
Jussi Laine
Professor
Title of Docent (Human Geography, esp. Border Studies)
Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Karelian Institute
jussi.laine@uef.fi | +358 50 433 8252
Dr Jussi P. Laine is a professor of multidisciplinary border studies at the Karelian Institute of the University of Eastern Finland, holding the title of Docent of Human Geography at the University of Oulu, Finland. He is the President-Elect of the Western Social Science Association and currently serves on the Steering Committee of the International Geographical Union’s Commission on Political Geography. From 2013 to 2021 he led the Association for Borderlands Studies, the leading international scholarly association dedicated exclusively to the systematic interchange of ideas and information relating to international border areas. By background Dr Laine is a human geographer, yet in his approach to borders he combines influences from international relations and geopolitics, political sociology, history, anthropology, and psychology. Within border studies he seeks to explore the multiscalar production of borders and bring a critical perspective to bear on the relationship between state, territory, citizenship, and identity construction. Most recently, Dr Laine has published works on border mobility, migration, the ethics of borders and ontological (in)security.
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Confusing compass points of human security - Finnish perspectives
Laine, Jussi P / Remapping Security on Europe's Northern Borders. 2021. 2021 -
Epilogue: Borderland resilience: thriving in adversity?
Laine, Jussi P. / Borderlands Resilience : Transitions, Adaptation and Resistance at Borders. 2021. 2021 -
Intra-Africa migrations: an introduction
Moyo, Inocent; Laine, Jussi P; Nshimbi, Christopher Changwe / Intra-Africa Migrations: Reimaging Borders and Migration Management. 2021. 2021 -
Intra-Africa Migrations: Reimaging Borders and Migration Management
Moyo, Inocent; Laine, Jussi P; Nshimbi, Christopher Changwe. 2021 2021 -
Introduction: Changing dimensions of the Northern European security environment
Laine, Jussi P; Liikanen, Ilkka; Scott, James W / Remapping Security on Europe's Northern Borders. 2021. 2021 -
Johdanto: Muuttoliikkeen metaforat ja uhkakuvat
Laine, Jussi; Kotilainen, Noora; Kettunen, Pauli / Muuttoliike murroksessa: metaforat, mielikuvat, merkitykset. 2021. 2021 -
Beyond Borders: Towards the Ethics of Unbounded Inclusiveness
Laine, Jussi P. Journal of borderlands studies 36 5: 745-763. 2021 -
Poikkeusajan maantiedettä
Laine, Jussi P. Terra: maantieteellinen aikakauskirja 133 3: 111-112. 2021 -
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Kotilainen, Noora; Laine, Jussi / Muuttoliike murroksessa: metaforat, mielikuvat, merkitykset. 2021. 2021 -
Media Sensationalism and the Production of the Crisis: Exploring the Normative Terrain of Migration Journalism
Laine, Jussi P. / Immigrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Times of Crises: B. An International Handbook on Migration, Asylum, Social Integration and Exclusion. 2021. 2021