Joni Virkkunen
Research Manager
Karelian Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
joni.virkkunen@uef.fi | +358 50 442 4469
Joni Virkkunen (PhD, title of docent) works as a Research Manager at the Karelian Institute. He is also the Director of the VERA Centre for Russian and Border Studies, a member of the executive board of the UEF’s top-level research area Borders, Mobilities and Cultural Encounters (BOMOCULT) and of the cross-faculty Doctoral Programme in Social and Cultural Encounters. His research relates to borders, border governance, cross-border cooperation, EU-Russian relations, regional and cross-border cooperation and transnational migration in Russian and post-Soviet contexts. He has been recently studying, for example, the Northern Dimension policy and the regional impacts of EU-Russia relations, local meanings of the border and cross-border cooperation, the 2015-2016 Arctic migration route through/from Russia to Finland and, recently, temporary protection holders from Ukraine. The latter he has been studying through Finnish and Russian migration and border policies, publicity and public debates, migrants’ everyday insecurities, and informal practices.
Research groups
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Northern Dimensions of European Union Actorness Finished 01.01.2016 - 31.12.2019
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Global Development 01.01.2020 -
Projects
Publications
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Finland country report. Government responses to increased influx of protection seekers in 2015/16 and 2022/23
Koikkalainen, Saara; Ferdoush, Md Azmeary; Virkkunen, Joni. 2023. NIBR Working Paper. . Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research NIBR, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University -
Governance and policy changes during times of high influxes of protection seekers. A comparative governance and policy analysis in eight European countries, 2015-June 2023
Hernes, Vilde; Danielsen, Åsne Øygard; Tvedt, Kristian; Staver, Anne Balke; Tronstad, Kristian; Łukasiewicz, Karolina; Pachocka, Marta; Yeliseyeu, Andrei; Casu, Laura; Zschomler, Silke; Berg, Mette Louise; Engler, Marcus; Nowicka, Magdalena; Koikkalainen, Saara; Ferdoush, Md Azmeary; Virkkunen, Joni; Kazepov, Yuri; Berthelot, Brice; Franz, Yvonne. 2023. NIBR Report. . Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR) -
Migration Strategies at the Time of a Crisis: Asylum Applicants in Finland
Virkkunen, Joni; Koikkalainen, Saara; Piipponen, Minna. Teoksessa: Jakobson, Mari-Liis; Vetik, Raivo; King, Russell; Moroşanu, Laura(toim.) , 2023. Anxieties of Migration and Integration in Turbulent Times. s. 41-55. Springer -
African Immigrants in Russia
Virkkunen, Joni; Piipponen, Minna. 2021. Demis : demografičeskie issledovaniâ. 1: 45-52 -
Arktinen aukeaa - kapea turvallisuuskäsitys ja Venäjän muuttoliikkeet
Virkkunen, Joni; Piipponen, Minna. Teoksessa: Kotilainen, Noora; Laine, Jussi(toim.) , 2021. Muuttoliike murroksessa: metaforat, mielikuvat, merkitykset. s. 246-268. Into -
Images of Finland, Europe and the West among asylum seekers
Virkkunen, Joni; Piipponen, Minna. Teoksessa: Laine, Jussi P.; Liikanen, Ilkka; Scott, James W.(toim.) , 2021. Remapping Security on Europe's Northern Borders. s. 161-180. Routledge -
Informal practices and the rule of law: Russia, migration and the 'Arctic route'
Virkkunen, Joni; Piipponen, Minna. Teoksessa: Turaeva, Rano; Urinboyev, Rustamjon(toim.) , 2021. Labour, Mobility and Informal Practices in Russia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe. s. 192-213. Routledge -
Johdanto: Muuttoliikkeet arjen turvallisuuden tutkimuksen kohteena
Assmuth, Laura; Davydova-Minguet, Olga; Haverinen, Ville-Samuli; Kotilainen, Noora; Oivo, Teemu; Palander, Jaana; Pellander, Saara; Piipponen, Minna; Prokkola, Eeva-Kaisa; Pöllänen, Pirjo; Rannikko, Anni; Sotkasiira, Tiina; Virkkunen, Joni. Teoksessa: Assmuth, Laura; Haverinen, Ville-Samuli; Prokkola, Eeva-Kaisa; Pöllänen, Pirjo; Rannikko, Anni; Sotkasiira, Tiina(toim.) , 2021. Arjen turvallisuus ja muuttoliikkeet. s. 7-28. Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura -
Maahanmuuttajien arjen turvattomuus Venäjällä ja arktinen reitti
Piipponen, Minna; Virkkunen, Joni. Teoksessa: Assmuth, Laura; Haverinen, Ville-Samuli; Prokkola, Eeva-Kaisa; Pöllänen, Pirjo; Rannikko, Anni; Sotkasiira, Tiina(toim.) , 2021. Arjen turvallisuus ja muuttoliikkeet. s. 31-59. Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura -
Rajat, kansallisvaltio ja koronanationalismi
Virkkunen, Joni. 2021. Terra: maantieteellinen aikakauskirja. 133: 153-155