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Honorary title

Adjunct professor, University of Helsinki

Expertise

Japanese studies (area studies), Japan in the Asian regional context, major power relations in East Asia, EU-Asia relations, Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), Asia-Europe connectivity

Degrees

PhD, Graduate University for Advanced Studies ( Japan)

Language skills

English, Dutch, Japanese (working languages), German, French, Finnish (receptive skills)

Projects

America’s changing global role and its impacts on transatlantic relations
Superregionalism and Contentious Connectivity in Asia


Latest FIIA Publications

Expertise

Japanese studies (area studies), Japan in the Asian regional context, major power relations in East Asia, EU-Asia relations, Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), Asia-Europe connectivity

Honorary title

Adjunct professor, University of Helsinki

Work experience

Specially-appointed Associate Professor, Osaka University, 2014-2018
Programme Director (acting), Global Security Research Programme, The Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Acting Professor of Japanese Language and Culture, University of Helsinki, 2009-2011
Project leader, Senior Researcher, University of Helsinki Network for European Studies, 2007-2009
Adviser, ASEM6-secretariat, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 2006
Researcher, University of Helsinki Network for European Studies, 2005-2006

Current projects at FIIA

Japan’s foreign policy
Asia-Europe connectivity
Major power relations in East Asia

Degrees

PhD, Graduate University for Advanced Studies ( Japan)

Education

PhD, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Japan) 1999
MA, Osaka University of Foreign Studies (Japan) 1995
Licentiate, University of Leuven (Belgium) 1989

Language skills

English, Dutch, Japanese (working languages), German, French, Finnish (receptive skills)

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Gaens, Bart; Jüris, Frank & Raik, Kristi (2021). Introduction and key findings. In Bart Gaens, Frank Jüris & Kristi Raik ed(s): Nordic-Baltic connectivity with Asia via the Arctic: Assessing opportunities and risks. Tallinn: International Centre for Defence and Security. 8-31.

Arctic region Asia Baltic states Geoeconomics Pohjoismaat B Non-refereed scientific articles

Kallio, Jyrki & Gaens, Bart (2020). Finland's relations with China and the US. In Esteban, Mario and Miguel Otero-Iglesias ed(s): Europe in the Face of US-China Rivalry. A Report by the European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC). Madrid: Real Instituto Elcano. 57-63.

China Finnish foreign policy United States A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (2018). Two decades of the Asia-Europe Meeting. In Gaens, Bart & Khandekar, Gauri ed(s): Inter-regional relations and the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. 9-32.

Asia Europe European Union A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (2018). ASEM's process of enlargement and its implications. In Gaens, Bart & Khandekar, Gauri ed(s): Inter-regional relations and the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. 173-190.

Asia Multilateralism A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (2016). Comparing Japan and the European Union: the development cooperation policies of two civilian powers. In Asplund, Andre; Söderberg, Marie ed(s): Japanese Development Cooperation. The making of an aid Architecture Pivoting to Asia. Routledge. 141-158.

Asia Development cooperation Europe European Union Japan A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (2015). Conclusions. In Gaens, Bart ed(s): The Future of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). Looking Ahead Into ASEM’s Third Decade. Brussels: European External Action Service . 137-145.

Asia European Union Multilateralism D Publications intended for professional communities

Gaens, Bart (2015). ASEM Enlargement. In Gaens, Bart ed(s): The Future of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). Looking Ahead Into ASEM’s Third Decade. Brussels: European External Action Service . 65-85.

Asia European Union Multilateralism D Publications intended for professional communities

Gaens, Bart (2015). Introduction. In Gaens, Bart ed(s): The Future of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). Looking Ahead Into ASEM’s Third Decade. Brussels: European External Action Service . 16-20.

Asia European Union Multilateralism D Publications intended for professional communities

Gaens, Bart (2015). Sympathy or self-interest? : the development agendas of the European Union and Japan in the 2000s. In Bacon, Paul; Mayer, Hartmut; Nakamura, Hidetoshi ed(s): The European Union and Japan : a new chapter in civilian power cooperation? Farnham: Ashgate. 151-168.

Development cooperation European Union Japan A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (2015). ASEM in the wake of the Milan Summit. In Hofmeister, Wilhelm; Rueppel, Patrick ed(s): The future of Asia-Europe cooperation. Singapore: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and European Union.

Asia Europe European Union Multilateralism B Non-refereed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (2014). Japan, Europe and East Asian regionalism. In Liu Jianhui; Sano Mayuko ed(s): Rethinking “Japanese Studies” from Practices in the Nordic Region.

Asia Europe European Union Japan Multilateralism A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (2014). Kiinan pelko ohjaa Japania. Ulkopolitiikka, 4:68-71.

Asia China Japan D Publications intended for professional communities

Gaens, Bart (2014). The China Menace. Japan Today, 30.12.

Asia China Japan E Publications intended for the general public

Gaens, Bart Gaens (2013). Myanmarin nuorallatanssi. Ulkopolitiikka (2).

Asia D Publications intended for professional communities

Gaens, Bart (2013). EU in Southeast Asia: An alternative to other powers? A stamp on the world -blog, 12.11.

Asia European Union E Publications intended for the general public

Gaens, Bart (2012). Japan’s political power as reflected in Japanese Studies research. Gekkan Minpaku.

Asia Japan A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (2012). Myanmar avaa oviaan kurinalaisesti. Ulkopolitiikka (2).

Asia D Publications intended for professional communities

Gaens, Bart (2011). The rise of interregionalisms: the case of the European Union’s relations with East Asia. In Timothy M. Shawn; J. Andrew Grant; Scarlett Cornelissen ed(s): The Ashgate Research Companion to Regionalisms. Farnham: Ashgate.

Asia European Union Multilateralism A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (2010). Company Culture or Patinated Past? - The Display of Corporate Heritage in Sumitomo. In Brumann, Christoph and Cox, Rupert ed(s): Making Heritage in Japan. London: Routledge.

Asia Japan A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (2010). (R)emasculation of the Salaryman - Representations of Japanese White-Collar Employees in the Manga Shima Kôsaku. In Iwatake, Mikako ed(s): New Perspectives from Japan and China. . Helsinki: University of Helsinki, Department of World Cultures.

Asia Japan B Non-refereed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (2009). The development of the EU’s Asia strategy with special reference to China and India - Driving forces and new directions. In Gaens, Bart; Jokela, Juha; and Limnell, Eija ed(s): The European Union’s Role in Asia: China and India as Strategic Partners. Aldershot: Ashgate.

Asia China European Union India A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Jokela, Juha & Gaens, Bart (2009). Introduction. In Gaens, Bart; Jokela, Juha & Limnell, Eija ed(s): The Role of the European Union in Asia: China and India as Strategic Partners. Farnham: Ashgate.

Asia China Europe European Union India A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (2008). Summary and Conclusions. In Gaens, Bart ed(s): Europe-Asia Interregional Relations – A Decade of ASEM. Aldershot: Ashgate.

Asia Multilateralism A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart ed(s) (2008). Europe-Asia Interregional Relations – A Decade of ASEM. Aldershot: Ashgate.

Asia European Union Multilateralism C Scientific books (monographs)

Gaens, Bart & Keva, Silja (2008). ASEM’s Institutional Infrastructure. In Gaens, Bart ed(s): Europe-Asia Interregional Relations – A Decade of ASEM. Aldershot: Ashgate.

Asia Multilateralism A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (2008). The Outcomes of the ASEM6 Summit in Helsinki. In Gaens, Bart ed(s): Europe-Asia Interregional Relations – A Decade of ASEM. Aldershot: Ashgate.

Asia Europe European Union Multilateralism A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (2008). ASEM as a Tool to ‘Bridge the Cultural Divide. In Gaens, Bart ed(s): Europe-Asia Interregional Relations – A Decade of ASEM. Aldershot: Ashgate.

Asia Multilateralism A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (2008). ASEM as an Economy-oriented Partnership. In Gaens, Bart ed(s): Europe-Asia Interregional Relations – A Decade of ASEM. Aldershot: Ashgate.

Asia Economic policy Multilateralism A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (2008). ASEM’s Background and Rationale. In Gaens, Bart ed(s): Europe-Asia Interregional Relations – A Decade of ASEM. Aldershot: Ashgate.

Asia Multilateralism A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (2008). Introduction. In Gaens, Bart ed(s): Europe-Asia Interregional Relations – A Decade of ASEM. Aldershot: Ashgate.

Asia Multilateralism A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart; Vogt, Henri & Palosaari, Teemu (2008). Puheenvuoro: Euroopalle lisää puhelinnumeroita. Ulkopolitiikka (1).

Europe D Publications intended for professional communities

Gaens, Bart (2007). All for One and One for All? Re-considering Collectivity in the Modernization of Japanese Business Firms. In Raud, Rein ed(s): Japan and Asian Modernities. London: Kegan Paul.

Asia Economic policy Japan A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Tiilikainen, Teija; Kivimäki, Timo; Gaens, Bart & Keva, Silja (2006). ASEM in its Tenth Year. Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland .

D Publications intended for professional communities

Gaens, Bart (2006). Beyond ASEM VI: Lessons for the Actors. In Bersick, Sebastian; Stokhof, Wim; van der Velde, Paul ed(s): Multiregionalism and Multilateralism: Asia-Europe Relations in a Global Context. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

Asia Multilateralism B Non-refereed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (2005). Nihon shûkyû (sakkâ) bunka no hensen” (The transformation of Japan’s football culture). In Sonoda Hidehiro ed(s): Ketsujo, gyaku ketsujo no kanten kara mita Nihon no seikatsu bunka. Kyoto: Shibunkaku.

Asia Japan B Non-refereed scientific articles

Länsisalmi, Riikka & Gaens, Bart (2005). Who needs Japan anyway? NIASnytt-Asia Insights (1).

Asia Japan D Publications intended for professional communities

Gaens, Bart (2002). Chôja no yama – Kinseiteki keiei no Nichiô hikaku–” (Millionnaire’s Mountain – Early Modern Business Organization in Japan and Europe. In ed(s): Nichibunken Forum.

Asia Japan B Non-refereed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (2000). A Comparative Examination of Early Modern European and Japanese Business Units. Kokusai nihon kenkyu, 1:1-28.

Asia Japan B Non-refereed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (2000). Family, Enterprise, and Corporation – The Organization of Izumiya-Sumitomo in the Tokugawa Period. Japan Review, 12:205-230.

Asia Japan A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (1999). The Organization of Merchant Houses in Tokugawa Japan – a Comparison with the Low Countries. The Graduate University for Advanced Studies .

Asia Europe Japan G Theses

Gaens, Bart (1999). Sakkâ bunka to shakaiteki henka. Kosei jûshi suru wakamono no shinboru (Football culture and social change. The symbol of individualistic youth). Sankei shinbun, 30.5.

Asia Japan E Publications intended for the general public

Gaens, Bart (1998). The Relation between family and Enterprise in Early Modern Japan - The House of Sumitomo as a Case Study. Orientalia Lovaniensia Periodica, 29:189-204.

Asia Japan A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Gaens, Bart (1995). "Kinsei, kindai ni okeru Sumitomoke no kakun to kahô – Kagyô keiei to no kanrensei ni tsuite” (“The Household Codes of Izumiya-Sumitomo in the Tokugawa and Meiji Periods and Their Relation to Business Management”). Osaka University of Foreign Studies.

Asia Japan G Theses

Gaens, Bart (1994). Kinsei, kindai ni okeru Sumitomoke no kakun to kahô” (The Household Precepts of Izumiya-Sumitomo in the Tokugawa and Meiji Periods). Nihongo, Nihon bunka kenkyû (Studies in Japanese Language and Culture), 4:45-55.

Asia Japan B Non-refereed scientific articles