This is a space where we share stories, reflections, and insights from our research journey. At the heart of this project is a simple but powerful question: what can everyday resistance and hope teach us?
Through this blog, we will bring together voices, experiences, and research from six different contexts—Finland, Palestine, Iran, Mexico, and beyond. Our aim is to explore how resistance and hope are lived, shared, and connected across places and times.
Exploring Hope and Resistance in Times of ‘Un-ness’
Cæcilie Svop Jensen, with Meeri Tiensuu and Bayan Arouri We live today in what Aradau (2014) has described as a contemporary era of ‘un-ness’ – uncertainty, unpredictability and unknowability which affects how people resist and hope. While resistance and practices of hope have the potential to drive social change, their interrelation remains largely undertheorized (see Agyei and…
Leaving with a bag of hope filled with uncertainty
On September 17, 2025, during a forehopers lunch break, I found myself in a conversation that has stayed with me ever since. Around the table, we spoke of the ways violence continues to shape human mobility, often surreptitiously and cloaked in the language of opportunity…
