Virpi Kaisto
Postdoctoral Researcher
Karelian Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
[email protected] | +358 50 441 6703
I am currently engaged in the CHANEBO project (Challenges at EU’s North-East External Borders) at the Karelian Institute. The project analyses the impacts of the Ukraine war and the suspension of the CBC ENI programs on the north-eastern external border regions of the European Union (EU). A key aim of CHANEBO is to develop policy recommendations on how EU cohesion policy can better support the resilience and sustainable development of these border regions in the face of future crises.
I hold a Doctorate in Social Sciences (DSocSci), Human Geography. My doctoral study explored the Finnish-Russian borderland as a lived space during the period from 2013 to 2018. The research examined how residents on both sides of the border imagined and used their local environment in a period of relatively free cross-border mobility. My previous studies have also focused on the everyday life of people living in the Finnish-Russian borderland and on territorial development in border areas.
Publications
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Navigating the 'grey zone': academic collaboration and research on/in Russia during geopolitical crisis
Nielsen, Henrik Dorf; Kaisto, Virpi. 2024. Fennia. 202: 156-162 B1 Non-refereed journal articles -
The Finnish-Russian borderland as a lived space: Perceptions, experiences, and identities in everyday life
Kaisto, Virpi. 2024. Publications of the University of Eastern Finland. Dissertations in social sciences and business studies G5 Doctoral dissertation (article) -
Bringing borders back into cross-border regional innovation systems: Functions and dynamics
Cappellano, Francesco; Makkonen, Teemu; Kaisto, Virpi; Sohn, Christophe. 2022. Environment and planning a. 54: 1005-1021 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Switching Cars with the Militsiya and Other Ways the Finnish–Russian Borderland is ‘Lived’ by People in Their Everyday Lives
Kaisto, Virpi; Brednikova, Olga; Korjonen-Kuusipuro, Kristiina. 2022. Borders in globalization review. 4: 8-20 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Children, Young People and Borders: A Multidisciplinary Outlook
Venken, Machteld; Kaisto, Virpi; Brambilla, Chiara. 2021. Journal of borderlands studies. 36: 149-158 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Mental Mapping as a Method for Studying Borders and Bordering in Young People's Territorial Identifications
Kaisto, Virpi; Wells, Chloe. 2020. Journal of borderlands studies. 2021; 36: 259-279 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Lakes, presidents and shopping on mental maps: children's perceptions of the Finnish-Russian border and the borderland
Kaisto, Virpi; Brednikova, Olga. 2019. Fennia. 197: 58-76 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Cross-border knowledge transfer and innovation in the European neighbourhood: Tourism cooperation at the Finnish-Russian border
Makkonen, Teemu; Williams, Adam M; Weidenfeld, Adi; Kaisto, Virpi. 2018. Tourism management. 68: 140-151 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
From European Union to everyday neighborhood in border studies? A conceptual analysis
Kaisto, Virpi. 2018. Cross-border review. 2017: 139-152 B1 Non-refereed journal articles -
Rajaseudun historiaa ihmisnäkökulmasta
Kaisto, Virpi. 2018. Idäntutkimus. 25: 86-87 B1 Non-refereed journal articles