Derek Ruez
@derek-ruez.bsky.social
geographer, academic worker, queer, etc., based in Finland (he/they).
Academy Research Fellow, Space & Political Agency Research Group, Tampere University
Chair, Tampere University Association of Researchers and Teachers ry
Editor-in-chief, Space & Polity
Academy Research Fellow, Space & Political Agency Research Group, Tampere University
Chair, Tampere University Association of Researchers and Teachers ry
Editor-in-chief, Space & Polity
Pinned
Derek Ruez
@derek-ruez.bsky.social
· Jul 9
ACADEMIC BOYCOTT
Israeli universities are major, willing and persistent accomplices in Israel’s regime of military occupation, settler-colonialism, apartheid, and now genocide.
www.bdsmovement.net
Horror after horror unfolds in Gaza, and Israeli politicians continually advertise their genocidal and ethnic cleansing intentions.
I've long supported the academic boycott of Israeli universities, but today seemed like a good day to reiterate: www.bdsmovement.net/academic-boy... #geosky #bds
I've long supported the academic boycott of Israeli universities, but today seemed like a good day to reiterate: www.bdsmovement.net/academic-boy... #geosky #bds
Glad to see this piece, (Dis)placing Pride in Copenhagen, or the socio-spatial lives of queer/trans migrant critique, out in Queer Geographies: Key Debates and Contending Perspectives, edited by Alison Bain, Julie Podmore and Chan Arun-Pina: www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-o...
www.elgaronline.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Glad to see this piece, (Dis)placing Pride in Copenhagen, or the socio-spatial lives of queer/trans migrant critique, out in Queer Geographies: Key Debates and Contending Perspectives, edited by Alison Bain, Julie Podmore and Chan Arun-Pina: www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-o...
Tampere University friends:
Academic Board (konsistori) elections at Tampere University began this morning, and voting is open working days, 8am-5pm, until November 28. University staff and grant researchers can find the link to vote on the university intranet: intra.tuni.fi/en/organisat...
Academic Board (konsistori) elections at Tampere University began this morning, and voting is open working days, 8am-5pm, until November 28. University staff and grant researchers can find the link to vote on the university intranet: intra.tuni.fi/en/organisat...
November 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Tampere University friends:
Academic Board (konsistori) elections at Tampere University began this morning, and voting is open working days, 8am-5pm, until November 28. University staff and grant researchers can find the link to vote on the university intranet: intra.tuni.fi/en/organisat...
Academic Board (konsistori) elections at Tampere University began this morning, and voting is open working days, 8am-5pm, until November 28. University staff and grant researchers can find the link to vote on the university intranet: intra.tuni.fi/en/organisat...
An importat statement from Finland's Union of Research Professionals asking the Finnish government and immigration service to reconsider a legal interpretation that is preventing Palestinian passport holders from being able to apply/extend residence permits.
Suomessa olevia palestiinalaisia tutkijoita uhkaa pahimmassa tapauksessa karkotus maahanmuuton tiukennusten vuoksi. Vetoamme hallitukseen tilanteen korjaamiseksi ja että Maahanmuuttovirasto voi jatkossakin rinnastaa Palestiinan passin kansalliseen matkustusasiakirjaan.
#oleskelulupa
#oleskelulupa
Maahanmuuton tiukennukset uhkaavat Suomessa olevia palestiinalaisia tutkijoita
Suomessa olevat palestiinalaiset tutkijat ovat vaarassa joutua karkotetuiksi hallituksen kiristettyä maahanmuuttolainsäädäntöä.
buff.ly
September 5, 2025 at 6:14 AM
An importat statement from Finland's Union of Research Professionals asking the Finnish government and immigration service to reconsider a legal interpretation that is preventing Palestinian passport holders from being able to apply/extend residence permits.
Horror after horror unfolds in Gaza, and Israeli politicians continually advertise their genocidal and ethnic cleansing intentions.
I've long supported the academic boycott of Israeli universities, but today seemed like a good day to reiterate: www.bdsmovement.net/academic-boy... #geosky #bds
I've long supported the academic boycott of Israeli universities, but today seemed like a good day to reiterate: www.bdsmovement.net/academic-boy... #geosky #bds
ACADEMIC BOYCOTT
Israeli universities are major, willing and persistent accomplices in Israel’s regime of military occupation, settler-colonialism, apartheid, and now genocide.
www.bdsmovement.net
July 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Horror after horror unfolds in Gaza, and Israeli politicians continually advertise their genocidal and ethnic cleansing intentions.
I've long supported the academic boycott of Israeli universities, but today seemed like a good day to reiterate: www.bdsmovement.net/academic-boy... #geosky #bds
I've long supported the academic boycott of Israeli universities, but today seemed like a good day to reiterate: www.bdsmovement.net/academic-boy... #geosky #bds
An important essay on birthright citizenship in the Americas (from last month, but still all too relevant, if you haven't seen it): www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Revolutionary Idea That Remade the New World
Birthright citizenship is distinctly American—but not in the way Trump thinks.
www.theatlantic.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
An important essay on birthright citizenship in the Americas (from last month, but still all too relevant, if you haven't seen it): www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Found a few minutes today to dip into this great collection of short, open access pieces on The promise of cultural geography, edited by @vickiezhang.bsky.social g.bsky.social and @benandersongeog.bsky.social. Definitely worth checking out! research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publicati...
The promise of cultural geography
research-information.bris.ac.uk
June 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Found a few minutes today to dip into this great collection of short, open access pieces on The promise of cultural geography, edited by @vickiezhang.bsky.social g.bsky.social and @benandersongeog.bsky.social. Definitely worth checking out! research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publicati...
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Mahmoud Khalil is free. May his release lead to the release of all who are detained and incarcerated from the US to Palestine, in ICE facilities and in prisons. And may his courage inspire us to remain steadfast in fighting for Palestinian liberation.
June 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Mahmoud Khalil is free. May his release lead to the release of all who are detained and incarcerated from the US to Palestine, in ICE facilities and in prisons. And may his courage inspire us to remain steadfast in fighting for Palestinian liberation.
Furious that the Israeli state just continues to murder whomever it wants, whenever it wants, and the countries that have armed and funded that state do nothing to stop it.
June 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Furious that the Israeli state just continues to murder whomever it wants, whenever it wants, and the countries that have armed and funded that state do nothing to stop it.
I'm quoted in this piece about experiences of 'academic experts from abroad' in Finland. The quotes are a translation of a translation, but this one i liked: ”The two-faced approach of being friendly to ’international experts’ while making things worse for others is a moral and political failure.”
Certainty about the future would convince to stay - Acatiimi
Finland wants more academic experts from abroad, but many of those who move here depart after a few years. What could be done differently?
acatiimi.fi
June 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I'm quoted in this piece about experiences of 'academic experts from abroad' in Finland. The quotes are a translation of a translation, but this one i liked: ”The two-faced approach of being friendly to ’international experts’ while making things worse for others is a moral and political failure.”
Excited to read Kahina Meziant's new paper, 'Glitches, geopoetics, and the matter of migration: Regrounding beyond citizenship' at @thegj.bsky.social: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Geographical Journal | RGS Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
This paper introduces regrounding as a form of poetic justice that challenges national citizenship by centring material and affective practices—like sharing tea, tending soil, and planting seeds—as m...
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Excited to read Kahina Meziant's new paper, 'Glitches, geopoetics, and the matter of migration: Regrounding beyond citizenship' at @thegj.bsky.social: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
In a very short time, over 1600 researchers from Finnish universities and research organizations joined a petition calling on Finland to recognize the state of Palestine and do everything it can stop the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing.
Gaza | Yli 1 600 tutkijaa vaatii Suomea tunnustamaan Palestiinan
Tutkijat vaativat Suomen johtoa tekemään enemmän kansanmurhan ja etnisen puhdistuksen estämiseksi.
www.hs.fi
May 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In a very short time, over 1600 researchers from Finnish universities and research organizations joined a petition calling on Finland to recognize the state of Palestine and do everything it can stop the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing.
Always interesting to learn more about how Finnish university international affairs staff are approaching internationalization at #kvkevätpäivät. Looking forward to our session tomorrow discussing @tieteentekijat.bsky.social's proposals for flexibile multilingualism in research and higher education.
May 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Always interesting to learn more about how Finnish university international affairs staff are approaching internationalization at #kvkevätpäivät. Looking forward to our session tomorrow discussing @tieteentekijat.bsky.social's proposals for flexibile multilingualism in research and higher education.
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"Why do faceless politicians have the power to strip human beings of their divine moments?”
Mahmoud Khalil shares a public letter to his 3 week old son, who he hasn't been allowed to meet because ICE is keeping him detained for his speech in support of Palestinian rights.
Mahmoud Khalil shares a public letter to his 3 week old son, who he hasn't been allowed to meet because ICE is keeping him detained for his speech in support of Palestinian rights.
To my newborn son: I am absent not out of apathy, but conviction | Mahmoud Khalil
Deen, the grief I feel being apart from you is one drop in a sea of sorrow Palestinian families have drowned in for generations
www.theguardian.com
May 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Why do faceless politicians have the power to strip human beings of their divine moments?”
Mahmoud Khalil shares a public letter to his 3 week old son, who he hasn't been allowed to meet because ICE is keeping him detained for his speech in support of Palestinian rights.
Mahmoud Khalil shares a public letter to his 3 week old son, who he hasn't been allowed to meet because ICE is keeping him detained for his speech in support of Palestinian rights.
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Strong and active presence of SPARG scholars in the historic one-day strike @ Tampere Uni
May 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Strong and active presence of SPARG scholars in the historic one-day strike @ Tampere Uni
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Huomenna Tampereen yliopisto menee historiallisesti lakkoon. Tule lakkotapahtumaan yliopiston päätalon eteen klo 13 osoittamaan solidaarisuutesi ja näyttämään, että meidän yli ei kävellä! Nyt on aika taistella kaikkien Suomen yliopistojen työntekijöiden puolesta!
Yliopistosektorille ei ole saatu sovintoehdotusta. Tampereen yliopistossa toteutuu lakko keskiviikkona 7.5. Palkankorotusten lisäksi kiista koskee työehtosopimukseen kirjattua opetustuntikattoa, jolla suojellaan opetus- ja tutkimustyötä tekeviä työkuormilta.
tieteentekijat.fi/yliopistosek...
tieteentekijat.fi/yliopistosek...
Yliopistosektorille ei sovintoehdotusta - lakko toteutuu Tampereella 7.5.
Valtakunnansovittelija ei ole antanut sovintoehdotusta yliopistojen työehtokiistaan. Vuorokauden lakko toteutuu Tampereen yliopistossa 7.5.
tieteentekijat.fi
May 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Huomenna Tampereen yliopisto menee historiallisesti lakkoon. Tule lakkotapahtumaan yliopiston päätalon eteen klo 13 osoittamaan solidaarisuutesi ja näyttämään, että meidän yli ei kävellä! Nyt on aika taistella kaikkien Suomen yliopistojen työntekijöiden puolesta!
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The National Conciliator has not made a settlement proposal for the university labour dispute. The 24-hour strike at Tampere University will take place on Wednesday, May 7th.
#Strike #University #WeAreTheUniversity
tieteentekijat.fi/en/no-settle...
#Strike #University #WeAreTheUniversity
tieteentekijat.fi/en/no-settle...
No settlement proposal – Strike at Tampere University on Wednesday, May 7th
The National Conciliator has not made a settlement proposal for the university labour dispute. Strike at Tampere University begins on Wednesday, May 7th.
tieteentekijat.fi
May 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The National Conciliator has not made a settlement proposal for the university labour dispute. The 24-hour strike at Tampere University will take place on Wednesday, May 7th.
#Strike #University #WeAreTheUniversity
tieteentekijat.fi/en/no-settle...
#Strike #University #WeAreTheUniversity
tieteentekijat.fi/en/no-settle...
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"Tampereen yliopiston lakolla puolustetaan työntekijöille tärkeitä asioita: opetuksen laatua, tutkimus- ja innovaatiotoiminnan edistymistä sekä hyvinvoivaa työyhteisöä."
#Tieteentekijät #MeOlemmeYliopisto
#Tieteentekijät #MeOlemmeYliopisto
Lukijalta | Tampereen yliopiston henkilökunta on menossa lakkoon kaikkien Suomen yliopistolaisten puolesta
Yliopistotyöntekijät haluavat tehdä työnsä hyvin, sanoo seitsemän mielipidekirjoittajaa.
www.aamulehti.fi
May 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
"Tampereen yliopiston lakolla puolustetaan työntekijöille tärkeitä asioita: opetuksen laatua, tutkimus- ja innovaatiotoiminnan edistymistä sekä hyvinvoivaa työyhteisöä."
#Tieteentekijät #MeOlemmeYliopisto
#Tieteentekijät #MeOlemmeYliopisto
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📢 University labor negotiations stalled – strike notice for Tampere University on May 7! At Tampere University, the strike will cover all work tasks under the general collective agreement for universities.
Strike notice for Tampere University
At Tampere University, the strike will cover all work tasks under the general collective agreement for universities.
buff.ly
April 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📢 University labor negotiations stalled – strike notice for Tampere University on May 7! At Tampere University, the strike will cover all work tasks under the general collective agreement for universities.
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Ranjani Srinivasan, the Columbia grad student whose visa was revoked forcing a "self deportation", was scheduled to present their research at the AAG meeting next week. This is an outrageous attack on our colleague and on geographic thought. Share and sign the statement below.
March 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Ranjani Srinivasan, the Columbia grad student whose visa was revoked forcing a "self deportation", was scheduled to present their research at the AAG meeting next week. This is an outrageous attack on our colleague and on geographic thought. Share and sign the statement below.
Reposted by Derek Ruez
Fresh out paper on ‘fitful infrastructures’ of survival in Gaza amid infrastructural elimination in Antipode by two GOCEP researchers, Khalid Dader and Mikko Joronen. @antipodeonline.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Fitful Infrastructures: Dwelling with Infrastructural Elimination in Gaza
Since 7 October 2023, Gaza has been subjected to unprecedented Israeli genocidal violence that has erased its life-supporting infrastructure. To understand how Gazans navigated these catastrophic con...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Fresh out paper on ‘fitful infrastructures’ of survival in Gaza amid infrastructural elimination in Antipode by two GOCEP researchers, Khalid Dader and Mikko Joronen. @antipodeonline.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Ripping a student from their home, challenging their immigration status, and detaining them solely based on political viewpoint will chill student speech and advocacy across campuses nationwide.
Political speech should never be a basis of punishment or lead to deportation.
Political speech should never be a basis of punishment or lead to deportation.
The Trump administration’s detention of Mahmoud Khalil — a green card holder studying in this country legally — is targeted, retaliatory, and an extreme attack on his First Amendment rights.
apnews.com/article/colu...
apnews.com/article/colu...
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests, his lawyer says
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.
apnews.com
March 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Ripping a student from their home, challenging their immigration status, and detaining them solely based on political viewpoint will chill student speech and advocacy across campuses nationwide.
Political speech should never be a basis of punishment or lead to deportation.
Political speech should never be a basis of punishment or lead to deportation.
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For anyone around Tampere University, another exciting iteration of the Decentering the Global lecture series is in the works for April. Students can register to participate for course credit (5 ECTS).
February 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
For anyone around Tampere University, another exciting iteration of the Decentering the Global lecture series is in the works for April. Students can register to participate for course credit (5 ECTS).
Had the opportunity to co-write this paper on love, work, and the world with @ajsecor.bsky.social & @dcockayne.bsky.social.
It's been out for a few months already (in a great SI on Affect and Ideology, co-edited by @ajsecor.bsky.social & @benandersongeog.bsky.social), but wanted to share here.
It's been out for a few months already (in a great SI on Affect and Ideology, co-edited by @ajsecor.bsky.social & @benandersongeog.bsky.social), but wanted to share here.
journals.lwbooks.co.uk
January 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Had the opportunity to co-write this paper on love, work, and the world with @ajsecor.bsky.social & @dcockayne.bsky.social.
It's been out for a few months already (in a great SI on Affect and Ideology, co-edited by @ajsecor.bsky.social & @benandersongeog.bsky.social), but wanted to share here.
It's been out for a few months already (in a great SI on Affect and Ideology, co-edited by @ajsecor.bsky.social & @benandersongeog.bsky.social), but wanted to share here.