Curriculum Vitae

Current position at the institute
Programme Director in the European Union research programme

Academic Degrees
PhD, University of Bristol (UK), Department of Politics, 2006
BSocSc, University of Birmingham (UK), Department of Politics and International Studies, 2000

Expertise
EU’s Foreign and Security Policy
EU’s Asia Policy
Global Governance and the G20

Current projects at FIIA
Forging Global Governance: Economics, Poverty and Climate

Professional experience
Senior Visiting Research Fellow, European Union Institute for Security Studies, Pariisi, September 2009 - March 2010
Advisor, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 2009
Director, University of Hesinki Network for European Studies, 2008
Research Fellow, University of Helsinki Network for European Studies, 2007-2009

Positions of Trust
Board member of Finnish Association of International Studies, 2009-
Member of the Advisory Board on Human Rights, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 2008-
Member of Civil Society Sub-Committee of the Equality Committee set to reform the the Finnish equality legislation, Ministry of Justice, Finland, 2009
Chairperson of Seta, the National Organization for LGBT Rights in Finland, 2006-2008

Languages
Finnish and English (working languages), Swedish (passive)