
Saara Koikkalainen
Senior Researcher
Cultural encounters, mobilities and borders (BOMOCULT)
Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Karelian Institute
saara.koikkalainen@uef.fi | +358 50 314 1246
I work as a university researcher in the Cultural encounters, mobilities and borders (CULTCHANGE) -profile area (2020-2023). My research focuses on various mobility phenomana in Europe, such as on the experiences of Nordic migrants in London during the Brexit era and mobility caused by the war in Ukraine. This research has also been funded by the Kone foundation, the Alfred Kordelinin Foundation and the Kansan sivistysrahasto -foundation. My PhD (University of Lapland 2013) examined the labour market experiences of highly skilled Finns in the European labour markets. I have published also on migration decision making, the labour market position of return migrants, intra-European mobility and Iraqi asylum seekers in Finland.
Publications
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Borderless Europe: Seven Decades of Free Movement
Koikkalainen, Saara. Migration Information Source [Epub ahead of print 3 June 2021]: -. 2021 -
Turvapaikanhakuleirit - ratkaisu humanitaarisen maahanmuuton hallintaan?
Koikkalainen, Saara. Liikkeessä yli rajojen -blogi 15.11.2021: -. 2021 -
Zapata-Barrero, Ricard and Yalaz, Evren. (eds.). 2018. Qualitative Research in European Migration Studies, IMISCOE Research Series
Koikkalainen, Saara. Nordic journal of migration research 11 3: 372-375. 2021 -
Crossing the boundary to Europe. Finns on transnational careers in the European Union
Koikkalainen, Saara / Shaping and re-shaping the boundaries of working life. 2020. 2020 -
Finland's Immigration Policy: State Objectives, Local Solutions
Koikkalainen, Saara / Local Integration of Migrants Policy : European Experiences and Challenges. 2020. 2020 -
Imagination, hope and the migrant journey: Iraqi asylum seekers looking for a future in Europe
Koikkalainen, Saara; Kyle, David; Nykänen, Tapio. International migration 58 4: 54-68. 2020 -
Public Opinion on Migration and the Role of the Media in the Context of the "European Refugee Crisis"
Koikkalainen, Saara; Pyrhönen, Niko; Wahlbeck, Östen / Local Integration of Migrants Policy: European Experiences and Challenges. 2020. 2020 -
In-Between Space/Time: Affective Exceptionality during the 'Refugee Crisis' in Northern Finland
Seppälä, Tiina; Nykänen, Tapio; Koikkalainen, Saara; Mikkonen, Enni; Rainio, Minna. Nordic journal of migration research [Epub ahead of print 7 Jan 2020]: 1-19. 2020 -
Nordic Ties and British Lives? Migrant Capital and the Case of Nordic Migrants Living in London
Koikkalainen, Saara. Social inclusion 7 4: 171-180. 2019