Maria Petäjäniemi
M.Ed.
Doctoral student
Education, Migration
Values, Ideologies and Social Contexts of Education
Faculty of Education and Psychology

Introduction
My PhD-research focuses on asylum seekers’ everyday lives in Northern Finland. I am interested in the implicit, discursive norms regarding people positioned as asylum seekers. The research produces longitudinal knowledge about the everyday experiences of young men seeking asylum.
Publications
Petäjäniemi, M., Lanas, M., & Kaukko, M. (2021). How to be a ‘Good Asylum Seeker’? The Subjectification of Young Men Seeking Asylum. Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 11 (3), 284–300. http://doi.org/10.33134/njmr.389
Petäjäniemi, Maria; Kaukko, Mervi; Lanas, Maija (2020). Confined in waiting: Young asylum seekers narrating in and out of temporary shelter. YOUNG, 29 (1), 62-80. https://doi.org/10.1177/1103308820904271
Petäjäniemi, Maria; Lanas, Maija; Kaukko, Mervi (2018). Osallisuus turvaa hakevan reunaehdoissa - Hätämajoitusyksikössä asuvien nuorten turvapaikanhakijamiesten kertomuksia arjesta. Aikuiskasvatus 38 (1), 4-17. https://journal.fi/aikuiskasvatus/article/view/88118/47292
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Visiting address
FI-90014 University of Oulu
KTK 209