Bonn Juego

Dr Bonn Juego is a political economist, Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at the University of Jyväskylä (JYU), and the current Chair of the Finnish Society for Development Research. He is the recipient of JYU's Good Teacher Award 2024 (Hyvä opettaja -palkinto 2024). 

Previously, he was:

• University Teacher in Corporate Environmental Management at the Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics
• University Lecturer in World Politics at the University of Helsinki 
• Postdoctoral Researcher in International Development Studies at the University of Jyväskylä
• PhD Fellow and Lecturer in Development & International Relations at Aalborg University
• Research and Teaching Assistant in Technology Governance & Innovation Policy at Tallinn University of Technology.

Bonn has 15 years of theoretical-practical teaching and supervision experience in development theories, policies and strategies; project management; global political economy; history of economic thought; heterodox economics; global governance; and sustainability strategies from universities in Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Estonia:

• Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics (corporate environmental management)
• University of Helsinki (global politics, media and communication)
• University of Jyväskylä (development, education and international cooperation)
• Aalborg University (culture and global studies)
• Norwegian University of Life Sciences (international environment and development studies)
• TalTech - Tallinn University of Technology (technology governance).

Through competitive grants, he has held Guest Researcher and Visiting Fellow appointments at the:

• Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen
• Southeast Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong
• Department of Political Science, Aalborg University.

Among his scholarly activities, he received a 2018 JYU Science Council grant for career development, and serves as:

• Chair of the Board of the Finnish Society for Development Research
• Expert for the World Economic Survey and Economic Experts Survey of the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute for Swiss Economic Policy
• Invited Member of the Great Transition Initiative
• Contributor to Developing Economics
• Member of the International Editorial Board of the Globalizations journal
• Founding Editorial Board of the Just Ecological Political Economy - the HELSUS (Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science) Global South Blog.

Prior to joining the academia, Bonn worked for government institutions, a business school, civil society organizations and social movements based in the Philippines.

RESEARCH

With an interdisciplinary background in the political, social and economic sciences, Bonn’s geographical area focus is on the Global South, particularly East and Southeast Asia, as well as in contemporary North-South relations. In recent years, his research work revolves around the theme of the ‘Crises in Capitalist Development’, which is manifested in the politico-economic concepts as well as the socio-ecological and technological phenomena that have emerged from his writings and publications. Notably,

The political-economic:

• authoritarian neoliberalism
• authoritarian populism
• crisis of liberal democracy and rise of authoritarianism
• human rights against populism
• disinformation, illiberalism, and historical denialism
• the resurgence of nationalisms
• the reproduction of neoliberalism
• the contradictions between neoliberalization, democratization and autocratization
• sports politics and sports capitalism
• the privatization of financing for development
• securitization against democratization and the war on terrorism
• global flashpoints, social conflicts, and conditions for peace
• elite capture of infrastructure projects associated with neoliberal policies
• the political reorganization of the global justice movement
• planetizing the local-global movement as a dynamic and democratic learning organization 
• modern monetary theory and alternative development economics
• tax reform and the mode of production question for domestic resource mobilization
• the oligarchy and rentier capitalism

The socio-ecological:

• capital accumulation and the dispossession of the commons
• natural resource governance and reclaiming the commons in human-nature relations
• the dialectical task of history, decolonization, and the pluriverse
• popular education and just sustainability

The technological:

• social innovation system and a wisdom society
• technology, market dependence, and proletarianization
• workers' intellect versus Big Tech oligarchs in the regulation of AI - artificial intelligence
• algorithmic management, digitalization, surveillance capitalism, and labour rights

Bonn has an active interest in development economics, geopolitics, political philosophy, and science, technology and innovation policy. He is an alumnus of the

• Cambridge Advanced Programme on Rethinking Development Economics
• Critical Development Studies Network
• South-South Institute
• Globelics Academy
• Institute for Studies on Economics and Employment
• Marxian Economics at Keio University
• European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy
• German Council on Foreign Relations.

A reviewer for a number of reputable academic journals and other publishers such as:

• Journal of Contemporary Asia
• Geoforum
• Globalizations
• Sustainable Development
• International Migration
• The Global South
• Housing Studies
• Capital & Class
• Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies
• Acta Oeconomica
• Journal of Management for Global Sustainability
• Philippine Political Science Journal
• Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs
• Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia
• Asia in Focus
• Frontiers in Communication
• CODESRIA Publications
• Springer Nature / Palgrave Books
• Pluto Press

he is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Interdisciplinary Journal of International Studies, and presently an Editorial Committee Member of Asia in Focus.

Moreover, for some years now, Bonn has been a regular participant and member of D-Econ (Diversifying and Decolonising Economics); IIPPE (International Initiative for the Promotion of Political Economy); Global University for Sustainability (South South Forum); WEA (World Economics Association); AHE (Association for Heterodox Economics); EuroSEAS (European Association for Southeast Asian Studies); NYCAS (New York Conference on Asian Studies – Association for Asian Studies); and AEPF (Asia-Europe People’s Forum).

The Relevance and Benefits of Ongoing Research

Bonn’s current research endeavour investigates the political economy of recent foreign policy shift from the old state-to-state aid relations to the new economic diplomacy focused on private sector development. Studying this emergent phenomenon on the private turn in Nordic countries’ development cooperation with different types of regime in Asia is important in terms of: [i] present knowledge of North-South development relations; [ii] feasible development strategies for both developed and developing countries; and [iii] the implications for developmental prospects and democratization processes of what used to be known as aid recipient ‘Third World’ countries.

In pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals, there are two elephants in the room of foreign policy: the strategic role assigned to the private sector and the ubiquity of politics. This study provides research-based knowledge about the practical mechanisms of Private Sector Development (PSD) and the political aspect necessary for the attainment of the target on Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD). It addresses the question: How do donor governments and their supported enterprises strategize for their development investments (formerly known as aid) in partner countries with different political regime contexts? Its aim is to capture the realpolitik of Nordic government-business strategizing adapted to the challenging markets of particular Asian regimes. As such, it will also have critical relevance to all stakeholders concerned with ethics in development cooperation and the principle of policy coherence for sustainability.

Submitted Grant Applications Under Review (Prospective collaborators are welcome.)

• The Politics of Development Cooperation thru the Private Sector: Assessing Policy Coherence for Sustainability in Finnish Government-Business Strategies Across Asian Regimes 

Involvement in Funded Research Projects

• [Past research projects involvement, see the Estonian Research Information System, Dimensions, and Aalborg University’s VBN Research Portal.]
• Islamic Public Value: Theory, Theology, and Practice of Indigenous Cooperative Governance Institutions, 2022-2025; Grantee: UCL-IIPP University College London - Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose; Funded by the John Templeton Foundation; PI: Wolfgang Drechsler; Co-PI: Rainer Kattel; Role: Lead Researcher for the Cluster on Governance in the Southeast Asian region, specifically the case of Muslim Mindanao
• Algorithmic Management and Workers Rights, 2023-2024; Coordinator: Foundation for European Progressive Studies; Funder: European Parliament; Local Partners in Finland: Kalevi Sorsa Foundation and Demos Helsinki; Role: Expert and Researcher
• LegGov - Legitimacy in Global Governance Program, 2016-2022, Departments of Political Science at Lund and Stockholm University and the School of Global Studies at the University of Gothenburg; Funded by Riksbdeanken Jubileumsfond; PI: Jan Aart Scholte and Jonas Tallberg; Role: Research consultant for country case study on the Philippines for the project “Elite attitudes toward global governance”
• IS-LE - Islamic Legacy: Narratives East, West, South, North of the Mediterranean (1350-1750), 2019-2023, COST Action CA18129, European Cooperation in Science and Technology; Role: Management Committee Substitute
• Crisis, State Transformation and Social Change: Contrasting Political-Economic Development Strategies in Malaysia and the Philippines since 1997, 01.08.2008-31.07.2011; PhD Scholarship in Global Development Studies, 2007-562/05-0221; Role: Principal Investigator as PhD Fellow
• Public Administration and Development in Small States, Project SF0140094s08 - Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia, 01.01.2008-31.12.2013; Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology; PI: Rainer Kattel; Role: Co-PI
• Innovation Policy and Uneven Development, 01.01.2009-31.12.2011, Project ETF8097 - Estonian Science Foundation; Tallinn University of Technology; PI: Erik Reinert; Role: Co-PI (Senior Personnel)
• Converting National Wealth to Productive Capacity: Successes and Failures from the Laboratory of History - Cases of Sovereign Wealth Funds (Norway's 1905 Savings Fund, Spain and De-Industrialization, US Land Grant Movement, Abu Dhabi, Alaska, Alberta, New Mexico, Singapore, Texas, and Venezuela), 01.08.2008-30.09.2008; Sponsored by the Leif Høegh Foundation (Norway) for the 100th Anniversary of the Harvard Business School; PIs: Erik Reinert & Carlota Perez; Role: Researcher and Technical Note Writer
• Documenting the Flow of Ideas in the History of Economic Thought, 01.02.2007-31.07.2007, The Other Canon Foundation (Norway); Role: Research assistance to the PI Erik Reinert
• Ragnar Nurkse and Development Policy, 01.01.2006-31.12.2009, Project ETF6703 - Estonian Science Foundation; Tallinn University of Technology; PI: Rainer Kattel; Role: Co-PI (Senior Personnel)

TEACHING

In terms of teaching, Bonn won the JYU Good Teacher Award 2024 (Hyvä opettaja -palkinto 2024) for being "an open-minded, enthusiastic, and diligent teacher ... (who) encourages students to challenge his thoughts and to learn something new every day." Before this, he was also a nominee for the same Good Teacher Award and the Pedagogy Developer Award, with recommendations from three Student Ambassadors, citing his problem-based learning pedagogy, empathy for students, principle of co-creating the study programme, and interactive course innovations such as “Students Meet Practitioners” discussion series, “Virtual Field Trips,” “Q&T (Questions & Takeaways) Tweets,” and “Simulation Games.”

Bonn has taught in different capacities as lecturer, master’s thesis supervisor, group project supervisor, thesis opponent, examination censor, and teaching assistant at both the master’s and bachelor’s levels, as well as junior PhD-level mentoring and doctoral dissertation assessment, in the various subfields, issue areas, and geographical focus of the social sciences and humanities at:

• Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia)
• Aalborg University (Denmark)
• Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway)
• University of Jyväskylä (Finland)
• University of Helsinki (Finland).

He is a grantee of Erasmus+ international staff mobility, and has completed several courses such as university pedagogy, innovation studies, modern China’s foreign policy, critical discourse analysis, modern monetary theory, and advanced research methods.

Teaching Responsibilities, 2007-2024

• DEVS3012: Political Economies of Development (JYU)
• DEVS3016: Managing Development Projects (JYU)
• CEMS2150: Corporate Strategies for Sustainable Business (JSBE)
• CEMS2410: Human Rights, Business and Environment (JSBE)
• CEMS2330: Introduction to Responsible Business (JSBE)
• CEMS2140: Corporate Environmental Management - Project Work or Internship (JSBE)
• CEMS1930: Master’s Thesis Research Tutorial (JSBE)
• CEMS1940: Master’s Thesis (JSBE)
• JSBY6210: Introduction to Master’s Programmes (JSBE)
• JSBA3100: Doing Business in Finland, in Chile and in Peru (HSSS)
• GPC-E313: Modern Money Theory and the Revival of Classical Political Economy (HY)
• GPC-E315: Governance of the World Economy and Its Future (HY)
• PVK-M204: Global Political Economy (HY)
• GPC-E311: Historical Development of Economic Theories in Changing World-Economic Contexts (HY)
• DEVS3015: Current Trends in Development Policy (JYU)
• DEVS3014: Contemporary Debates About Development (JYU)
• DEVS700: International Internship (JYU)
• DEVS3011: Orientation to Graduate Studies (JYU)
• DEVM5001: Contemporary Topics in Development Studies (JYU)
• YFIP1001: The State of the World - Introduction to Analyzing Social Phenomena (JYU)
• DEVS308: Development Policy and Management (JYU)
• DEVS222: Globalization - Perspectives from Development, Culture, and Civil Society (JYU)
• DEVS208: Classics of Development (JYU)
• Development Theory and Challenges to the Third World (AAU)
• International Political Economy (AAU)
• Political Change (AAU)
• Supervision of master’s theses (~30 completed)
• Member of a PhD candidate’s supervisory board (JYU)

Assessment and Evaluation Committee Assignments

• Chair, Assessment Board, Doctoral Dissertation and Defense in Development Studies (JYU)
• External Member, Assessment Board of a Doctoral Dissertation and Defense in Political Science (JYU)
• Member, Evaluation Committee for Docentship in JYU Development Studies (JYU)

SOCIAL OUTREACH AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Bonn’s outreach activities include giving public lectures and presentations in government, academic, and civil society settings; providing expert opinions and development consulting; publishing Op-Eds and commentaries; and having been interviewed, cited and contacted by the international media in print, radio, tv, and websites such as outlets and platforms in:

• Australia: The Interpreter
• China/Hong Kong: Asia Times
• Denmark: Politiken, Information, Weekendavisen, Ekstra Bladet, Danmarks Radio P1 Orientering, DR2 Udland, Nordyske, and RTV kilde
• Finland: Yle Uutiset, Yle Areena Audio, Kansan Uutiset, Kansan Uutiset Online, Maailma.net, Lännen Media, Ny Tid, Demokraatti / Arbetarbladet, Forssan Lehti, Keskipohjanmaa, Satakunnan Kansa, and STT Info
• France: RFI - Radio France Internationale, RFI Español - Las Voces Del Mundo, and Oxfam France - Communiqués de presse
• Germany: Die Zeit
• Indonesia: Kompas, Tribun Jateng, and CXO Media
• India: The Wire in India
• Philippines: Rappler
• Sweden: Amnesty Press
• Switzerland: DMZ - Die Mittelländische Zeitung
• UK: The Guardian, openDemocracy, and The World Financial Review
• Vietnam: Báo Thế giới & Việt Nam and Báo Mới.

Advising and Consulting

• European Parliament - The Left Group (for debates and resolution on human rights situation in the Philippines)
• Foundation for European Progressive Studies (for the Digital Programme project on artificial intelligence, algorithmic management and the well-being of workers)
• Greenpeace International (working group on Alternative Economics and Development Models)
• Asia-Europe People’s Forum (for Asian Coordination and Secretariat)
• Embassy of Denmark in the Philippines (on political affairs)
• Heinrich Böll Stiftung - Berlin (for Asia and Africa desks)
• Heinrich Böll Stiftung - Southeast Asia Regional Office in Bangkok (on democracy, ecology, and social justice)
• Friedrich Ebert Stiftung - Berlin (on migration and development)
• #Educ Manila Program to Build Partnerships for SDGs (international advisory board)
• International NGOs and Filipino civil society organizations (for the 2020 country resolutions on the Philippines by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Human Rights Council)

Invited Lectures and Public Presentations (Recent)

• 'Algorithms in Capitalism: Limits of Policy Regulations and Worker Agency for Co-Determination', panelist for the webinar on 'The rise of algorithmic management, from platform economy to traditional sectors', organized by the Foundation for European Progressive Studies, 8 April 2024.
  
• 'Development Studies as a Prefigurative Discipline of Conscience in a Time of Polycrisis', opening remarks to the Development Days 2024 Conference, University of Helsinki, 15 February 2024. 
  
• 'Algorithms by and for the Workers: Towards a Fair, Democratic, and Humane Digitalisation of the Workplace', breakfast expert roundtable discussion, co-organized by the Digital Research Programme led by EU-level progressive think tank Foundation for European Progressive Studies FEPS together with its Nordic partners (Tankesmedjan Tiden, Kalevi Sorsa Säätiö, Tankesmien Agenda, CEVEA, Arbejderbevægelsens Erhvervsråd [ECLM], Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Nordics, and Cooperation Committee of the Nordic Labour Movement [SAMAK], supported by several Nordic Trade Unions (Industrial Employees TP and Service Union United PAM in Finland), Helsinki, 23 January 2024. 
• 'Global Inequalities and the Sore Points of Journalism about Developing Countries', guest lecture for the project Media dismantling inequality: a study programme for media students, organized by Maailma.net and Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Helsinki, 21 November 2023.
• 'From words to action: Laying foundations for responsible academic partnerships with the Global South', panelist for the Launch of the Ethical Guidelines for Responsible Partnerships with the Global South, co-organized by UniPID (Finnish University Partnership for International Development) and TENK (Finnish National Board on Research Integrity), Helsinki & online, 25 October 2023.
• 'Interdisciplinarity to Address Complexity of Global Development Problems', Keynote speaker, ICOMSI: International Conference on Multidisciplinary Studies, on the theme: 'Cultural Preservation, Social Equity, and Ecological Balance: Towards a Sustainable and Inclusive Future', to be held at Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, Indonesia, 19 October 2023.
• 'Socio-Ecological Transformation Through a Just Sustainability of the Commons', International Guest Lecture 2023, Master's Programme in Environmental Science, Graduate School, Sebelas Mareth University, Solo, Indonesia, 18 October 2023.   
• 'The Relations of Inequality in Global Development: Why are there developed and developing countries?', guest lecture for the project Media dismantling inequality: a study programme for media students, organized by Maailma.net and Turku University of Applied Sciences, funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Helsinki, 4 October.
• 'The Securitization of Peace Research and Education: How the study of complex wars and conflicts have been captured by the security ideology and interests?', first plenary lecture session, SAALAMindanao: Conference on Peace Research and Peace Education in Mindanao, co-organized by Al Qalam Institute for Islamic Identities and Dialogue in Southeast Asia of Ateneo de Davao University and the Central Mindanao Colleges, Kidapawan City, Cotabato, Philippines, 1 September 2023.
• 'Corporate Social Responsibility: The ASEAN Emerging Markets and the Challenges for a Just Transition to Sustainable Development', Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia, 27 June 2023.
• 'What Should Responsible Business Mean?', The International Summer School in Human Sciences, funded by Team Finland Knowledge, Jyväskylä, 5 June 2023.
• 'The Governance and Regulation of Algorithmic Management for the Wellbeing of Workers and Sustainability of the Nordic Model', presented to the Expert Meeting on "Algorithms at the Workplace" organized by the Digital Programme of the Foundation for Progressive European Studies with the financial support of the European Parliament, Oslo, 18 April 2023. 
• 'The Ukraine-Russia War from an Asian Positionality', plenary session panelist for "The Impacts of the Ukraine-Russia War and the Conflict-Development Nexus in the Global South" during the Development Days Conference 2023 on "Conflicts and Development Revisited: Prospects for Peace in Times of Emergency," Helsinki, 17 February 2023.
• ‘A Peace Movement Against Maldevelopment’, a commentary on collective keynote, Uusikaupunki 2022: Peace and Development in Action, co-organized by the Finnish Peace Research Association, Finnish Society for Development Research, and Finnish peace movements, Uusikaupunki, Finland, 19 August 2022. 
• ‘The Political Economy of Authoritarian Populism: from the Presidency of Duterte to the Election of Marcos Jr.’, presentation to the hybrid seminar of ASIANET: fokus – “The return of Marcos: The recent elections in the Philippines and the road ahead,” co-organized by Asianettverket (Norwegian Network for Asian Studies), the University of Copenhagen’s Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), and the University of Oslo’s Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM-UiO), 30 May 2022.
• ‘The Ukraine-Russia Crisis: A Geopolitical Economy Reflection of an Asian Academic in Europe’, Special Lecture, Jean Monnet Module on Understanding European Integration through Regional Lens, with the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, organized by the Centre for European Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 25 April 2022.
• ‘Competitiveness, Fairness, and Accountability in North-South Development Relations’, panelist in the UniPID Webinar 2021: How to foster responsible and fair global academic partnerships: concepts, good practices, and tools for building collaboration’, organized by the Finnish University Partnership for International Development, 16 December 2021.
• ‘The Nobel Peace Prize 2021 versus Duterte’s Authoritarian Populism’, presentation to the webinar ‘Authoritarian Populism and Freedom of Speech in the Philippines’, co-organized by Centre for Development and the Environment (University of Oslo), Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (University of Copenhagen), and the Asianettverket - Norwegian Network for Asian Studies, 14 October 2021.
• ‘Reimagining a Development Research Community: For Conviviality, Against Competitiveness’, Keynote Roundtable, Development Day 2021 Online Symposium, Finnish Society for Development Research, 12 February 2021.
• ‘Redrawing Asia’s Borders: Between Populist Nationalisms and Competitive Capitalisms’, KAAD-Seminar 20/12, The Catholic Academic Exchange Service, Helmstedt, Germany, 6 October 2020.
• ‘The Rise of Duterte and the Return of Mahathir: Current Features of Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia’, SEARC Seminar, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 5 November 2018.
• ‘Malaysia under Mahathir 2.0: Its Democratisation and Relations with China’, opening roundtable on ‘Prospects for Democracy and China’s Influence in Southeast Asia’, Hong Kong Political Science Association Annual Conference, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 3 November 2018.
• ‘Social Justice and System Change’, Plenary of the Social Justice Cluster, 12th Asia-Europe People’s Forum, Ghent, Belgium, 30 September 2018.
• ‘The new political “Normal”: Authoritarian Regimes, Populism and Racism, Migration and Forced Displacement, Shrinking Spaces for Political Activism and Active Citizenship’, opening plenary speaker, 12th Asia-Europe People’s Forum, Het Pand, Ghent University, Belgium, 29 September 2018.
• ‘Constitutionalizing Populism? Reflections on Duterte’s Charter Change Agenda’, forum organized by the Finnish-Philippine Society, Maunula House, Helsinki, Finland, 26 April 2018.
• ‘The Philippines Under Duterte: A Process of Authoritarian Populism with Liberal-Democratic Roots’, seminar organized by Asianettverket, the Norwegian Network for Asian Studies, Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo, Norway, 7 February 2018.
• ‘The Duterte Phenomenon and the Contradictions of an Emergent Authoritarian Populism in the Philippines’, ie.talks - Public Lecture Series of the Department of Development Studies, University of Vienna, Austria, 29 November 2017.
• ‘The New Private Turn in Nordic Development Cooperation: A Question of Ethics or Opportunities?’, seminar on ‘Private sector driven development: Views from Academia and Activists’ organized by the Finnish Society for Development Research, Helsinki, 7 June 2017.
• ‘The Philippines: A Year After the Duterte Phenomenon’, open seminar co-organized by the Forum on Asian Studies – Department of Political Science, Stockholm University; ABF Stockholm – Arbetarnas Bildningsförbund; and Olof Palme International Center; Stockholm, Sweden, 8 May 2017.
• ‘The Philippines’ Populist Moment Under President Duterte’, panel discussion on ‘Global rise of populism in “the West” and the “rest”’, organized by TAPRI - Tampere Peace Research Institute, in collaboration with the Finnish-Philippine Society, University of Tampere, Finland, 26 January 2017.
• ‘The Duterte Effect: Prospects for Philippine Socio-Economic Development and the Filipinos in Diaspora’, open forum and dialogue among Filipinos in Denmark, organized by ENFiD Denmark - European Network of Filipino in Diaspora, in cooperation with Babaylan - The Philippine Women’s Network, Denmark, and PCGD - Philippine Cultural Guild of Denmark, Copenhagen, 18 December 2016.
• ‘The Migration-Underdevelopment Nexus: Unlearning from the Philippine Experience’, conference on “Migration and Development: Global Perspectives, Progressive Approaches” organized by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin, Germany, 1 December 2016.
• ‘Duterte-style Populism: The Philippines in the Geopolitical Economy of Southeast Asia’, organized by NIAS - the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, ADI - Asian Dynamics Initiative, and SEASS - Southeast Asia Signature Series, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 22 November 2016.
• ‘Inequality, Uneven Development, Wars and Conflicts: Understanding the Rudiments of the Global Migration and Refugee Crisis’, Workshop on “Strategic Perspectives on Migrants and Refugees” organized by Stiftung Asienhaus - Germany during the 11th Asia-Europe People’s Forum, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 5 July 2016.
• ‘Rethinking the Migration-Development Nexus: The Philippine Experience on the Export of its Labour and Citizens’, Expert Roundtable Meeting on Migration-Development Nexus: Ambivalent Effects, Difficult Management and Undervalued Potentials, organized by the Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Berlin, Germany, 27 June 2016.
• ‘Post-Election Analysis: The Philippines in 2016 and Beyond‘, Vaaliarviotilaisuus: Filippiineillä dramaattiset vaalit - mikä mutttuu?, organized by Filippiinit-seura ry (the Finnish-Philippine Society), at the Cultural Centre Caisa, Helsinki, Finland, 24 May 2016.
• ‘The ASEAN Economic Community and A Regionalism of the Commons Alternative to Natural Resource Management’, co-organized by the School for Wellbeing Studies and Research, ASEAN Studies Centre, and the Faculty of Economics of Chulalongkorn University, and the Heinrich Böll Stiftung - Southeast Asia Regional Office, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 23 February 2016.
• ‘A Commons Perspective on Human-Nature Relations’, the First Sombath Symposium on “Traditional, Cultural and Alternative Perspectives on Humanity’s Relationship with Nature,” co-organized by Focus on the Global South and The Sombath Initiative, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 16 February 2016.
• ‘2016 as a new beginning? ASEAN and the AEC’, Inaugural Lecture for the Understanding Southeast Asia Lecture Series, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Berlin, Germany, 29 October 2015.
• ‘Food brands, better mood - On responsible food production’, Maailma Kylässä (World Village Festival), organized by Finnwatch, the TTIP-info network, and AEPF, Railway Square (Mekong Stage), Helsinki, Finland, 24 May 2015.
• ‘What kind of development do free trade agreements pursue?’, Maailma Kylässä (World Village Festival), organized by the TTIP-info network and AEPF, Railway Square (Mekong Stage), Helsinki, Finland, 24 May 2015.
• ‘Trade, Finance, and Production in North-South Unequal Relations’, Social Forum of Finland 2015 (Suomen Sosiaalifoorumi), Session on “Free trade agreements and developing labour standards - the road out of the frying pan into the fire,” organized by AEPF Finland, Attac Finland, Crash ry (Coalition for Research and Action for Social Justice and Human Dignity), TTIP-network Finland, Eetti ry (Pro Ethical Trade Finland), at Arbis Swedish Adult Education Centre, Helsinki, Finland, 25 April 2015.
• ‘Free Trade and Investment Agreements: For Whom?’, International Seminar: Shackles of Liberty? Free Trade Agreements & Food and Health, organized by the Finnish AEPF Network, the TTIP Network Finland, and Attac Parliament, at The Little Parliament’s Visitors’ Centre, Helsinki, Finland, 8 October 2014.
• ‘Free Trade Agreements and Underdevelopments: Formalizing Capitalist Relations, Informalizing Labor Conditions’, International Seminar: Shackles of Liberty? Free Trade Agreements and the Future of Work, organized by the Finnish AEPF Network, the TTIP Network Finland, and Attac Parliament, at The Little Parliament’s Visitors’ Centre, Helsinki, Finland, 25 September 2014.
• ‘A Good Life Against Global Competitiveness’, Maailma Kylässä (World Village Festival), organized by the AEPF, Siemenpuu Foundation, and Kepa, Kaisaniemi Park (Taiga Stage), Helsinki, Finland, 25 May 2014.
• ‘The Political Economy of Natural Resource Governance’, Seminar: Perspectives on Climate Change, Natural Resources and Social Justice: Connecting the Local to the Global, organized by Kepa and the Department of Political and Economic Studies of the University of Helsinki, Economicum, Helsinki, Finland, 23 May 2014.
• ‘Can a democratic state form coexist with a non-democratic essence of capital accumulation and increasing polarization in the division of the economic surplus?’, Public Lecture for the PhD defense, Fibigerstraede 1, Aalborg University, Denmark, 3 June 2013.

Press Clippings and Media Interviews (Recent)

• ‘Distinguished staff members awarded at JYU's Annual Celebration 2024', News - University of Jyväskylä, 7-03-2024.  
• ‘Yliopiston vuosijuhlassa 2024 jaettiin tunnustuksia ansioituneille yliopistolaisille', STT Info, 6-03-2024.
• ‘Tieteellinen tieto on yhä pitkälti länsimaista, ja se kertoo etuoikeuksien epätasaisesta jakautumisesta - "Ne joilla on valtaa, luovat tiedon", sanoo tutkija Bonn Juego', Maailma.net, 12-12-2023. 
• ‘Firli Bahuri and Corruption Eradication Officials Abusing Authority’, Kompas, 23-11-2023.
• ‘Firli Bahuri dan Pejabat Pemberangus Korupsi Penyalah Guna Kewengan’, Kompas, 23-11-2023.
• ‘Sekolah Pascasarjana UNS Surakarta Gelar ICoMSI 2023’ Tribun Jateng, 21-10-2023.
• ‘200+ Senior Economists Ask UN, World Bank to Act Against Extreme Global Inequalities’, The Wire, 18-07-2023.
• ‘Top-Ökonomen fordern Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung der globalen Ungleichheit’, DMZ Die Mittelländische Zeitung, 18-07-2023.
• ‘Top economists call for action on runaway global inequality’, The Guardian, 17-07-2023.
• ‘Setting serious goals to combat inequality - Open Letter to the United Nations Secretary-General and President of the World Bank’, Communiqués de presse - Oxfam France, 17-07-2023. 
• ‘Estudiantes de la Faculdad de Economía de UPC participan en curso en Finlandia’, Noticias UPC, 21-06-2023.   
• ‘SEA(danya) Games: Wajah Lain Penyelenggaraan Ajang Multiolahraga Bienial di Asia Tenggara’, CXO Media, 11-05-2023.
• ‘Bonn Juego elected Chair of the Finnish Society for Development Research’, JSBE News, 6-03-2023. 
• ‘Rauha, kehitys ja toiminta kohtaavat Uudessakaupungissa’, Uusikaupunki.fi Uutiset, 18-08-2022.
• ‘Yle Uutiset ja sää radiossa – Lauantaina klo 12.00’, Yle Areena Audio, 30-07-2022.
• ‘Filippiineillä Marcosin dynastian jäsen aloittaa virkakauttaan – näin tutkijat selittävät perheen suosiota, jota on lännessä vaikea ymmärtää’, Yle Uutiset, 30-07-2022.
• ‘Diktatorsønnen Bongbong Marcos kommer til magten i Filippinerne efter praesidentvalg’, Politiken, 11-05-2022.
• ‘Hans berygtede foraeldre satte verdensrekord i svindel - nu får sønnen Bongbong magten’, Politiken, 10-05-2022.
• ‘Marcos-regimet blev vaeltet, men dynastiet bestod’, Dagbladet Information, 7-05-2022.
• ‘Filippinerna hotas av auktoritär nostalgi’, Arbetarbladet / Demokraatti, 29-11-2021.
• ‘Duterte vill sitta kvar vid makten’, Ny Tid, 12-10-2021.
• ‘Cái nhìn mới mẻ của EU về Ấn Độ Dương-Thái Bình Dương’, Báo Thế giới & Việt Nam (The World & Vietnam Report), 27-11-2020. [Also featured in Báo Mới.]
• ‘The outlines of a European policy on the Indo-Pacific’, The Interpreter (by the Lowy Institute, Australia), 26-11-2020.
• ‘It’s time to end to end the gentleman’s agreement -- An open letter to the IMF’, openDemocracy, 20-08-2019.
• ‘Financial services promoted to the poor despite their failure to address the causes of poverty’, Kepa - Uutiset & Media (in Kehitystutkimus News), 28-11-2018.
• ‘Köyhät halutaan rahoituspalvelujen piiriin – köyhyyden syitä ne eivät kuitenkaan poista’, Kepa - Uutiset & Media, 03-10-2018.
• ‘AEPF-12: Day 1’, press statement, 12th Asia-Europe People’s Forum, Ghent, Belgium, 29-09-2018.
• ‘Borgmestre likvideret på stribe: Nu mistaenkes praesidenten’, Ekstra Bladet, 06-09-2018.
• ‘Professors, scholars launch signature campaign vs constituent assembly’, Rappler, 13-07-2018.
• ‘Helgardering’, Weekendavisen, 16-06-2017.
• ‘Afstraffen i åben krig med islamister - men befolkningen er nervøs’, Ekstra Bladet, 30-05-2017.
• ‘Filipinas: Duterte instaura la ley marcial por enfrentamientos’, RFI Español - Las Voces Del Mundo, 29-05-2017.
• ‘Duterte’s martial law ”not the way to address Islamist radicalisation and insurgency”‘, RFI - Radio France Internationale, 24-05-2017.
• ‘Filippinerna: Ett år med Duterte som president’, Amnesty Press, 20-05-2017.
• ‘God relation till Trump - men ännu närmare Kina’, Amnesty Press, 20-05-2017.
• ‘Middelklassens skraekindjagende brutalitet’, Information (Abonnement), 18-04-2017.
• ‘Duterte yhä suosittu kotimaassaan’, Ulkomaan Uutiset, Forssan Lehti, 02-11-2016.
• ‘Duterte yhä suosittu kotimaassaan’, Keskipohjanmaa, 02-11-2016.
• ‘“Idän Donald Trumpilla” kova kansansuosio’, Ulkomaat, Satakunnan Kansa, 02-11-2016.
• ‘Kuolemanpartiot eivät vähentäneet kovaa rikollisuutta’, Kansan Uutiset, online, 28-09-2016
• ‘Huumesotaa ei voiteta Tappamalla’, Kansan Uutiset, online, 04-09-2016.
• ‘Filippiinien Presidentti ei ole Trump eikä Soini’, Kansan Uutiset, online, 04-09-2016.
• ‘Duterte ei voita huumesotaansa tappamalla’, Kansan Uutiset, Political Weekly Magazine, 02-09-2016.
• ‘Duterte ei ole Trump eikä Soini’, in Kansan Uutiset, Political Weekly Magazine, 02-09-2016.
• ‘Filippinernes stærke mand’, Information (Abonnement), 26-07-2016.
• ‘#Du30Cabinet Watch: Netizens suggest Mahar Lagmay for DOST’, Rappler, 27-05-2016.
• ‘Ekspert: Derfor er “Afstrafferen” blevet valgt til præsident’, Ekstra Bladet, 17-05-2016.
• ‘Jokede med voldtægt og truede med drab: Nu bliver “afstrafferen” præsident’, Ekstra Bladet, 10-05-2016.
• ‘Afstrafferen på vej mod magten’, Information, 09-05-2016.
• ‘Transatlanttinen kauppasopimus - yrityksille vai kansalle’, Uutinen - Maailma Kylässa, 24-05-2015.
• [Past media coverage, see VBN research portal of Aalborg University.]

Grants Received (including for mobility, travels, scholarships)

• Ford Foundation (USA)
• Erasmus+
• European Commission, thru 11.11.11-Belgium
• Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Germany, thru Stiftung Asienhaus
• FinCEAL Plus - UniPID (Finland)
• Geopolitical Economy Research Group (Canada)
• ISEO - Institute for Studies on Economics and Employment (Italy)
• The Other Canon Foundation (Norway)
• Leif Høegh Stiftelse (Norway)
• Estonian Research Council
• Ministry of Education and Research (Estonia)
• Det Obelske Familiefond (C.W. Obel Foundation - Denmark)
• SIDA: The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
• Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
• Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
• CITpax: Toledo International Centre for Peace (Spain)
• DARA: Development Assistance Research Associates (Madrid & Brussels)
• FRIDE: Foundation for International Relations and Foreign Dialogue (Spain)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik
• JYU Science Council
• JYU Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy
• Network IDEAS: International Development Economics Associates
• Swiss Baltic Net - Gebert Rüf Stiftung (Switzerland)
• Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya

Major Conference, Public Lecture, and Seminar Series Organized

• Development Days 2024 – Crises and Futures of/in Development | Host Institution: Finnish Society for Development Research | 15–16 February 2024
• Reflections on (a) Life in Development - Roundtable in Honour of Professor Barry K. Gills | Host Institution: Finnish Society for Development Research | 15 February 2024 
• Students Meet Practitioners Seminar Series on Sustainability Strategies | Host Institution: Corporate Environmental Management unit of the Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics | 19 January – 2 Febrruary 2023
• Special Public Lectures and Discussions on New Books in Global Development and Political Economy | Professors: Erik S. Reinert (5 April 2022) and Paul Cammack (12 April 2022) | Host Institutions: Helsinki Centre for Global Political Economy and Finnish Society for Development Research
• The 2022 MMT Lecture Series with Professor William ‘Bill’ Mitchell | Host Institution: Helsinki Centre for Global Political Economy | 25 January – 3 February 2022