BOMOCULT research community stems from the strategic objective of the 91 to provide answers to global challenges through research and it forms the core of the university’s profile area Cultural Encounters, Mobilities, and Borders. BOMOCULT is an abbreviation for these key terms in our research. We bring together research teams and scholars especially from the Karelian Institute, the Department of Social Sciences and the School of Historical and Geographical Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, as well as from the School of Humanities and the School of Theology at the Philosophical Faculty. Our research community performs top-level interdisciplinary and internationally networked scientific research as evidenced in numerous peer-reviewed publications, externally-funded research, interaction with policy stakeholders and civil society organizations, seminars, and the annual BOMOCULT conference.
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Research
Through its research on borders and different encounters, BOMOCULT provides in-depth knowledge concerning the transformation of socio-cultural phenomena given increasing complexity and accelerating globalization. The RC has developed research expertise on borders and diverse encounters. In our work, the traditional focus on political and geographical borders is complemented by studies of cultural, linguistic and social borders. In other words, our added value and greatest asset is to address diverse border phenomena in ways that take into account social, political and cultural aspects.
Bomocult research has linked the transformation of contemporary societies with socio-cultural processes of border-making and border-crossing by addressing the three key issues. These key issues are European borders and Russia, mobilities and migration, and cultural and linguistic encounters in their diverse contexts. Our recent research has devised novel ways of understanding the emergence and role of transnational and transcultural phenomena at various levels, extending from the (nation-)state to the everyday, to show the role(s) of borders and crossings in contemporary life.
BOMOCULT research offers an interdisciplinary understanding of frictions and flows between cultural and political values, language, community, colonial and imperial legacies. We investigate these different bordering processes as they impact on intercultural relations and significant political challenges and opportunities in global and local contexts.
The leading group of the RC consists of members representing participating UEF units and key research teams. Together with the director of the RC, the leading group is responsible for RC’s strategic development and action plan, and it also plans and confirms the use of RC’s funding, and the format and arrangment of special funding calls. The leading groups meets approximately once every month.
- Professor Jopi Nyman, English Language and Culture, School of Humanities, Philosophical Faculty, Director
- Professor James Scott, Karelian Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Vice-Director
- Associate Professor Tiina Sotkasiira, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Vice-Director
- Professor Teo Kurki, Cultural studies, School of Humanities, Philosophical Faculty
- Professor Pekka Metso, Orthodox Theology, School of Theology, Philosophical Faculty
- Associate Professor Sanna Mustasaari, Law School, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
- University lecturer Paul Fryer, Department of Geographical and Historical Studies Historia- ja maantieteiden laitos, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
- Research Manager Joni Virkkunen, Karelian Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
- Coordinator of BOMOCULT RC, Research Manager. Minna Piipponen is the draftsman of the Leading group.
BOMOCULT Researchers
International Social Work
Social and Public Policy
Russian and Border Studies
Social Psychology
Church History
Systematic Theology, Ecumenics
Cultural Studies
Comparative Religion
History of Finland
Swedish Language and Culture
Translation Studies
Cultural Studies
Finnish Language and Cultural Research
Multidisciplinary Border Studies
English Language, Digital Humanities
Finnish Language and Cultural Research
Literary Culture
Russian Language and Culture
Border and Russian Studies
Human Geography
Regional Studies
Social Psychology
Orthodox Theology
Sociocultural Remembering
Natural Resources Governance
Family Law
English Language and Culture
Finnish Language
English Language and Translation
General Linguistics
Finnish Language
Practical Theology
Cultural Studies
Regional and Border Studies
Border and Russian Studies
Russian Language and Culture
Social and Public Policy
Cultural Studies
Biblical Studies
Religious Education
Cultural Studies
Cultural Studies
Gender Studies
Sociology
History
Literary Studies
Human Geography
Human Geography
Media Studies
Environmental Social Sciences
Ethnomusicology
Working Life Studies
Cultural Studies
Regional Studies
Cultural Studies
English Language and Culture
Cultural Encounters, Mobilities and Borders
Finnish Language
History
Cultural Studies
Theology
Working Life Studies
Conservation Politics
Religious Studies (Comparative Religion) and Orthodox Church History
Cultural Studies
English Language
Finnish Language
History
English Language
Human Geography
Social and Public Policy
Sociology
English Language
Russian Language and Culture
Cultural Studies
English Language and Culture
German Language and Culture
Regional and Rural Studies
Church Music (Orthodox)
Literary Studies
Social Psychology
History
Finnish Language
Theology
Human Geography
French Language and Culture
Regional Development, Russia
Geography
Cultural Studies, Media Studies
Cultural Studies
International Social Work
Gender Studies
Human Geography
English Language
Practical Theology
History
Gender Studies
Biblical Studies
Theology
Theology
Cultural Studies
Social and Public Policy, Social Sciences
Finnish Language
Finnish Language
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Human Geography
Russian and Border Studies
History
Social Sciences
Cultural Studies
Russian Language and Translation Studies
Judith Brenner, email: jbrenner(at)student.uef.fi
Doctoral Programme of the Philosophical Faculty. Machine translation and communication across cultures
English Language and Culture
Richard Croft
Doctoral Programme of the Philosophical Faculty. Practical Theology
Human Geography
Social Work
Machine Learning, Computer Science
Idaliia Fedotova, email: idal.fedotova(at)gmail.com
Doctoral Programme of the Philosophical Faculty. Linguistic contacts of indigenous minority populations in Western Siberia.
Aimee Ghanem, aimeeghanem(at)gmail.com
Social Work. Doctoral Programme of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies. Strengthening resilience for a sustainable post-disaster community development: Case of Beirut.
Environmental Policy
Sociology
History
Omotomilola Ikotun, omotomilola.ikotun(at)uef.fi
Environmental Policy. Doctoral Programme of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies. Transhumance in West Africa, borders, migration between Africa and Europe.
Theology
Falguny Islam, falgis(at)student.uef.fi
Social Work and Public Policy. Doctoral Programme of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies. The transgressive practices of everyday lives of South Asian interfaith families living in Finland
Border Studies
Social Work
Social and Public Policy
Inga Kontkanen, ingako(at)student.uef.fi
Russian Language and Culture. Doctoral Programme of the Philosophical Faculty. The representation of gender and sexuality in Russian women´s poetry
Yusuf Koşar, ykosar(at)student.uef.fi
Human Geography. Doctoral Programme of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies. The Finnish Influence on International Peacebuilding: A Comparative Study of the Ukrainian War and Palestinian Crisis.
Human Geography
History
Social Sciences
Border Studies
Social Psychology
Shahidul Mallick, smallick(at)student.uef.fi
Enviromental Policy. Doctoral Programme of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies. Culture, climate change and water conservation.
History
English Language and Culture
History
History
Cultural Studies
Cultural Studies
Human Geography
Human Geography
English Language and Culture
Iiris Salminen
Sociolinguistics, iiris.salminen(at)uef.fi. Doctoral Programme of the Philosophical Faculty. Migrants' linguistic variation and change.
Theology
English Language and Culture
Sofia Silfvast, ssilfvas(at)student.uef.fi
Study of Religions. Doctoral Programme of the Philosophical Faculty
English Language and Translation Studies
Taufiqurrohman, tauftauf(at)uef.fi
English Language and Culture. Doctoral Programme of the Philosophical Faculty. Mysticism in English literatures.
Finnish Language
Theology
English Language and Culture
Translation Studies
Human Geography
History
Border Studies
Linguistics, Border Studies
Sociology
Social Sciences
Systematic Theology
Communication
Philosophy of Law
Rural Studies
Sociology
Human Geography
Media Studies
Cultural Studies
Human Geography
BOMOCULT research related groups and projects
BOMOCULT research related education
Cooperation
Research is based on cooperation with international and national research partners and networks in research projects, education, and developing our research fields.
Research Organizations
Aleksanteri Institute, Institute for the Languages of Finland, Migration Institute of Finland, Finnish Environment Institute, Finnish Institute of International Affairs…
Comparative Research Network, Akademie für Islam in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft (AIWG), Centre for Independent Social Research (CISR), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Jožef Stefan Institute, Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development (ILS), Nordregio…
Higher Education Organizations
University of Helsinki, University of Turku, University of Tampere, University of Oulu, University of Jyväskylä, Finnish Border and Coast Guard Academy...
Vrije Universiteit Brussels, V.N. Karazin National University, University of Tartu, Carleton University, University of Vienna, University of Frankfurt, Linnaeus University, University of Gdańsk, Higher School of Economics St. Petersburg, State University of Tver, Binghamton University State University of New York, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, European University at St. Petersburg, YUFE (Young European Universities for the Future)…
Research Infrastructure Partners
FIN-CLARIAH Research Infrastructure Network, National Library, National Archives, Finnish Literature Society, Finnish Social Science Data Archive…
Other Scientific Partners
Researchers contribute actively to the work of national and international scientific societies in their respective research areas.
Cooperation with an extensive variety of stakeholders develops the impact of our research.
European Union Organizations
European Commission, European Union Regional and Urban Programmes (ESPON, URBACT), Erasmus+, European Cooperation Networks in Science and Technology (COST)…
National Authorities
Finnish Parliament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Education and Culture, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare…
International and National NGOs
Finnish Refugee Council, Finnish Red Cross, The National Forum for Cooperation of Religions in Finland (CORE Forum), congregations, Teosto, International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Association of European Journalists (AEJ), Caritas Bulgaria, Support to Life…
Think Tanks
European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities (EASSH), EUTROPIAN Research & Action, People’s Voice Media…
Media
Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle, Radio television Slovenia (RTV SLO), European Data Journalism Network…
Regional and Local Authorities
Many research projects cooperate with regional authorities and development organisations, cities, municipalities, and their organisations in Finland and abroad.
Private Sector
RadioTeatar Bajsic (Croatia), Bazaart (Serbia), Twixtlab (Greece), Companhia de Música Teatral (Portugal)…
Local NGOs and Citizens
JoMoni – multicultural association in the region of Joensuu, okay.zusammen leben, Tür an Tür (TaT)…