Matti
Välimäki
Contemporary History
VTT / DSocSci
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Areas of expertise
Finnish party and government politics concerning immigration & immigrants
Immigration: post-WWII evolution at the policy
Immigration: post-WWII evolution at the policy
judicial
and discursive levels in Finland and Western Europe
Populist political communication
The power relations in media and politics
Populist political communication
The power relations in media and politics
Teaching
I teach courses especially on migration politics and history.
In 2021, I am responsible for the lecture course 'Migrations, history, and politics' and module "Crises and Migration from the 20th Century to the 21st Century" in Contemporary history at the University of Turku.
Research
- Doc. Diss. (2019): Finnish parties and immigration issues from the 1970s to the 2010s (2014-2019), Pdf available here: https://www.utupub.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/148466/AnnalesC481Välimäki.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
- Post doc project: Securitization in authorities’ discourse and practice: Refugee reception in Finland, 1986–1995. (2019-2021, Kone Foundation)