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Jussi P. Laine

@jpluef.bsky.social

Multidisciplinary Border Scholar, University of Easter Finland. Borders/Migration/Security ｜ Section Editor for the Oxford Intersection on BORDERS

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Jussi P. Laine@jpluef.bsky.social · last wk.

The sky looks open and calm, but today it’s one of the most actively governed political spaces we have. My new piece explores how airspace now works as a volumetric border: elastic, anticipatory, and deeply geopolitical. doi.org/10.1093/isag... @gsqjournal.bsky.social @absborders.bsky.social

The Elastic Sky: Airspace, Volumetric Bordering, and Geopolitical Crisis

Abstract. Airspace has long been conceived through the idiom of fixed lines and settled legal doctrine, yet its operative governance bears little resemblan

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Jussi P. Laine@jpluef.bsky.social · last mo.

Nonow: Border Breathing and the Governance of Refugee Presence in Uganda’s West Nile, a study of how refugee policy, documentation, and everyday governance quietly remake borders inside Uganda’s borderlands. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... @absborders.bsky.social #border

Border Breathing and the Governance of Refugee Presence in Uganda’s West Nile

Uganda’s West Nile sub-region, bordering South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, offers a critical vantage point for understanding how borders are continually produced through the governa...

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Jussi P. Laine@jpluef.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New commentary out! I argue that supply chains acted as bordering infrastructures during COVID‑19, shaping mobility far beyond territorial controls. The pandemic exposed how logistics, chokepoints, and uneven access redraw borders in practice. doi.org/10.1177/2043... @absborders.bsky.social

Viral borders, system shocks, and the limits of territorial thinking - Jussi P Laine, 2026

This commentary extends Liu and Bennett's account of COVID-19 bordering by arguing that supply chains functioned as bordering infrastructures in their own ...

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Jussi P. Laine@jpluef.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Borders Through Acts of Motion now published. With @ferdoush.bsky.social, we argue that borders emerge from motion. From the entangled movements of humans, environments, infrastructures, and viral/material forces. @absborders.bsky.social @big-lab.bsky.social #border doi.org/10.1093/9780...

Borders Through Acts of Motion: Towards a Posthumanist Theorization

Abstract. This article advances a posthumanist framework for understanding borders through the concept of acts of motion—the reflexive processes through wh

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Jussi P. Laine@jpluef.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The new "territorial spark" piece @stevenradil.bsky.social & Jaume Castan Pinos goes beyond the original provocation - showing why academic critique matters: scholarly debate sharpens concepts rather than shuts them down. My text they are responding to in the comments. doi.org/10.1080/1356...

The territorial spark: integrating territorial discontents into the contemporary border assemblage

This essay clarifies the ‘territorial discontents' framework in response to Laine’s Beyond territorial discontents: The surprising persistence of borders in a fragmented world (2025) critique publi...

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Jussi P. Laine@jpluef.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Miksi Eurooppa rakentaa jälleen raja-aitoja – ja miksi ne eivät ratkaise turvattomuuden juurisyitä? Puolan ja Suomen aidat materialisoivat hybridipelot ja luovat näennäistä turvallisuutta. Kiitos @koneensaatio.fi tuesta Not just a Fence ‑hankkeelle @uniuef.bsky.social @infomigration.bsky.social

Fencing Off Europe: Border Fortifications as Symptomatic Responses to Hybrid Insecurities in Poland and Finland

Despite post-Cold War hopes for openness, twenty-first century Europe has witnessed a resurgence of border fortifications, driven by anxieties about migration, security threats, and geopolitical te...

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Jussi P. Laine@jpluef.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Thanks for sharing! All feedback warmly welcomed @iom.int @migrationcollab.bsky.social @dcmigrantmutualaid.org @imiscoe-phdnetwork.bsky.social @icmpd.org @reecejones.bsky.social @ferdoush.bsky.social

Siirtolaisuusinstituutti / Migration Institute of Finland @infomigration.bsky.social · 6mo ago

New article: Olga Cielemecka & Jussi P. Laine: Fencing Off Europe: Border Fortifications as Symptomatic Responses to Hybrid Insecurities in Poland and Finland www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Jussi P. Laine@jpluef.bsky.social · 6mo ago

”Border fences create a dangerous illusion that human mobility can be contained through territorial control, yet their very presence generates a self-perpetuating cycle of insecurity...” @acbsnetwork.bsky.social @bpri.bsky.social @big-lab.bsky.social @unigr-cbs.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0886...

Fencing Off Europe: Border Fortifications as Symptomatic Responses to Hybrid Insecurities in Poland and Finland

Despite post-Cold War hopes for openness, twenty-first century Europe has witnessed a resurgence of border fortifications, driven by anxieties about migration, security threats, and geopolitical te...

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Jussi P. Laine@jpluef.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Published today: Fencing Off Europe (with Olga Cielemecka). We argue that Europe’s new border fences materialise fears of hybrid threats while doing little to address the causes of insecurity. #border #security www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Fencing Off Europe: Border Fortifications as Symptomatic Responses to Hybrid Insecurities in Poland and Finland

Despite post-Cold War hopes for openness, twenty-first century Europe has witnessed a resurgence of border fortifications, driven by anxieties about migration, security threats, and geopolitical te...

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Jussi P. Laine@jpluef.bsky.social · 8mo ago

A new article out today. It reflects on how refugee governance in Uganda’s borderlands is shaped less by policy design than by the lived realities of land, authority, and history. Implementation is never just technical - it’s profoundly human. 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Jussi P. Laine@jpluef.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Borders keep reinventing themselves. My recent piece, written in response to Castan Pinos & Radil’s, territorial discontent framework, explores why. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @tandfresearch.bsky.social @stevenradil.bsky.social @absborders.bsky.social @acbsnetwork.bsky.social

Beyond territorial discontents: the surprising persistence of borders in a fragmented world

This response to Castan Pinos and Radil’s territorial discontent framework argues that their geopolitical focus, while valuable, inadequately captures contemporary border resurgence in its complexi...

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Jussi P. Laine@jpluef.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"Resilience has emerged as a central, even if at times rhetorical, motif in Finland’s evolving security lexicon, reflecting a recognition that institutional alignment alone cannot encompass the full spectrum of adaptive strategies required in an era of complex threats." doi.org/10.1080/2573...

Border anxiety and resilience: Finland’s strategic shift in a new geopolitical era

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has profoundly altered Finland’s security environment and prompted a historic shift in its strategic orientation. Long defined by military non-alignment and ...

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Jussi P. Laine@jpluef.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Pleased to share my piece: “Border anxiety and resilience: Finland’s strategic shift in a new geopolitical era” 🔗 Read here: doi.org/10.1080/2573... Finland’s transformation reflects both responses to external threats and deeper renegotiations of national identity. @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Border anxiety and resilience: Finland’s strategic shift in a new geopolitical era

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has profoundly altered Finland’s security environment and prompted a historic shift in its strategic orientation. Long defined by military non-alignment and ...

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Jussi P. Laine@jpluef.bsky.social · last yr.

Border heritage isn’t neutral — it’s political. Memorials and heritage sites often reinforce national myths and divisions, but they can also become spaces of resistance, encounter, and hope. #BorderHeritage #Geopolitics #borders @absborders.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Geopolitics and Memorialisation of Borders

Geopolitics pervades memorialisation of borders worldwide. Border heritage sites commonly form powerful geopolitical bordering by creating myths of division and difference to serve the nation-state...

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Jussi P. Laine@jpluef.bsky.social · last yr.

Two Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) positions in border studies. The Karelian Institute at UEF invites applications for two Doctoral Researcher positions. To begin on 1 August 2025. Read more below and submit your application no later than 11 May 2025. uef.varbi.com/what:job/job...

Two Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) positions in border studies (Karelia, Karelianness, and Finnish-Russian border and border area)

The Karelian Institute at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies invites applications for two Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) positions on the Joensuu Campus. The positions will begin o

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Jussi P. Laine@jpluef.bsky.social · last yr.

Worth checking out if in #Lappeenranta Muurituristi (Wall tourist) exhibition by Harri Pälviranta! #Walls have become an image of security, yet the more we build them, the less safe we feel 🤷🏻‍♂️ @absborders.bsky.social @lprmuseot.bsky.social Strong visuals - brings back memories… yle.fi/a/74-20154294

Suomalainen päätti ikuistaa maailman rajuimmat raja-aidat valokuviin – joutui heti vaikeuksiin

Harri Pälviranta kävi kuvaamassa pakolaisten ei-toivottua maahanmuuttoa varten rakennettuja aitoja kolmessatoista maassa.

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Jussi P. Laine@jpluef.bsky.social · 2y ago

📢📢📢Exciting news! James W Scott and I have assumed a new role as Section Editors for the Oxford Intersection on #BORDERS. Our section focuses on Theory and Practice. If interested in contributing to this new interdisciplinary resource, please get in touch: academic.oup.com/intersection...

Borders

Borders are specific sites, but they are not static, being constantly enacted and reproduced. They often have a physical presence, but their significance stretc

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