13:45-14:15ETMU Award (auditorium Armfelt, Arken)
14:15-15:30Panel discussion – Trust, migration and integration in Finland
with Patricia Hynes, Outi Kähäri, Areen Nassar, Liisi Rwambiwa and Liselott Sundbäck
(auditorium Armfelt, Arken)
15:30-15:45Announcement of the next ETMU conference and final words (auditorium Armfelt, Arken)