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Harri Mikkola is the Programme Director of the Finnish Foreign Policy, Northern European Security and NATO research programme. His fields of expertise include the Arctic region, societal resilience, security of supply, hybrid influencing, Finnish defence and security policy, as well as defence market issues. 

Mikkola has published extensively on the respected topics and has years of experience in managing research projects. Prior to joining the FIIA in 2011, Mikkola worked at the Finnish Defence Command, at the University of Tampere in Finland, and as a Visiting Researcher at the University of Minnesota in the US. He received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Tampere in 2013.

Expertise

Arctic region; societal resilience; security of supply; hybrid threats; European security and defence market; Finnish foreign, security and defence policy

Degrees

PhD (Political Science), University of Tampere

Language skills

Finnish and English (working languages); Swedish and German (receptive)

Projects

Geoeconomic risks and their impact on the security of supply of Finland and the European Union
NATO in the North, the North in NATO
Finland’s evolving role in Euro-Atlantic security
America’s changing global role and its impacts on transatlantic relations
Finland and Climate Security in an Interdependent World
Northern Europe in Russia’s Foreign and Security Policy
Nordic Security of Supply in the Age of Disruption


Latest FIIA Publications

Expertise

Arctic region; societal resilience; security of supply; hybrid threats; European security and defence market; Finnish foreign, security and defence policy

Positions of responsibility

Secretary, The Finnish Arctic Society, 2013-

Work 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

Visiting positions

Visiting Scholar, University of Minnesota, 2008

Academic honors

The best Finnish article of the year 2009,  by The Finnish Political Science Association

Degrees

PhD (Political Science), University of Tampere

Education

PhD, University of Tampere, Political Science, 2013

MSc, University of Tampere, Political Science, 2005

Language skills

Finnish and English (working languages); Swedish and German (receptive)

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Lavikainen, Jyri; Pynnöniemi, Katri; Saari, Sinikukka; Järvenpää, Pauli; Mikkola, Harri; Mikkola, Olli-Matti; Pesu, Matti; Saarinen, Sampo & Sinkkonen, Elina (2019). Venäjän ulkopolitiikka. In ed(s): Voiman Venäjä. Helsinki: Puolustusministeriö. 12-46.

Mikkola, Harri; Martikainen, Toivo & Käpylä, Juha (2016). Arktisen politiikan turvallistaminen. In Toivo Martikainen et al. ed(s): Venäjän muuttuva rooli Suomen lähialueilla. Helsinki: Valtioneuvoston kanslia. 43-48.

Mikkola, Harri (2014). Epävarma arktinen: Arktiksen tulevaisuus vastakkainasettelun keppihevosena? FIIA Column, 21.11.

Mikkola, Harri (2014). Arktinen eldorado vai tragedia? Ilmastonmuutos ja Arktiksen kehityksen hyöty-kustannussuhde. FIIA Column, 3.4.

Mikkola, Harri (2014). Ukraina ja reaalipolitiikan paluu Arktikselle? FIIA Column, 13.3.

Mikkola, Harri (2013). Politiikan paluu Arktiselle. FIIA Column, 24.10.

Mikkola, Harri & Anteroinen, Jukka (2012). Suomi tarvitsee omaa puolustusteollisuutta. Helsingin Sanomat, 10.10.

Mikkola, Harri (2011). Turvallisuustutkimuksen toimijakartoitus. Ministry of Defence of Finland, Scientific Advisory Board for Defence.

Mikkola, Harri & Käpylä, Juha ed(s) (2007). Kosmopolis. Tampere: Suomen rauhantutkimusyhdistys.