Ville Kellokumpu

I am a Doctoral Researcher at the Geography Research Unit of the University of Oulu. My fields of speciality are regional policy and development and political geography. The topic of my thesis is related to depoliticization of state governance and how depoliticization is used as strategic tool in the Finnish state restructuring processes. My research interests include various topics ranging from state theory, critical political economy, spatial and visionary planning to political theory.