The University of Jyväskylä hosted the second joint DeCrises and EGRUiEN Horizon Europe projects Early-Career Research Seminar on 23–24 March 2026. The event was held in a hybrid format, bringing together participants both onsite and online from the University of Jyväskylä and LUT University.

Prior to this seminar, early-career researchers from the two projects submitted their papers to all participants. Representing DeCrises early career researchers were Giga Mukutadze, Md Mashiur Rahman and Paul Arteaga, and from EGRUiEN - Sarah Tornberg and Zamzam Elmi. The other participants were the supervisors of these researchers, including Farid Karimi, Tapio Litmanen, Matti Kojo and Rodrigo Santaella-Goncalves from DeCrises, and Nathan Lillie and Ilona Bontenbal from EGRUiEN. Each participant reviewed their peers’ papers and prepared constructive feedback in advance.

During the seminar, the early-career researchers presented their papers and received insightful comments from peers, as well as detailed comments from senior researchers and professors affiliated with DeCrises and EGRUiEN projects from the University of Jyväskylä and LUT University.

On the first day, three papers were presented:

• Workplace negotiations during Finnish factory closures – negotiation strategies and their outcomes in Voikkaa, Perlos and Nokia — Sarah Tornberg (EGRUiEN);
• From control to ethics? Recent developments in data governance research — Paul Arteaga (DeCrises);
• Bottom-Up Actors and the Green Transition: Inclusion and Challenges in the EU’s Multi-Level Governance System — Giga Mukutadze (DeCrises);

On the second day, two papers were presented:

• Cooperative Industrial Relations Under Pressure: Power Resources, Institutional Maintenance, and the Twin Transition at Valmet Automotive — Zamzam Elmi (EGRUiEN);
• Mapping Out the Structural Gaps in Multi-Level Governance for the EU’s Twin Transitions — Md Mashiur Rahman (DeCrises).

The seminar offered an excellent opportunity for early-career researchers to reflect on their research from interdisciplinary perspectives and to gain valuable input on potential theoretical and methodological developments.

The DeCrises and EGRUiEN teams organise the seminar every six months. The seminar is open to all project partners of both projects.