Johannes Riquet

Johannes Riquet is a Professor in the Department of English at Tampere University, Finland, and Head of English. He directs the Spatial Studies and Environmental Humanities research group and leads interdisciplinary projects such as Mediated Arctic Geographies funded by the Academy of Finland (EUR 480,000, 2019–2023).

• Research Interests: Spatial theory, literary geography, environmental humanities, Arctic studies, mobility, and deconstruction.

Recent Publications include monographs on island aesthetics, Arctic geopoetics, and co-edited volumes with Wesleyan UP and Manchester UP. His work spans cinematic geographies, Arctic comics, and hip-hop narratives.

• Grants: Principal Investigator for Mediated Arctic Geographies (Academy of Finland, 2019–2023).
• Collaborative Projects: Co-curated Circumpolar Connections with Indigenous scholars, integrating Arctic and Indigenous knowledges.