Making plans for future conflict archaeology research on the Åland Islands 2025-2026

Today we applied for funding for a unique Modern Conflict Archaeology project on the Åland Islands. If all goes well some 200 schoolchildren from local schools will be able to participate in excavations of First World War sites on Åland in 2026.

German troops landed on the Åland Islands in 1918.

Needless to say I´m extremely proud of all of you who contributed to the application process.

Lecturing about the Modern Conflict Archaeology research of the Finnish Civil War and the Cold War period

On April 2nd 2025 I will lecture about the ongoing modern conflict archaeology research projects in Kirkkonummi and SW Uusimaa. The lecture starts at 6 PM at Kirkkonummen kunnantalo (Ervastintie 2, Kirkkonummi).

During the lecture I will mostly speak about the fieldwork related to the Porkkala 1941-1944 project (2022-2025) but I will also touch briefly on my upcoming post doc project "1918" which studies the conflict archaeology cultural landscapes, events and materiality of the Finnish Civil War.