Matti Välimäki
@mtaval.bsky.social
Postdoc Researcher, Åbo Akademi University & University of Helsinki
#GATEproject: #Deportation in Finland/Nordic countries, ~1950-2025: https://shorturl.at/flvJL
Publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Matti-Vaelimaeki/research
#GATEproject: #Deportation in Finland/Nordic countries, ~1950-2025: https://shorturl.at/flvJL
Publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Matti-Vaelimaeki/research
Pinned
Fantastic collection "Migration Control and Securitization on the EU Eastern Border" (ed. Klaus et al.) is published in few months (1-2/2027). Great to contribute with Miika Tervonen with chapter "Buffer Zones: Migration Prevention in CEE Countries and Finland from the Cold War to Europeanisation".
Fantastic collection "Migration Control and Securitization on the EU Eastern Border" (ed. Klaus et al.) is published in few months (1-2/2027). Great to contribute with Miika Tervonen with chapter "Buffer Zones: Migration Prevention in CEE Countries and Finland from the Cold War to Europeanisation".
October 5, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Fantastic collection "Migration Control and Securitization on the EU Eastern Border" (ed. Klaus et al.) is published in few months (1-2/2027). Great to contribute with Miika Tervonen with chapter "Buffer Zones: Migration Prevention in CEE Countries and Finland from the Cold War to Europeanisation".
Reposted by Matti Välimäki
The latest articles in the 'Nordic Journal of Migration Research' address topics such as #LifestyleMigration, #AntiracistEducation in schools, and #securitization in the context of instrumentalized #migration. You'll find all the articles at: journal-njmr.org/articles
#OpenAccess #MigrationStudies
#OpenAccess #MigrationStudies
October 5, 2026 at 10:01 AM
The latest articles in the 'Nordic Journal of Migration Research' address topics such as #LifestyleMigration, #AntiracistEducation in schools, and #securitization in the context of instrumentalized #migration. You'll find all the articles at: journal-njmr.org/articles
#OpenAccess #MigrationStudies
#OpenAccess #MigrationStudies
Reposted by Matti Välimäki
This ridiculous number of applications is, in my view, the result of 2 nightmare developments happening concurrently 1.the precariousness of the job market for young PhD graduates which then fuels further: 2.the AI tools enabling overproduction of proposals. #Research #ERC #ResearchFunding #Academia
September 21, 2026 at 9:56 AM
This ridiculous number of applications is, in my view, the result of 2 nightmare developments happening concurrently 1.the precariousness of the job market for young PhD graduates which then fuels further: 2.the AI tools enabling overproduction of proposals. #Research #ERC #ResearchFunding #Academia
Reposted by Matti Välimäki
Google said that AI models in testing inside the company accessed the internet and hacked other companies, becoming the fourth major tech company to disclose such an incident in recent months.
Google’s Gemini AI hacked into other companies, adding to ‘rogue’ AI incidents
The incursions came during tests of its cybersecurity skills — similar to other incidents disclosed by OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 19, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Google said that AI models in testing inside the company accessed the internet and hacked other companies, becoming the fourth major tech company to disclose such an incident in recent months.
Reposted by Matti Välimäki
2025 was among driest years on record for world’s rivers, study finds
2025 was among driest years on record for world’s rivers, study finds
Analysis of global resources reveals depletion in world’s water savings bank to 42% below normal levels last year
Rivers across the world experienced one of their driest years in more than three decades in 2025, a comprehensive study of global water resources has found.
The assessment of the global water cycle by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) reveals a depletion in the world’s water savings bank: the amount of freshwater held on or under the ground, including groundwater, lakes, rivers, snow, ice moisture in the soil and inside plants and trees, was 42% below normal across the world last year. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 8:07 AM
2025 was among driest years on record for world’s rivers, study finds
Reposted by Matti Välimäki
HISTORIC
MILLIONS OF SQUARE KM WITH RECORDS EVERYWHERE
Some examples today
45.9 Bilma
NIGER HOTTEST SEPTEMBER DAY EVER
High Min:Min:28.0 Goure
MINS:29.1 Dori,28.4 Ouahigouya
BURKINA FASO HOTTEST SEPTEMBER NIGHT
36.6 Brazzaville CONGO REPUBLIC
Etc
Records from Algeria to Iran!
MILLIONS OF SQUARE KM WITH RECORDS EVERYWHERE
Some examples today
45.9 Bilma
NIGER HOTTEST SEPTEMBER DAY EVER
High Min:Min:28.0 Goure
MINS:29.1 Dori,28.4 Ouahigouya
BURKINA FASO HOTTEST SEPTEMBER NIGHT
36.6 Brazzaville CONGO REPUBLIC
Etc
Records from Algeria to Iran!
EXTRAORDINARY
WORLD CLIMATIC HISTORY REWRITTEN
49.0C Red Sea AP SAUDI ARABIA
MINIMUMS >35C.
48.0C Aswan
HOTTEST SEPTEMBER DAY EVER IN EGYPT
45.5C Abu Simbel
48C also in SUDAN
Never happened anything like this anywhere in the world in mid September.
And:It will get worse
WORLD CLIMATIC HISTORY REWRITTEN
49.0C Red Sea AP SAUDI ARABIA
MINIMUMS >35C.
48.0C Aswan
HOTTEST SEPTEMBER DAY EVER IN EGYPT
45.5C Abu Simbel
48C also in SUDAN
Never happened anything like this anywhere in the world in mid September.
And:It will get worse
September 16, 2026 at 7:27 PM
HISTORIC
MILLIONS OF SQUARE KM WITH RECORDS EVERYWHERE
Some examples today
45.9 Bilma
NIGER HOTTEST SEPTEMBER DAY EVER
High Min:Min:28.0 Goure
MINS:29.1 Dori,28.4 Ouahigouya
BURKINA FASO HOTTEST SEPTEMBER NIGHT
36.6 Brazzaville CONGO REPUBLIC
Etc
Records from Algeria to Iran!
MILLIONS OF SQUARE KM WITH RECORDS EVERYWHERE
Some examples today
45.9 Bilma
NIGER HOTTEST SEPTEMBER DAY EVER
High Min:Min:28.0 Goure
MINS:29.1 Dori,28.4 Ouahigouya
BURKINA FASO HOTTEST SEPTEMBER NIGHT
36.6 Brazzaville CONGO REPUBLIC
Etc
Records from Algeria to Iran!
Reposted by Matti Välimäki
On this day in the #coldwar 10 September 1989: Hungary announces it will let East Germans cross its border into Austria.
More than 10,000 leave in the first 24 hours.
60 days later, the #GDR border and the #BerlinWall were open.
More than 10,000 leave in the first 24 hours.
60 days later, the #GDR border and the #BerlinWall were open.
September 10, 2026 at 7:47 AM
On this day in the #coldwar 10 September 1989: Hungary announces it will let East Germans cross its border into Austria.
More than 10,000 leave in the first 24 hours.
60 days later, the #GDR border and the #BerlinWall were open.
More than 10,000 leave in the first 24 hours.
60 days later, the #GDR border and the #BerlinWall were open.
Reposted by Matti Välimäki
John Iliffe has passed away. One of the best and most influential historians of Africa, member of the Dar es Salaam school and someone who did not go to conferences or use emails.
Wonderful obituary by Derek Peterson […]
Wonderful obituary by Derek Peterson […]
Original post on h-net.social
h-net.social
September 1, 2026 at 5:34 AM
John Iliffe has passed away. One of the best and most influential historians of Africa, member of the Dar es Salaam school and someone who did not go to conferences or use emails.
Wonderful obituary by Derek Peterson […]
Wonderful obituary by Derek Peterson […]
Reposted by Matti Välimäki
Excellent analysis by @bramfrouws.bsky.social @mixedmigration.org of the EU’s disappointing reaction to the recent #Ceuta border crisis. mixedmigration.org/articles/ceu...
Ceuta: a test of Europe’s new migration pact
The mass movement into Ceuta tested Europe’s new migration pact, exposing vulnerabilities in externalised migration control and the human cost of border policies.
mixedmigration.org
August 20, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Excellent analysis by @bramfrouws.bsky.social @mixedmigration.org of the EU’s disappointing reaction to the recent #Ceuta border crisis. mixedmigration.org/articles/ceu...
Reposted by Matti Välimäki
Another great piece on AI and pedagogy in the history classroom by Edward Dunsworth. (I would -love- to go to a printed course pack the next time I teach a course.) 🗃️
Teaching Against AI: Notes from the Field activehistory.ca/blog/2026/08...
Teaching Against AI: Notes from the Field activehistory.ca/blog/2026/08...
Teaching Against AI: Notes from the Field
Edward Dunsworth While a small but vocal minority of historians have embraced the use of generative artificial intelligence in their research and teaching,[1] many of us find ourselves trying to ho…
activehistory.ca
August 18, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Another great piece on AI and pedagogy in the history classroom by Edward Dunsworth. (I would -love- to go to a printed course pack the next time I teach a course.) 🗃️
Teaching Against AI: Notes from the Field activehistory.ca/blog/2026/08...
Teaching Against AI: Notes from the Field activehistory.ca/blog/2026/08...
Reposted by Matti Välimäki
US sanctions international criminal court president and prosecutor
US sanctions international criminal court president and prosecutor
Marco Rubio targets ICC’s Tomoko Akane and Abdoulaye Seye, who was investigating Israeli war crimes in Gaza
The US has sanctioned the president of the international criminal court (ICC) and a prosecutor tasked with investigating crimes committed by Israel during its war on Gaza.
The new sanctions designations were unveiled by Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, who called the Hague-based ICC a “corrupt and fatally politicized supranational court that has maliciously abused its authority and exceeded its mandate”, in a statement. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 18, 2026 at 8:11 PM
US sanctions international criminal court president and prosecutor
Reposted by Matti Välimäki
Tutkija Ruth Wodakin käsite: "Populist perpetuum mobile" on myös hyödyllinen.
August 14, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Tutkija Ruth Wodakin käsite: "Populist perpetuum mobile" on myös hyödyllinen.
Reposted by Matti Välimäki
2. "Confrontational yet submissive: Calculated ambivalence and populist parties’ strategies of responding to racism accusations in the media": www.researchgate.net/profile/Matt...
www.researchgate.net
August 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
2. "Confrontational yet submissive: Calculated ambivalence and populist parties’ strategies of responding to racism accusations in the media": www.researchgate.net/profile/Matt...
Reposted by Matti Välimäki
Meiltä julkaistiin tällaiset 2 tutkimusartikkelia 2017-2018. Silloin puhuimme ilmiöstä nimeltä rasisminkieltostrategiat: ""Perussuomalaiset ei ole rasistinen puolue": Näin populistipuolue vastaa rasismisyytöksiin mediassa.": www.researchgate.net/profile/Matt...
www.researchgate.net
August 14, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Meiltä julkaistiin tällaiset 2 tutkimusartikkelia 2017-2018. Silloin puhuimme ilmiöstä nimeltä rasisminkieltostrategiat: ""Perussuomalaiset ei ole rasistinen puolue": Näin populistipuolue vastaa rasismisyytöksiin mediassa.": www.researchgate.net/profile/Matt...
Meanwhile in the authoritarian Russia
Russia’s Supreme Court has thrown the antiwar party Yabloko off the ballot for parliament’s lower house. Election officials and prosecutors backed the removal on copyright grounds — partly over lines from Soviet songs and images made with ChatGPT. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
A ChatGPT-generated image, a photo of Hiroshima, and a line from a Soviet song: the copyright case that helped boot Russia’s only antiwar party off next month’s ballot — Meduza
Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled to remove the opposition party Yabloko from the ballot in the election for the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament. The Rodina party filed the lawsuit…
meduza.io
August 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Meanwhile in the authoritarian Russia
Reposted by Matti Välimäki
Russia’s Supreme Court has thrown the antiwar party Yabloko off the ballot for parliament’s lower house. Election officials and prosecutors backed the removal on copyright grounds — partly over lines from Soviet songs and images made with ChatGPT. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
A ChatGPT-generated image, a photo of Hiroshima, and a line from a Soviet song: the copyright case that helped boot Russia’s only antiwar party off next month’s ballot — Meduza
Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled to remove the opposition party Yabloko from the ballot in the election for the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament. The Rodina party filed the lawsuit…
meduza.io
August 10, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Russia’s Supreme Court has thrown the antiwar party Yabloko off the ballot for parliament’s lower house. Election officials and prosecutors backed the removal on copyright grounds — partly over lines from Soviet songs and images made with ChatGPT. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Reposted by Matti Välimäki
My advice to EU leaders (who aren't far right): Offer help to the country concerned if it’s asked for, express sorrow for the deaths of people who are being manipulated into crossing borders illegally. Investigate and publish any co-ordination. Remove benefits to countries that weaponise migration.
August 3, 2026 at 6:19 AM
My advice to EU leaders (who aren't far right): Offer help to the country concerned if it’s asked for, express sorrow for the deaths of people who are being manipulated into crossing borders illegally. Investigate and publish any co-ordination. Remove benefits to countries that weaponise migration.
Reposted by Matti Välimäki
Good piece. A thread on some comments I made yesterday on Times Radio.
Two things can be true at the same time:
1. It’s very bad to have 60,000 people storm a border, and 70+ deaths.
2. European leaders' responses were opportunistic and disproportionate, and made incidents like this more likely.
Two things can be true at the same time:
1. It’s very bad to have 60,000 people storm a border, and 70+ deaths.
2. European leaders' responses were opportunistic and disproportionate, and made incidents like this more likely.
Vance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta
We’ve seen this before.
www.theatlantic.com
August 3, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Good piece. A thread on some comments I made yesterday on Times Radio.
Two things can be true at the same time:
1. It’s very bad to have 60,000 people storm a border, and 70+ deaths.
2. European leaders' responses were opportunistic and disproportionate, and made incidents like this more likely.
Two things can be true at the same time:
1. It’s very bad to have 60,000 people storm a border, and 70+ deaths.
2. European leaders' responses were opportunistic and disproportionate, and made incidents like this more likely.
Interesting online event tomorrow: "Perspectives from the Norhern Moroccan Border" with two Moroccan scholars.
facebook.com/events/s/per...
#Ceuta #EUMigration #externalisation
facebook.com/events/s/per...
#Ceuta #EUMigration #externalisation
August 2, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Interesting online event tomorrow: "Perspectives from the Norhern Moroccan Border" with two Moroccan scholars.
facebook.com/events/s/per...
#Ceuta #EUMigration #externalisation
facebook.com/events/s/per...
#Ceuta #EUMigration #externalisation
Reposted by Matti Välimäki
The 24th IMISCOE Annual Conference, hosted by the Brussels Institute for Social and Population Studies (@brispo-vub.bsky.social) and the Brussels Interdisciplinary Research centre on Migration and Minorities at VUB, accepts submissions until 28 September 2026.
👉 More: www.imiscoe.org/events/imisc...
👉 More: www.imiscoe.org/events/imisc...
June 29, 2026 at 12:05 PM
The 24th IMISCOE Annual Conference, hosted by the Brussels Institute for Social and Population Studies (@brispo-vub.bsky.social) and the Brussels Interdisciplinary Research centre on Migration and Minorities at VUB, accepts submissions until 28 September 2026.
👉 More: www.imiscoe.org/events/imisc...
👉 More: www.imiscoe.org/events/imisc...
Still 2 conferences to attend in Germany before the holidays. Will talk to colleagues about discourses of "defections" in Finland. Preparing slides.
#GATEproject
#GATEproject
June 22, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Still 2 conferences to attend in Germany before the holidays. Will talk to colleagues about discourses of "defections" in Finland. Preparing slides.
#GATEproject
#GATEproject
Reposted by Matti Välimäki
It's hard to fathom what Europe will live next week.
Thousands of records will be brutalized in Spain,France,UK,Benelux,Germany,Swiss,Austria and than the East
Paris might record 4 consecutive days 40C
UK will ridiculize its June national record
Germany 10 days 37C+
This is CRAZY
Thousands of records will be brutalized in Spain,France,UK,Benelux,Germany,Swiss,Austria and than the East
Paris might record 4 consecutive days 40C
UK will ridiculize its June national record
Germany 10 days 37C+
This is CRAZY
June 20, 2026 at 7:10 PM
It's hard to fathom what Europe will live next week.
Thousands of records will be brutalized in Spain,France,UK,Benelux,Germany,Swiss,Austria and than the East
Paris might record 4 consecutive days 40C
UK will ridiculize its June national record
Germany 10 days 37C+
This is CRAZY
Thousands of records will be brutalized in Spain,France,UK,Benelux,Germany,Swiss,Austria and than the East
Paris might record 4 consecutive days 40C
UK will ridiculize its June national record
Germany 10 days 37C+
This is CRAZY
Reposted by Matti Välimäki
Reposted by Matti Välimäki
Very happy to see this out on perceptions of welfare deservingness for different categories of migrants, together with @lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social and Samir Negash @fggaleiden.bsky.social, open access in EPSR:
June 16, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Very happy to see this out on perceptions of welfare deservingness for different categories of migrants, together with @lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social and Samir Negash @fggaleiden.bsky.social, open access in EPSR: