Research Output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
My research interests include post/decolonial feminism, critical race and whiteness studies, politics of belonging, nationalism, welfare state, political activism and gendered violence. I currently work as Academy Research Fellow, conducting the research project Postethnic Activism in the Neoliberal Era: Translocal Studies on Political Subjectivities, Alliance-Building and Social Imaginaries, funded by the Academy of Finland (2014-2019). I also lead the research projects The Stopped - Spaces, Meanings and Practices of Ethnic Profiling, funded by the Kone foundation (2015-2018) and Intersectional Border Struggles and Disobedient Knowledge in Activism (2018-2022), funded by the Academy of Finland.
Previously I have investigated the politics of gender, nation and race in debates on immigration and multiculturalism, with a special focus on right-wing populist rhetoric. My post doctoral research project analysed the construction of national belonging and unbelonging in Danish and Finnish public debates on gendered violence in migrant/minority families.
I have also participated in a research project on generational negotiations, social control and gendered sexualities, funded by the Academy of Finland (2012-2016). In a previous research project, I analysed the narratives of migrant women abused by their family members, and the discourses of multiculturalism and violence that welfare professionals and authorities (police, social workers, staff in shelters and projects) draw upon.
RESEARCH NETWORKS
I actively participate in Nordic and European research networks. I am the leader of the Nordic research network Multiculturalism, Cultural Homogeneity and Societal Security (NOS-HS, 2016-2018). I am also the Finnish partner in the research networks Decolonial Critique, Knowledge Production and Social Change (NOS-HS, 2018-2019) and The Power of Narratives: Democracy and Media in Political Turmoil (NOS-HS, 2018-2019).
I have also been the Finnish coordinator in the Nordic research network The Futures of Feminism in the Nordic Region (NOS-HS, NIKK, 2016-2017) and Research Network on Nordic Populism (Nordforsk, 2011-2015).
Keywords
- 5200 Other social sciences
- Ethnic Relations
- Nationalism
- Racism
- Antiracism
- Whiteness
- Political Activism
- Ethnic and Racial Profiling
- Minority Families
- Gendered Violence
- Right-Wing Populism
- Media and Migration
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications 2009 2019
Narrations of Homogeneity, Waning Welfare States, and the Politics of Solidarity
Keskinen, S. P., Skaptadottir, U. D. & Toivanen, M., 2019, (Accepted/In press) Undoing Homogeneity in the Nordic Region: Migration, Difference and the Politics of Solidarity. RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Undoing Homogeneity in the Nordic Region: Migration, Difference and the Politics of Solidarity
Keskinen, S. P., Skaptadottir, U. D. & Toivanen, M., 2019, (Accepted/In press) Routledge.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
Etninen profilointi - arka aihe vai tuttu juttu?
Keskinen, S. P., Himanen, M., Pietarinen, K., Böök, L. & Sutinen, A., 2018, Jakautuuko Suomi?: Eriarvoisuus tutkijoiden, toimittajien ja taiteilijoiden silmin. Lähde, V. & Vehkoo, J. (eds.). Helsinki: Into kustannus, p. 57-65Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
Open Access
Seksuaalista väkivaltaa tulee torjua kokonaisvaltaisesti: Kyseessä ei ole vain yhden ryhmän ongelma
Keskinen, S. P. & Honkatukia, P., 14 Dec 2018, In : Helsingin Sanomat.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public
Open Access
Territorial Stigmatization, Gendered Racism and Young People’s Agency in a Multi-Ethnic School
Keskinen, S. P., 2018, Engaging Youth in Activism, Research, and Pedagogical Praxis: Transnational and Intersectional Perspectives on Gender, Sex, and Race. Shefer, T., Hearn, J., Ratele, K. & Boonzaier, F. (eds.). 1st ed. London: Routledge, p. 235-248 14 p. (Routledge Critical Studies in Gender and Sexuality in Education).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Projects 2014 2022
KNOWACT: Intersectional Border Struggles and Disobedient Knowledge in Activism
Keskinen, S. P., Aminkeng Atabong, A., Seikkula, M. K., Ruotsalainen, N. & Salleh-Hoddin, A.
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2022
Project: Research project › _Research
The Power of Narratives: Media and Democracy in Political Turmoil
Halfdanarson, G., Keskinen, S. P., Lundström, C., Loftsdottir, K. & Olafsson, J.
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2019
Project: Other project › _Research
Decolonial Critique, Knowledge Production and Social Change
Groglopo, A., Keskinen, S. P., Suarez-Krabbe, J. & Bang Svendsen, S. H.
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2019
Project: Other project › _Research
Postethnic Activism in the Neoliberal Era. Translocal Studies on Political Subjectivities, Alliance-Building and Social Imaginaries
01/09/2014 → 31/08/2019
Project: Research project › _Research
The Future of Feminisms in the Nordic Region
Keskinen, S. P., Stoltz, P., Mulinari, D., Halsaa, B. & Stormhöj, C.
01/01/2016 → 31/08/2018
Project: Other project › _Research
Activities 2009 2019
Tieteiden yö
Suvi Keskinen (Speaker: Opponent/discussant)10 Jan 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Decolonizing Knowledge
Suvi Keskinen (Member of organizing committee)4 Oct 2018 → 5 Oct 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
The Power of Narratives - Media and Democracy in Political Turmoil
Suvi Keskinen (Chair of organizing committee)4 Dec 2018 → 5 Dec 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
CEREN Colloquium The Stopped - Spaces, Meanings and Practices of Ethnic Profiling in Finland
Suvi Keskinen (Speaker: Presenter), Markus Himanen (Speaker: Presenter), Alemanji Aminkeng Atabong (Speaker: Presenter), Antti Kivijärvi (Speaker: Presenter), Aino Sutinen (Speaker: Presenter)21 Mar 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Talks
19th Nordic Migration Research Conference (NMR Conference)
Suvi Keskinen (Speaker: Chair), Unnur Dis Skaptadottir (Speaker: Chair)16 Aug 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Press / Media
“Partioauto lähti seuraamaan” – Vähemmistötaustaiset poliisitkin joutuvat kollegoiden etnisen profiloinnin kohteeksi eurooppalaiskaupungeissa
24/04/2018
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Maalaisjärki ei saa ohjata etniseen profilointiin
Suvi Päivikki Keskinen, Markus Himanen & Alemanji Aminkeng Atabong
21/04/2018
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Etninen profilointi niin yleistä, että osa vähemmistöistä tottunut siihen – vartijat käyttäytyvät töykeästi, poliisi kohteliaampi
Suvi Päivikki Keskinen, Markus Himanen & Alemanji Aminkeng Atabong
03/04/2018
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Finnish police engage in ethnic profiling despite ban
03/04/2018
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media