Elina Sinkkonen
Senior Research Fellow
The Global Security Research Programme
The Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Finland
Biography
Current Position at the Institute Senior Research Fellow, The Global Security Research Programme, 2014- Education DPhil, University of Oxford (UK), Department of Politics and International Relations, 2014 MSocSc, University of Helsinki, Department of Politics and Economics, 2008 Expertise China's domestic and foreign policy, international relations in East Asia, national identity and nationalism, public opinion issues in China Relevant Working Experience Researcher, University of Helsinki, 2013 Visiting researcher, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences 2011–2012 Member of China's War With Japan programme at the University of Oxford 2009–2013 Coordinator of Asia-Pacific Studies Programme, University of Helsinki 2007–2009 In addition teaching experience at the University of Helsinki from 2008 onwards Positions of Trust Secretary of Asia Society Finland 2008–2009 Language Skills Finnish, English, Chinese (working languages), French, Swedish, German, Spanish
Research Interest
China's domestic and foreign policy,international relations in East Asia, national identity and nationalism, public opinion issues in China
Publications
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2009 (in Finnish) "Isänmaallisuuskasvatuksen kampanja opiskelijoiden mielipiteiden muokkaajana" (Patriotic Education Campaign and its Role in Shaping Students' Attitudes). In Raisa Asikainen, Teemu Naarajärvi and Juha Vuori, (eds.) Pekingin kevät 1989.Tiananmen ja kiinalaisen aktivismin rajat (Beijing Spring. Tiananmen and the Limits of Chinese Activism). Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.
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2013 "Nationalism, Patriotism and Foreign Policy Attitudes among Chinese University Students." The China Quarterly, 216 (4), 1045–1063
