The prevailing world order has drifted into a polycrisis, where political, economic, social, and ecological crises intertwine and reinforce each other.
The global polycrisis is underpinned by diverse political-economic structures, interdependencies, and tensions. How do forms of production and finance, power relations, and the global division of labour fuel interconnected crises? What historical developments and dynamics drive the polycrisis? How is the polycrisis visible locally, such as in Finland? Who benefits from the crises and who bears the costs? How could the polycrisis be overcome?
These are some of the questions that will be addressed in the discussion organized by the Finnish Review of Political Economy. Political economy research helps to understand the polycrisis by examining the political and economic forces behind the intertwined crises.
The panelists are Ville Lähde (BIOS), Otto Kyyrönen (UTAK), and Anna Rajala and Tiina Vaittinen, who have written under the joint pen name Annastiina Rajala-Vaittinen. The discussion will be moderated by Konsta Kotilainen and Markus Ojala, the editors of the Finnish Review of Political Economy.
The discussion will be organized as part of the Finnish Political Science Association’s Annual Conference 2026. The event is open to participants of the conference, students, and the general public. There will also be time for audience questions after the panel.
The event is organized by the Finnish Review of Political Economy, a scientific, peer-reviewed journal that publishes social scientific research on economic phenomena, economic policy, and political economy. The event is sponsored by the Finnish Association for Scholarly Publishing. Their sponsorship is enabled by royalties collected from domestic scientific publications by the copyright organization Kopiosto.