Harri Mikkola
Senior Research Fellow
The Global Security research programme
The Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Finland
Biography
CURRENT POSITION Senior Research Fellow in the Global Security programme, 2011- ACADEMIC DEGREES PhD, University of Tampere, Political Science, 2013 M.Soc.Sc, University of Tampere, Political Science, 2005 AREAS OF EXPERTISE Arctic region European security and defence market Security of supply VISITING POSITIONS Visiting Scholar, University of Minnesota, 2008 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Researcher, Finnish Defence Command, Scientific Advisory Board for Defence, 2010 Researcher, University of Tampere, 2006-2010 Trainee, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Political Department, Unit for Arms Control, 2004 ACADEMIC HONORS The best Finnish article of the year 2009, by The Finnish Political Science Association POSITIONS OF TRUST Secretary, The Finnish Arctic Society, 2013- LANGUAGES Finnish and English (working languages); Swedish and German (receptive)
Research Interest
Arctic region, European security and defence market, Security research, Security of supply
Publications
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2016 Moscow’s Arctic Dreams Turned Sour?: Analysing Russia's Policies in the Arctic, FIIA Briefing Paper 192, The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (with Juha Käpylä and Toivo Martikainen).
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2016 Huoltovarmuus muutoksessa: Kansallisen varautumisen haasteet kansainvälisessä toimintaympäristössä, FIIA Report 49, The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (with Mika Aaltola, Christian Fjäder, Eeva Innola and Juha Käpylä)
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2017 Suomen puheenjohtajuus Arktisessa neuvostossa (2017-2019) muutoksen ja epävarmuuden aikakaudella, Valtioneuvoston selvitys- ja tutkimustoiminnan julkaisusarja 14/2017 (with Timo Koivurova, Małgorzata Śmieszek, Adam Stępień, Juha Käpylä and Paula Kankaanpää).
