Hidefumi Nishiyama
PhD, Title of Docent
Academy Research Fellow
Please note that I am currently on leave. I might not be able to respond in a timely manner. Apologies in advance.
I am an Academy Research Fellow working at the Geography Research Unit (GRU) of the University of Oulu. My research broadly lies in the field of political geography and studies of geopolitics, security, and militarism, with particular interest in questions of colonialism. My recent research includes the Research Council of Finland postdoctoral project "Spaces of Disregard: An agnotological approach to the geopolitics of Okinawa" (2019-2022), which focused on the post-colonial politics of ignorance concerning the militarised island of Okinawa. I am currently leading two research projects: "Militarised Indigenous Borderscapes: Reconfiguring geographies of war and borders" (2023-2028, funded by the Research Council of Finland), which explores military uses of land in Sápmi and Okinawa, and "Youth in the security agenda: rethinking (in)security through young people" (2026-2030, funded by Kone Foundation), which examines security discourses and practices concerning young people in Finland.
I have an international and interdisciplinary background. Before joining GRU in 2017, I did my PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Warwick. I also have a master's degree in Sociology from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a bachelor's degree in Sociology and Cultural Studies from Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.
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University of Oulu
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