Teivo Teivainen

Teivo Teivainen is a professor of World Politics, University of Helsinki. He is currently leading an Academy of Finland project on non-state forms of the political.

Foro Social Mundial: Activismo global en tiempos de pandemia

En su 20 aniversario, celebrado virtualmente, el FSM reflexiona sobre el significado y alcance de la digitalización pandémica del activismo transnacional.

By Teivo Teivainen, Giuseppe Caruso and Carminda Mac Lorin

/ 29 Jan 2021

Foro Social Mundial: Activismo global en tiempos de pandemia

Democratic horizons in times of corona governance

Gatekeepers of the present order adapt efficiently. But others can open up a plurality of futures.

By Teivo Teivainen and Pauli Huotari

/ 18 Mar 2020

Democratic horizons in times of corona governance

After Tunis. What next for the World Social Forum?

One of the arguments is that as the crisis has hit the North, it is time for South-based activists to travel to teach their northern comrades how to deal with debt crisis and precarity.

By Teivo Teivainen

/ 24 Apr 2015

Beyond the square: changing dynamics at the World Social Forum

If the recent Occupy-type social explosions are to seek transformative action beyond occupied squares, they should look at the history of the World Social Forum, with its valuable paths to transnational connectivity.

By Teivo Teivainen and Giuseppe Caruso

/ 7 Dec 2014

Teivo Teivainen

Once privatization had transformed enough public spaces into parts of the capitalist economy, the inherently political nature of the economic became more visible. A major ideological contradiction of capitalism emerged.

By Teivo Teivainen

/ 4 May 2011

World Social Forum: what should it be when it grows up?

The concentration of power in transnational and global institutions was one of the most significant social processes of the 20th century. Despite this, democratic theory and practice have remained nation-state-centric.

By Teivo Teivainen

/ 9 Jul 2003