email:
harri.mikkola@fiia.fi
telephone:
+358 9432 7792
mobile:
+358 50 574 0432

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

America’s changing global role and its impacts on transatlantic relations
Finland and Climate Security in an Interdependent World


latest 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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Uhka vai mahdollisuus? Suomi ja Euroopan puolustus- ja turvallisuusmarkkinoiden muutos.

Europe Security and Defence Policy FIIA Report

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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.

Russia D Publications intended for professional communities

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.

Arctic region D Publications intended for professional communities

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

Arctic region E Publications intended for the general public

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

Arctic region Climate governance Economic policy E Publications intended for the general public

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

Arctic region Russia Ukraine E Publications intended for the general public

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

Arctic region E Publications intended for the general public

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

Europe Finnish foreign policy Security and Defence Policy E Publications intended for the general public

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

Finnish foreign policy Security and Defence Policy D Publications intended for professional communities

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

C Scientific books (monographs)