Matti Välimäki

Avoimella otteella -podcastin uusimman jakson vieraana on Mari Toivanen. Diginomadismia käsittelevä jakso on avoimesti kuunneltavissa, ja siitä löytyy myös tekstivastine podcastin sivuilta: www.helsinki.fi/fi/helsingin...

@maritoivanen.bsky.social #podcast #tutkimus #etätyö #diginomadismi

📣 PhDs & postdocs: Our Call for Papers is now open! If you work on (de)polarization including migration, media or radical right parties — come to Dresden in June 2026. We’re eager to see what ideas, cases and theories are out there!. Please share!

@tudresden.bsky.social @gsw-tudresden.bsky.social

SHS Annual Conference 2026 Our 50th anniversary conference will be held at Lancaster University, the academic home of the Social History Society. A Significant Milestone The Social History Society was founded at Lancaster Un…

🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨

📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary!

We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands.

📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...

#CFP 🗃️

Suomen ulkomaalaisväestö 1980-1992 / Foreign born/citizens in Finland, 1980-1992

(Korkiasaari 1993) #maahanmuutto #immigration

Ruotsin suomalaisväestö 1900-1991 / Finns in Sweden, 1900-1991

(Korkiasaari 1993) #maastamuutto #emigration

This article by Mervi Kaukko, Sinikka Neuhaus and myself on the history of #refugeeeducation in Finland & Sweden was just published in the History of Education.

Link to Open Access article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

#refugees #education #migration #history #nationalism #nationbuilding

US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...

Submit a blog post Visit the post for more.

***Write for the IEHS Blog***

Not From Here, the official blog of the IEHS, seeks submissions from scholars writing about the histories of immigration, race, and ethnicity.

For more information:

iehs.org/submit-a-blo...

‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...

‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’

#highered #ai
www.ru.nl/en/research/...

PhD Studentship on Family Separation, funded by ERC - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - RHS PhD Studentship on Family Separation, funded by European Research Council Call for Applications, deadline - 1 March 2026 This is a call for expressions of interest for a European Research Council-fund...

An excellent PhD opportunity for someone to work on family separation during WW1 or WW2. I've done some research on Italian emigrant families separated when the father was serving in the Italian Army and it's a really fascinating area of study. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/phd...

Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, the images show.

Once again I must ask, how much use of military force makes for no ceasefire, rather than a “strained” or “tested” ceasefire?

Tee ehdotus tiedonjulkistamisen valtionpalkinnon saajaksi Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö myöntää valtionpalkinnot vuosittain Tiedonjulkistamisen neuvottelukunnan esityksestä. Kuka tahansa voi ehdottaa palkittavia.

On aika ehdottaa tiedonjulkistamisen valtionpalkinnon saajaa! Palkinto myönnetään ajankohtaista ja merkittävää tiedonjulkistamistyötä tehneelle henkilölle tai taholle.

Ehdotuksia otetaan vastaan 1.12. saakka. Lisätietoa palkinnosta löydät Tiedonjulkistamisen neuvottelukunnan sivuilta 👇

The book cover of 'Displaced Families, Displaced Memories', edited by Johanna Leinonen, Seija Jalagin, Outi Kähäri, Ilmari Leppihalme, Hanna-Leena Määttä, and Elina Turjanmaa. The cover features a painted portrait of an elderly man with his back turned to the viewer. Next to the cover is a text that reads “Coming up in 2026.”

Coming up!

'Displaced Families, Dispersed Memories' investigates the #memory work and #mnemonic practices of families dispersed by #war, conflict, repression, occupation, and forced #migration. The book is edited by Johanna Leinonen et al.

Read more about our upcoming books at: hup.fi/catalogue

Artificial Intelligence: A Warning for History Does Artificial Intelligence have the potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, our study of the past? Gordon McKelvie considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it might mean for the his...

Does Artificial Intelligence have the potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, our study of the past?

Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it might mean for historians facing the current Higher Education crisis.

Title of a journal article (Kaukko, Neuhaus and Välimäki): "For the nation and the future: historical snapshots into refugee education during the last 100 years in Finland and Sweden"

Reading proofs! #historyofrefugeeeducation

“‘The uncritical adoption of AI can lead to students not developing essential academic skills such as critical thinking and writing. If students are taught to learn through automation, without learning about how & why things work, they won’t be able to solve problems when something actually breaks’”

‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...

‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...

Chart showing that more babies are now born in Nigeria than in all of Europe. Data is from the United Nations. Chart is from Our World in Data.

The United Nations estimates that 6.2 million babies will be born this year across the continent of Europe, including Russia.

A greater number of babies are expected to be born in Nigeria alone - 7.6 million kids!
population.un.org/dataportal/d...

Migrants dead after dinghy sinks in the Aegean Sea off Turkey's coast Greece is a major entry point into the European Union for people fleeing conflict and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

At least 14 *people* deada after dinghy sinks in the Aegean Sea off Turkey's coast

Tunisia boat accident leaves 40 migrants dead, officials say All the victims and those rescued were from sub-Saharan African countries, an official says.

Forty *people*, including infants, die as boat sinks off Tunisia

Regeringen har betalat Somalia för utvisningar Regeringen har betalat ut omkring fem miljoner kronor till Somalia för att öka utvisningarna till landet, visar en granskning som Dagens Nyheter gjort. Nu har Vänsterpartiet och Socialdemokraterna KU-anmält Migrationsminister Johan Forssell (M), som beskriver betalningen som ett ”migrationspolitiskt samarbete”.

Regeringen har betalat Somalia för utvisningar
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/regeringen-har-betalat-somalia-for-utvisningar

AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.

Smart people keep saying…

“AI technologies severely impede humans’ ability to learn and retain skills… Rather than expanding our intellectual horizons, these technologies undermine the very conditions that allow us to think for ourselves.”

Avoinna kolme huikean mielenkiintoista post-doc paikkaa väestöennusteiden ja inhimillisen pääoman tutkimuksen parissa!

MigScene-konsortio on osa Strategisen tutkimuksen neuvoston Osaaminen, työvoiman riittävyys ja maahanmuutto tulevaisuuden Suomessa (SKILLS) -ohjelmaa.

Poliittisen historian yliopisto-opettajan sijaisuus
agricolaverkko.fi/ilmoitukset/...

Critical Approaches to Polycrisis

Critical Approaches to Polycrisis: Discourses of Conflict, Migration, Risk, and Climate -- incl. contributions by @tamsinparnell.bsky.social @stefmaci.bsky.social @niallrcurry.bsky.social @gavinbrookes.bsky.social
books.google.co.uk/books?id=uyh...

EU confirms 'contact' with Taliban in Afghanistan over migrant returns The European Union confirmed on Monday it has initiated exploratory contacts with the Taliban government in Afghanistan as part of efforts to increase the number of deportations of failed asylum seeke...

The European Union confirmed on Monday it has initiated exploratory contacts with the Taliban government in Afghanistan as part of efforts to increase the number of deportations of failed asylum seekers from Europe.

www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6762...

Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs

- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero

Luottamuksen hinta? Kotoutumispalvelujen leikkausten seuraukset näkyvät arjessa – Politiikasta Hallituksen budjettiriihen päätökset vaikuttavat siirtävän vastuun maahanmuuttajien kotoutumisesta kokonaan yksilön harteille, vaikka kotoutuminen rakentuu monien toimijoiden yhteistyössä.

Hallituksen kaavailemat leikkaukset ja lakimuutokset maahanmuuttajien kotoutumispalveluihin uhkaavat siirtää vastuun kotoutumisesta kokonaan yksilön harteille, vaikka kotoutuminen rakentuu monien toimijoiden yhteistyössä, kirjoittavat Eveliina Junikka ja Liselott Sundbäck.
#tiedetaivas #politiikasta

Is academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the data Applications for European research grants increased in 2025. Scientists say they’re feeling the competition.

Todellinen tutkimusrahoituksen kriisi: Miten pieni osa tutkimuksista voidaan rahoittaa ja silti todeta, että nykyinen systeemi on toimiva?

EU:n Marie Curie postdoc-rahoitusta hakee 65% enemmän kuin viime vuonna, jolloin myöntöprosentti oli 17%. Eli arviolta 10% tullaan rahoittamaan.

#tiedetaivas

Friends in Helsinki, I’ll be giving a keynote this Thursday at the Aleksanteri Conference ‘Extremisms: Ambiguities, Ideologies, Agency’. Would love to see you there! Many thanks to the @aleksanteri-uh.bsky.social for inviting me! More details here: tapahtumat.helsinki.fi/en-FI/page/6...