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)