CURRICULUM VITAE

15.1.2016

1. FULL NAME : Eeva-Kaisa Prokkola

2. DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 1978, Kemi, Finland

3. CITIZENSHIP: Finland

4. TELEPHONE AND EMAIL Phone: +358505568241 Email: [email protected]

5. EDUCATION AND TRAINING Education and degrees awarded Docent in Human Geography, especially Border Studies University of Eastern Finland Doctor of Philosophy (Major subject: Geography) University of Oulu, Department of Geography Master of Science (Major subject: Cultural geography) University of Oulu, Department of Geography Other education and training Postdoctoral training University of Oulu, Department of Geography University of Durham, Department of Geography (Altogether 2 months during 2012) Doctoral training University of Oulu, Department of Geography 1

January 21th 2013 December 22th 2008 April 29th 2004

2010 – 2013

2004 – 2008

Dissertation: Making bridges, removing barriers: Cross-border cooperation, regionalization and identity at the Finnish-Swedish border (Eximia)

6. PRESENT POSITION Senior Research Fellow, Regional Development and Regional Policy University of Oulu, Department of Geography Docent in Human Geography, especially Border Studies University of Eastern Finland (adjunct professor)

1/2016-12/2020 1/2013–

7. FIELDS OF RESEARCH Human geography, political geography, border studies, tourism geography, regional studies

8. PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Senior Research Fellow, Regional Development and Regional Policy University of Oulu, Department of Geography Postdoctoral Researcher, Regional Development and Regional Policy University of Oulu, Department of Geography Visiting lecturer, University of Southern Denmark Department of Border Region Research Postdoctoral Researcher, Academy of Finland University of Oulu, Department of Geography Visiting Researcher University of Durham, Department of Geography (Altogether 2 months during 2012) Award Researcher, KONE Foundation University of Oulu, Department of geography (Altogether 1 month during 2010) Postdoctoral Researcher, Academy of Finland University of Oulu, Department of Geography (Altogether 4 months during 2010) Researcher (PhD), Academy of Finland 2

1/2014-12/2015 1/2011-12/2015 1-30.6.2015 1/2011-12/2013 2012

2010

2010

2009

University of Oulu, Department of Geography (Parental leave altogether 12 months during 2009-2010) Researcher (MSc), Academy of Finland, University of Oulu, Department of Geography (Parental leave altogether 8 months during 2006)

1/2005-12/2008

9. REPORT OF TEACHING MERITS Portfolio available by request

10. RESEARCH AWARDS, HONOURS AND MAJOR GRANTS Major project grants (competitive) Academy of Finland, postdoctoral research project (#137847) ‘Border management, biopolitics, and narratives of border crossing’ (Funding period 1/2011 – 12/2013, PI: the applicant) KONE foundation 2009, award for postdoctoral research ‘Border management in Finland and in the EU’ (PI: the applicant) Research awards and honours Award for a short-term international research visit University of Oulu Research Council 2015 ABS First World Conference, Joensuu-St Petersburg (Finland and Russia) University of Oulu, Faculty of Natural Sciences Travel Grant 2014 Borderless Europe -conference, Sønderborg (Denmark) University of Oulu, Faculty of Natural Sciences Travel Grant 2010 Award for the success in Master’s Studies University of Oulu, Faculty of Natural Sciences 2004

(€ 283 670)

(€ 25 000)

(€ 2 300) (€ 982) (€ 900) (€ 400)

Group grants (active participation in funding application) Centre of Excellence in Research on “the Relational and Territorial Politics of Bordering, Identities and Transnationalization” (RELATE), 2014–2019 Academy of Finland, Board, led by Prof. Anssi Paasi Mobilities, Borders, and Identity International Recruitment Package by Oulu University University of Oulu 2011-2015, PI Anssi Paasi

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11. EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS Nordia Geographical Publications

2010-2014

12. MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES National Committee of the International Geographical Union (IGU) (Member of the board) Geographical Society of Finland Geographical Society of Northern Finland (Member of the board 2010-2014) Society for Regional and Environmental Studies (Member of the board 2011-2014) Association for Borderlands Studies

2013200520042011– 2011–

13. OTHER ACEDEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL MERITS AND ACTIVITIES Leadership in research work In charge of the Academy of Finland funded research project 1/2011-12/2013 ‘Border management, biopolitics, and narratives of border crossing’ Supervision of Doctoral Students Doctoral Student MSc Fredriika Jakola (co-supervisor) Doctoral Student MA Katharina Koch (co-supervisor) Post-graduate students: responsible supervisor of 15 Master Thesis

9/20122/20142014-2015

Evaluation of doctoral thesis Pre-examiner: MSc Olga Hannonen’s doctoral dissertation

15.12. 2015

Member of international peer evaluation committees of funding applications Czech Science Foundation 07/2015 (external evaluator) Czech Science Foundation 06/2014 (external evaluator) Czech Science Foundation 07/2013 (external evaluator) Czech Science Foundation 06/2013 (external evaluator) Czech Science Foundation 07/2012 (external evaluator) 4

Member of national peer evaluation committees The Urban Studies Essay of the Year 2014 (organizer and chair) The Finnish Society for Urban Studies The Urban Studies Essay of the Year 2013 (member of the committee) The Finnish Society for Urban Studies Referee Tourism Management (2016), Antipode (2015), Regional Studies (2015), Tahiti (2015), Polar Geography (2015), Geografiska Annaler B: Human Geography (2015), Journal of Borderlands Studies (2015, 2014, 2013), Tourism Geographies 2015, Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism (2015, 2009), Political Geography (2014), Geopolitics (2014), Gender, Place and Culture (2014), Sustainability (2014), European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research (2014), Annals of the Association of American Geographers (2013), Environment and Planning C (2012), Folklore (2012), Cultural Geographies (2011), Society & Natural Resources (2011), Tourism Management (2012, 2009), Fennia (2011), Terra (2011) Administrative responsibilities at higher education institutions Member of the National Support Network Horizon 2020 12/2013‘Europe in a Changing World: Inclusive, Innovative and Reflective Societies’ (representative of the University of Oulu) Chair of the doctoral training follow-up group (4 students) 2013Invited talks at international conferences and scientific meetings Invited talk: Department of Border Region Research Studies University of Southern Denmark Invited guest lecturer: VERA Centre for Russian and Border Studies University of Eastern Finland Invited talk in research seminar/workshop ‘Transnational Lived Citizenship’ University of Tampere (Finland) Invited guest lecturer: VERA Centre for Russian and Border Studies University of Eastern Finland Guest lecturer: ‘Borders and Identity’ -course Radboud University, Department of Geography (Netherlands) Invited guest speaker: The 2012 Thorvald Stoltenberg Conference Barents Institute and the University of Tromsø Kirkenes (Norway) Invited talks at national conferences and scientific meetings 5

6/2015 1/2014 10/2013 1/2013

11/2012 10/2012

Invited talk in the evening session of the Finnish Urban Studies Days 2014 5/2014 The Finnish Society for Urban Studies The Urban Studies Essay of the Year (Helsinki) Invited guest speaker, International Social Policy Afternoon (Helsinki) 3/2014 ICSW Finland and the Social Policy Association Finland Invited commentary on the seminar ‘Smart Borders’ 1/2014 VERA Centre for Russian and Border Studies, University of Eastern Finland International research visits University of Southern Denmark, Department of Border Region Studies (Denmark) (Altogether one month in June 2015) Radboud University, Department of Geography (Netherlands) (Altogether one week during 2012) University of Durham, Department of Geography (England) (Altogether 2 months during 2012) Recent conference presentations and seminars Prokkola, Eeva-Kaisa: ‘Scalar politics of regional development’ 6/2015 Uddevalla Symposium 2015 (Denmark) Prokkola, Eeva-Kaisa: ‘Everyday geographies of border crossing/control’ 9/2014 RELATE Centre of Excellence Kick off –seminar, Oulu (Finland) Prokkola, Eeva-Kaisa: ‘Borders and gender’ 6/2014 Association of Borderlands Studies 1st World Conference Joensuu – St. Petersburg (Finland and Russia) Prokkola, Eeva-Kaisa: Transnational lived citizenship –seminar 10/2013 Tampere (Finland) (workshop chair) Prokkola, Eeva-Kaisa: ‘Masculinity of knowledge and border visual’ 1/2013 Relocating borders: a comparative approach. Second EastBordNet Conference, Humbold University (Germany) Prokkola, Eeva-Kaisa: Tourism, Mobilities and Territoriality (session chair) 10/2012 Geography Day's 2012, University of Helsinki (Finland) Prokkola, Eeva-Kaisa and Lauren, Martin: Europe of borders (organizer) 10/2012 Geography Day's 2012, University of Helsinki (Finland) Prokkola, Eeva-Kaisa: ‘Neoliberal technologies of governing Finnish/Schengen borders’ Association of American Geographers Conference, New York (US) 2/2012

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