Excited to be in such great company in this thought-provoking @edinburghup.bsky.social collection, Cultural Geographies of Love and Catastrophe, edited by @stilllife0.bsky.social, @ajsecor.bsky.social & @mikkojorge.bsky.social. The book is open access: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-cultura...

New research out in Social Inclusion by Vesna Holubek, @derek-ruez.bsky.social, Mila Bujić, Marisa Honkanen, and Zsuzsa Millei exploring the diverse experiences and agencies of international academics in the context of lived and managed university internationalization doi.org/10.17645/si....

International Academics as Agents of Transformation: Lived and Managed Internationalization in a Finnish University | Article | Social Inclusion

Vesna Holubek, Derek Ruez, Mila Bujić, Marisa Honkanen, Zsuzsa Millei

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I feel very lucky to have been a part of this excellent collaboration researching the experiences of international academics at Tampere University. Available open access at Social Inclusion: lnkd.in/dSU7PKQr

International Academics as Agents of Transformation: Lived and Managed Internationalization in a Finnish University | Article | Social Inclusion

Vesna Holubek, Derek Ruez, Mila Bujić, Marisa Honkanen, Zsuzsa Millei

doi.org

Glad to see this piece, (Dis)placing Pride in Copenhagen, or the socio-spatial lives of queer/trans migrant critique, out in Queer Geographies: Key Debates and Contending Perspectives, edited by Alison Bain, Julie Podmore and Chan Arun-Pina: www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-o...

Tampere University friends: Academic Board (konsistori) elections at Tampere University began this morning, and voting is open working days, 8am-5pm, until November 28. University staff and grant researchers can find the link to vote on the university intranet: intra.tuni.fi/en/organisat...

An importat statement from Finland's Union of Research Professionals asking the Finnish government and immigration service to reconsider a legal interpretation that is preventing Palestinian passport holders from being able to apply/extend residence permits.

Tieteentekijät@tieteentekijat.bsky.social · last yr.

Suomessa olevia palestiinalaisia tutkijoita uhkaa pahimmassa tapauksessa karkotus maahanmuuton tiukennusten vuoksi. Vetoamme hallitukseen tilanteen korjaamiseksi ja että Maahanmuuttovirasto voi jatkossakin rinnastaa Palestiinan passin kansalliseen matkustusasiakirjaan. #oleskelulupa

Horror after horror unfolds in Gaza, and Israeli politicians continually advertise their genocidal and ethnic cleansing intentions. I've long supported the academic boycott of Israeli universities, but today seemed like a good day to reiterate: www.bdsmovement.net/academic-boy... #geosky #bds

ACADEMIC BOYCOTT

Israeli universities are major, willing and persistent accomplices in Israel’s regime of military occupation, settler-colonialism, apartheid, and now genocide.

bdsmovement.net

An important essay on birthright citizenship in the Americas (from last month, but still all too relevant, if you haven't seen it): www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Revolutionary Idea That Remade the New World

Birthright citizenship is distinctly American—but not in the way Trump thinks.

theatlantic.com

Found a few minutes today to dip into this great collection of short, open access pieces on The promise of cultural geography, edited by @vickiezhang.bsky.social g.bsky.social and @benandersongeog.bsky.social. Definitely worth checking out! research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publicati...

The promise of cultural geography

research-information.bris.ac.uk

Mahmoud Khalil is free. May his release lead to the release of all who are detained and incarcerated from the US to Palestine, in ICE facilities and in prisons. And may his courage inspire us to remain steadfast in fighting for Palestinian liberation.

Furious that the Israeli state just continues to murder whomever it wants, whenever it wants, and the countries that have armed and funded that state do nothing to stop it.

I'm quoted in this piece about experiences of 'academic experts from abroad' in Finland. The quotes are a translation of a translation, but this one i liked: ”The two-faced approach of being friendly to ’international experts’ while making things worse for others is a moral and political failure.”

Certainty about the future would convince to stay - Acatiimi

Finland wants more academic experts from abroad, but many of those who move here depart after a few years. What could be done differently?

acatiimi.fi

Excited to read Kahina Meziant's new paper, 'Glitches, geopoetics, and the matter of migration: Regrounding beyond citizenship' at @thegj.bsky.social: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Geographical Journal | RGS Research Journal | Wiley Online Library

This paper introduces regrounding as a form of poetic justice that challenges national citizenship by centring material and affective practices—like sharing tea, tending soil, and planting seeds—as m...

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

In a very short time, over 1600 researchers from Finnish universities and research organizations joined a petition calling on Finland to recognize the state of Palestine and do everything it can stop the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing.

Gaza | Yli 1 600 tutkijaa vaatii Suomea tunnustamaan Palestiinan

Tutkijat vaativat Suomen johtoa tekemään enemmän kansanmurhan ja etnisen puhdistuksen estämiseksi.

hs.fi

Always interesting to learn more about how Finnish university international affairs staff are approaching internationalization at #kvkevätpäivät. Looking forward to our session tomorrow discussing @tieteentekijat.bsky.social's proposals for flexibile multilingualism in research and higher education.

"Why do faceless politicians have the power to strip human beings of their divine moments?” Mahmoud Khalil shares a public letter to his 3 week old son, who he hasn't been allowed to meet because ICE is keeping him detained for his speech in support of Palestinian rights.

To my newborn son: I am absent not out of apathy, but conviction | Mahmoud Khalil

Deen, the grief I feel being apart from you is one drop in a sea of sorrow Palestinian families have drowned in for generations

theguardian.com

Strong and active presence of SPARG scholars in the historic one-day strike @ Tampere Uni

Huomenna Tampereen yliopisto menee historiallisesti lakkoon. Tule lakkotapahtumaan yliopiston päätalon eteen klo 13 osoittamaan solidaarisuutesi ja näyttämään, että meidän yli ei kävellä! Nyt on aika taistella kaikkien Suomen yliopistojen työntekijöiden puolesta!

Tieteentekijät@tieteentekijat.bsky.social · last yr.

Yliopistosektorille ei ole saatu sovintoehdotusta. Tampereen yliopistossa toteutuu lakko keskiviikkona 7.5. Palkankorotusten lisäksi kiista koskee työehtosopimukseen kirjattua opetustuntikattoa, jolla suojellaan opetus- ja tutkimustyötä tekeviä työkuormilta. tieteentekijat.fi/yliopistosek...

The National Conciliator has not made a settlement proposal for the university labour dispute. The 24-hour strike at Tampere University will take place on Wednesday, May 7th. #Strike #University #WeAreTheUniversity tieteentekijat.fi/en/no-settle...

No settlement proposal – Strike at Tampere University on Wednesday, May 7th

The National Conciliator has not made a settlement proposal for the university labour dispute. Strike at Tampere University begins on Wednesday, May 7th.

tieteentekijat.fi

"Tampereen yliopiston lakolla puolustetaan työntekijöille tärkeitä asioita: opetuksen laatua, tutkimus- ja innovaatiotoiminnan edistymistä sekä hyvinvoivaa työyhteisöä." #Tieteentekijät #MeOlemmeYliopisto

Lukijalta | Tampereen yliopiston henkilökunta on menossa lakkoon kaikkien Suomen yliopistolaisten puolesta

Yliopistotyöntekijät haluavat tehdä työnsä hyvin, sanoo seitsemän mielipidekirjoittajaa.

aamulehti.fi

📢 University labor negotiations stalled – strike notice for Tampere University on May 7! At Tampere University, the strike will cover all work tasks under the general collective agreement for universities.

Strike notice for Tampere University

At Tampere University, the strike will cover all work tasks under the general collective agreement for universities.

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Ranjani Srinivasan, the Columbia grad student whose visa was revoked forcing a "self deportation", was scheduled to present their research at the AAG meeting next week. This is an outrageous attack on our colleague and on geographic thought. Share and sign the statement below.

Fresh out paper on ‘fitful infrastructures’ of survival in Gaza amid infrastructural elimination in Antipode by two GOCEP researchers, Khalid Dader and Mikko Joronen. @antipodeonline.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Fitful Infrastructures: Dwelling with Infrastructural Elimination in Gaza

Since 7 October 2023, Gaza has been subjected to unprecedented Israeli genocidal violence that has erased its life-supporting infrastructure. To understand how Gazans navigated these catastrophic con...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Ripping a student from their home, challenging their immigration status, and detaining them solely based on political viewpoint will chill student speech and advocacy across campuses nationwide. Political speech should never be a basis of punishment or lead to deportation.

NYCLU@nyclu.org · last yr.

The Trump administration’s detention of Mahmoud Khalil — a green card holder studying in this country legally — is targeted, retaliatory, and an extreme attack on his First Amendment rights. apnews.com/article/colu...

For anyone around Tampere University, another exciting iteration of the Decentering the Global lecture series is in the works for April. Students can register to participate for course credit (5 ECTS).

Had the opportunity to co-write this paper on love, work, and the world with @ajsecor.bsky.social & @dcockayne.bsky.social. It's been out for a few months already (in a great SI on Affect and Ideology, co-edited by @ajsecor.bsky.social & @benandersongeog.bsky.social), but wanted to share here.