People
Research Director
Marko Lehti
- Research Director of Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI)
- Senior Research Fellow; Academic Director of MA programme in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research (PEACE)
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- +358401901595
- marko.lehti@tuni.fi
About me
I am the Research Director of Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI) and the academic director of the MA programme in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research. My research focusses on peace mediation and dialogues, crises of liberal peace, transformation of identities and the idea of Nordic peace. My latest books are “Contestations of Liberal Order. The West in Crisis?” (Palgrave 2020), co-edited with Henna-Riikka Pennanen & Jukka Jouhki, and “The Era of Private Peacemakers. A New Dialogic Approach to Mediation” (Palgrave 2019). “Contestations of Liberal Order. The West in Crisis?” assesses the narratives about the crisis of western liberal order. “The Era of Private Peacemakers. A New Dialogic Approach to Mediation” deals with the turbulent change of international peacemaking and the growing role of international NGOs. I have directed several international projects, including the most recent one: the OSCE Network project “Cross-regional Corridors of Dialogue: Developing a Complementing Track for Transforming Long-standing Conflicts”. The project focuses on Southern Caucasus and Moldova. It is funded by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Professor
Tarja Väyrynen
- Professor for Peace and Conflict Research
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- +358401904097
- tarja.vayrynen@tuni.fi
About me
I am a Professor of Peace and Conflict Research and the former Research Director of TAPRI. In the past, I have been a Research Fellow with the Academy of Finland.
I have studied and taught International Relations and International Conflict Analysis in Finland, the UK and the US.
Field of expertise
I have a longstanding and internationally recognized expertise in the study of conflict, conflict resolution, gender and peace. My work theorizes materiality, the corporeality of human existence, everyday practices of peace and slow violence.
With my Research Group on Corporeality, Mobility and Resistance (COMPORE), I have studied amongst other things human mobility, practices of governance, agency and resistance.
My recent research interests also include human/nonhuman encounters, environmental conflicts and their transformation.
Research topics
- Conflict and conflict transformation
- Peacebuilding
- Identity politics
- Feminist peace research
- Human Mobility
- Resistance and agency
- Practices of governance
- Environmental conflicts
2016-2020: Research funding from the Academy of Finland for the project “Mundane Practices of Peace” (400 000 euros) 1.9. 2016 –31.8.2020
2016-2018: Network funding from the Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOS-HS) for Feminist Peace Research (50 000 euros)
2010-2014: Research funding from the Academy of Finland for the project “The Body Politics of Migration – Embodied and Silent Political Agency” (500 000 euros) 1.1. 2010 –31.12.2014
Recent publications
(2020) Väyrynen, Tarja & Parashar, Swati & Feron, Elise & Confortini, Catia (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Feminist Peace Research. New York, London: Routledge.
(2019) “Mundane peace and the politics of vulnerability: a nonsolid feminist research agenda”, Peacebuilding 7(2): 146-157.
(2019) Väyrynen, Tarja, Corporeal Peacebuilding: Mundane Bodies and Temporal Transitions, London, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
(2017) Väyrynen, Tarja, Puumala, Eeva, Pehkonen, Samu, Kynsilehto, Anitta and Vaittinen Tiina Choreographies of Resistance: Mobile Bodies and Relational Politics, London, New York: Rowman and Littlefield.
(2016) “Re-thinking national temporal orders: the subaltern presence and enactment of the political”, Review of International Studies 42(4): 597-612.
(2016) “The Finnish national identity and the sacrificial male body: war, postmemory and resistance”, National Identities, 18(2): 217-232.
(2015) Väyrynen, Tarja & Eeva Puumala “Bodies of War, the Past Continuous, and (Ar)rhytmic Experiences”, Alternatives: Local, Global, Political 40(4): 237-250.
(2014) “Muted National Memory: When the “Hitler’s Brides” Speak the Truth”, International Feminist Journal of Politics, 16(2): 218-235. DOI 10.1080/14616742.2013.773155.
Articles in international peer-review journals
(2013) “Re-thinking Peace through the Figure of Parrhesiastes: Creating Agonistic Political Space”, International Journal of Conflict Engagement and Resolution, 1(2): 147-162.
(2013) “Keeping the Trauma of War Open in the Male Body – Resisting the Hegemonic Forms of Masculinity and Finnish National Identity”, Journal of Gender Studies 22(2): 137-151.
(2011) Puumala, Eeva, Väyrynen, Tarja, Kynsilehto, Anitta & Pehkonen, Samu “Events of the Body Politic, A Nancian Reading of Asylum-Seekers’ Bodily Choreographies and Resistance”, Body & Society 17(4): 83-104.
(2011) von der Lippe, Berit & Tarja, Väyrynen, “Co-opting feminist voices for the war on terror: Laura Bush meets Nordic feminism”, European Journal of Women’s Studies 18(1): 19-33.
(2008) Jutila, Matti, Pehkonen, Samu & Tarja, Väyrynen, “Resuscitating a Discipline: An Agenda for Critical Peace Research”, Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 36(3): 623-640.
(2005) “A Shared Understanding: Gadamer and International Conflict Resolution”, Journal of Peace Research, 42(3): 349-357.
(2004) “Gender and UN Peace Operations: The Confines of Modernity”, International Peacekeeping 11(1): 125-142. (Published also as (2005), “Gender and UN Peace Operations: The Confines of Modernity”, Alex J. Bellamy and Paul Williams (eds.), Peace Operations and Global Order, pp. 124-142. London and New York: Routledge)
(1998) “Medical Metaphors in Peace Studies”, International Journal of Peace Studies 3(1): 3-18.
(1998) “Ethnic Communality and Conflict Resolution”, Cooperation and Conflict 33(1): 59-80.
(1997) “Securitised Ethnic Identities and Communal Conflicts”, Peace and Conflict Studies 4(2): 5-17.
(1995) “Going Beyond Similarity: The Role of the Facilitator in Problem-Solving Workshop Conflict Resolution”, Paradigms 9(2): 71-85.
Articles in international peer-review books
(2013) “From Scientific Gaze to Vulnerable Observer: The Role of Facilitator in Conflict Resolution”, in Kevin Avruch and Christopher Mitchell (eds.), Conflict Resolution and Human Need, pp. 95-107. London and New York: Routledge.
(2013) “Corporeal Migration”, Mark B. Salter and Can E. Mutlu (eds.) Research Methods in Critical Security Studies, pp. 169-172. London, New York: Palgrave.
(2011) “Silence and Conflict Resolution”, Roland Bleiker & Morgan Brigg (eds.), Culture and Conflict Resolution, pp. 38-56. Hawaii: Hawaii University Press.
(2010) “Gender and Peacebuilding”, Oliver P. Richmond (ed.), Critical Advances in Peacebuilding: Critical Developments and Approaches, pp. 137-153. London: Palgrave.
(2006) “’The Higher Cause of Peace’: What Could and Should the Nordic States Contribute to the Development of Conflict Mediation in the European Union Context?”, Alyson J. K. Bailes, Gunilla Herolf and Bengt Sundelius (eds.), The Nordic Countries and the European Security and Defense Policy, pp. 215-233. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
(2005), “Gender and UN Peace Operations: The Confines of Modernity”, Alex J. Bellamy and Paul Williams (eds.), Peace Operations and Global Order, pp. 124-142. London and New York: Routledge. (Published also as “Gender and UN Peace Operations: The Confines of Modernity”, International Peacekeeping, 2004, 11(1): 125-142.)
(2004) “The Problem of Solving Ethnopolitical Conflicts”, Alessandro Gobbicchi (ed.), Globalization, Armed Conflicts and Security, pp. 141-152. Rome: Rubbetino.
(2004) “Interdependence and Fragmentation: The Articulations of Political Space in the Discourses of Integration and Ethnic Conflict”, Vasiliki Koutrakou (ed.), The European Union in Global Politics, Security, Economy, and Technology: Issues of Contemporary International Debate, pp. 10-22. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press.
(2003) “The Search for Meaning in Global Conjunctions”, Peter Mandaville & Andrew Williams (eds.), Meaning and International Relations, pp. 106-116. London and New York: Routledge.
(1999) Jeong, Ho-Won & Väyrynen, Tarja ”Identity Formation and Transformation”, Ho-Won Jeong (ed.) Conflict Resolution: Structure, Dynamics and Process, pp. 59-80. Aldershot, Brookfield, Singapore, Sydney: Ashgate.
(1999) “Socially Constructed Ethnic Identities – A Need for Identity Management?”, Christian Scherrer and Håkan Wiberg (eds.) Ethnicity and Intra-State Conflict: Types, Causes and Peace Strategies, pp. 125-144. Aldershot, Brookfield, Singapore, Sydney: Ashgate.
(1994) Burton, John & Väyrynen, Tarja, “The End of International Relations?”, A. J. R. Groom and Margot Light (eds.) Contemporary International Relations, A Guide to Theory, pp. 60-80. London, New York: Pinter Publishers.
(1993) “Problem-Solving as a Form of Conflict Resolution: Some Theoretical Challenges”, F. Pfetsch (ed.) International Relations and Pan-Europe, pp. 501-516. Hamburg: Lit Verlag.
Monographs
(2001) Culture and International Conflict Resolution. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press.
(1998) New Conflicts and their Peaceful Resolution: Post-Cold War Conflicts, Alternative Means for their Resolution, and the Case of Nagorno-Karabakh. Mariehamn: Åland Island’s Peace Institute.
Edited books
(2004) Jouko Huru & Tarja Väyrynen (eds.) Kadonnutta poliittista etsimässä: Turvallisuuden, identiteetin ja retoriikan poliittisuus (The Politics of Security, Identity and Rhetorics), Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.
(2003) Tarja Seppä, Kirsi Tuominen, Unto Vesa and Tarja Väyrynen (eds.), Maailman tutkimisesta ja muuttamisesta, Juhlakirja Jyrki Käkösen täyttäessä 60 vuotta (Jyrki Käkönen’s Festschrift). Tampere: Tampere Peace Research Institute.
(2000) Tarja Väyrynen and Yrjö Uurtimo (eds.) Peace-building in the Great Lakes Region in Africa, Tampere: Tampere Peace Research Institute.
Senior Researchers
Anitta Kynsilehto
- Senior Research Fellow
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- +358503187595
- +358503187595
- anitta.kynsilehto@tuni.fi
About me
My research encompasses global mobility, different forms and practices of solidarity and resistance, and the concept and practical implications of intersectionality. My publications include Gender and Mobility: A Critical Introduction (with Elina Penttinen) and Choreographies of Resistance: Mobile Bodies and Relational Politics (with Eeva Puumala, Samu Pehkonen, Tiina Vaittinen and Tarja Väyrynen), both with Rowman and Littlefield in 2017, and several articles and book chapters. In my current work, I focus increasingly on mobilities in the so-called Global South, especially within the African continent, and in possibilities and forms of decolonizing knowledge production.
I received my doctorate in Political Science from the University of Tampere in 2011. Prior to joining the NSR programme, I worked at Institute for Advanced Social Research (UTA), Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden, and Tampere Peace Research Institute (Tapri/UTA), where I continue to teach and supervise at the International Master’s Programme PEACE. I served at the board of Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies (NSM) in 2008-2013, and during 2012-2018, I served at the executive committee of EuroMed Rights (formerly Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network) as the board member in charge of migration and asylum.
Élise Féron
- Senior Research Fellow
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- +358503187631
- elise.feron@tuni.fi
About me
Élise Féron is a Docent and a senior research fellow at the Tampere Peace Research Institute (Finland). She lectures for the MA in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research. Before moving to Finland, she held permanent positions at the University of Kent (UK) and at Sciences Po Lille (France).
She holds an Accreditation to Supervise Research (Docent) and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Lille (France, 2003 and 1999).
She is an invited professor at the University of Louvain (Belgium), at the University of Turin (Italy), at the University of Coimbra (Portugal), at Sciences Po Lille (France) and at the Université Lumière de Bujumbura (Burundi).
Field of expertise
Élise Féron has chaired 7 major international projects over the past 15 years, funded by the EU (FP6, FP7, EuropeAid, Interreg IVC), the KONE Foundation and the Academy of Finland.
Her main research interests include conflict-generated diaspora politics, conflict prevention, gender and peace negotiations, masculinities and conflicts, sexual violence in conflict settings, as well as post-colonial interstate relations.
She has collected data in various so-called “conflict” or “post-conflict” areas, such as Eastern Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Northern Ireland, Cyprus, the South Caucasus and the Balkans, among other places.
Research topics
- conflict-generated diaspora politics,
- conflict prevention
- gender and peace negotiations
- masculinities and conflicts
- sexual violence in conflict settings
- post-colonial interstate relations
Current research projects:
2019-2023 Project leader and main applicant, “Diasporas and Transportation of Homeland Conflicts: Inter-group Dynamics and Host Country Responses”, funded by the Academy of Finland.
2019-2021 Project leader and main applicant, “Pilot 4 Research and Policy Dialogue”, funded by EuropeAid for the benefit of the Government of Tanzania.
2017-2020 Project leader and main applicant, “Regional Challenges to Multilateralism”, research project funded by the KONE Foundation.
Books (recent or forthcoming)
(2021) Diasporas and Conflict Transportation: Challenges and Creative Practices. Tampere: TAPRI Book Series. Edited in collaboration with Cæcilie Svop Jensen.
(2021) Handbook of Feminist Peace Research. London and New York: Routledge. Edited in collaboration with Tarja Väyrynen, Swati Parashar, and Catia C. Confortini.
(2020) Shedding light on a changing international order: theoretical and empirical challenges. Tampere: TAPRI Book Series. Edited in collaboration with Marko Juutinen, Jyrki Käkönen, and Karim Maïche.
(2019) Revisiting Regionalism and the Contemporary World Order. Leverkusen-Opladen: Barbara Budrich Publishers. Edited in collaboration with Jyrki Käkönen and Gabriel Rached.
(2018) Wartime Sexual Violence against Men: Masculinities and Power in Conflict Zones. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield.
Peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters (past 5 years)
(2022) “Power/Resistance: External Actors, Local Agency and the Burundian Peacebuilding Project” (with Keith Krause), European Journal of International Security. https://doi.org/10.1017/eis.2022.2
(2022) “Understanding Conflicts as Clouds: An Exploration of Northern Irish Conflict Narratives” (with Sofiya Voytiv), Globalizations. https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2022.2031793
(2022) “Diasporas, Home Conflicts, and Conflict Transportation in Countries of Settlement.” In Liam Kennedy (ed.), Routledge International Handbook of Diaspora Diplomacy. London and New York: Routledge: 296-306.
(2021) Exploring the Potential of Cross-Regional Dialogue Platforms in Protracted Conflict Settings” (with Marko Lehti, Vadim Romashov & Sebastian Relitz), Journal of Dialogue Studies, 9: 97-119.
(2021) “Toward a Theory of Diaspora Formation through Conflict Deterritorialization” (with Sofiya Voytiv), Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, 21(3): 210-224. http://doi.org/10.1111/sena.12354
(2021) “Host State Reactions to Home State Diaspora Engagement Policies: Rethinking State Sovereignty and Limits of Diaspora Governance” (with Bahar Baser), Global Networks. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12341
(2021) “Towards an intersectional approach to populism: Comparative perspectives from Finland and India” (with Shweta Singh), Contemporary Politics, 27(5): 528-549. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569775.2021.1917164
(2021) “From Women to Gender and Intersectionality: Rethinking Approaches to Economic Vulnerability and Resilience.” In Pascaline Gaborit and Donath Olomi (eds.), Learning from Resilience Strategies in Tanzania. An Outlook of International Development Challenges. Brussels: Peter Lang: 287-307.
(2021) “Conflict Prevention, Dialogue and Resilience: Exploring Links and Strategies.” (with Cæcilie Svop Jensen). In Pascaline Gaborit and Donath Olomi (eds.), Learning from Resilience Strategies in Tanzania. An Outlook of International Development Challenges. Brussels: Peter Lang: 261-283.
(2021) “Gender and diaspora.” In Tarja Väyrynen, Élise Féron, Swati Parashar and Catia C. Confortini (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Feminist Peace Research. London and New York: Routledge: 428-436.
(2020) “Burundi Women’s Grassroots Preventive Mediation” (with Tarja Väyrynen and Marko Lehti), Peace Review, 32(3): 367-373.
(2020) “Embracing Complexity: Diaspora Politics as a Co-Construction”, Migration Letters, 17(1): 27-36.
(2020) “Nationalisme, extrémisme et ordre de genre : l’exemple du Nordic Resistance Movement.” Revue Internationale et Stratégique, 119 : 97-106.
(2020) “Reinventing conflict prevention? Women and the prevention of the reemergence of conflict in Burundi.” Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 37(3): 239-252.
(2020) “National populism and gendered vigilantism: The case of the Soldiers of Odin in Finland.” (with Sarai Aharoni), Cooperation and Conflict, 55(1): 86-106. DOI: 10.1177/0010836719850207
(2020) “Religions et conflits, comprendre les liens.” In Philippe Portier and Frédéric Ramel (eds.), Le Religieux dans les conflits armés contemporains. Paris. Classiques Garnier: 77-100.
(2020) “Regional organizations and the management of the conflict in Burundi: Too many players?” In Élise Féron, Marko Juutinen, Jyrki Käkönen, and Karim Maïche (eds.), Shedding light on a changing international order: theoretical and empirical challenges. Tampere: TAPRI Book Series: 109-131.
(2020) “When Is It Torture? When Is It Rape? Discourses on Wartime Sexual Violence.” In Catia Confortini, Tiina Vaittinen (eds.), Gender Global Health and Violence: Feminist Perspectives on Peace and Disease. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.
(2019) “Religion, Churches, and the Recurring Conflict in Madagascar.” (with Velomahanina Razakamaharavo), Peace Review, 31(3): 365-371.
(2019) “Diasporas and conflicts – understanding the nexus.” (with Bruno Lefort) Diaspora Studies, 12(1): 34-51.
(2018) “Social Strife.” In Marc Bornstein (ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development. Thousand Oaks: Sage: 2095-2096.
(2017) “Gender and Peace Negotiations: Why Gendering Peace Negotiations Multiplies Opportunities for Reconciliation.” In Mark Anstey and Valérie Rosoux (eds.), Negotiating Reconciliation in Peacemaking: Quandaries of Relationship Building. New York: Springer: 93-109.
(2017) “Les Dieux en guerre malgré eux ?” In Alain Dieckhoff and Philippe Portier (eds.), Religion et Politique. Paris : Presses de Sciences Po, Enjeu Mondial : 167-176.
(2017) “Support Programs for Male Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence.” In Ron Anderson (ed.), Alleviating World Suffering, The Challenge of Negative Quality of Life. New York: Springer: 335-347.
(2017) “Wartime sexual violence against men: Why so oblivious?” European Review of International Studies, 4(1): 60-74.
(2017) “Transporting and Re-Inventing Conflicts: Conflict-Generated Diasporas and Conflict Autonomisation.” Cooperation and Conflict, 52(3): 360-376.
Marjaana Jauhola
- Senior Research Fellow
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- marjaana.jauhola@tuni.fi
About me
I (she/hers) am an ethnographer at the intersection of international politics, development, peace and conflict and feminisms. With life historical and visual methods I focus on global politics of post-conflict/disaster reconstruction, and gendered and sexualised notions of piety, good life and better futures. I joined Tapri in September 2022 and I am Docent in Global Development Studies at University of Helsinki.
I have completed PhD in International Politics at the Aberystwyth University and I hold docentship in Development Studies at the University of Helsinki.
Before rejoining the academy for PhD and researcher career, I worked for a decade in different development and humanitarian aid organisations. These experiences led me to conduct research on the global politics of gender in the aftermaths of disasters and armed conflicts/political violence. Visit my visual portfolio Scraps of Hope (https://scrapsofhope.fi/) or Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/scrapsofhopeurbanethnographies/) for more details.
My latest book with embedded videos received an honorable mention for the 2022 IPS Best Book Award, International Political Sociology Section of International Studies Association can be read here: https://hup.fi/site/books/m/10.33134/pro-et-contra-1/
I am currently writing up my research ‘Gendered Political Violence and Urban Post-Disaster Reconstruction’ (Academy of Finland Fellow 2015-2020) which studies the intersection of gender, disaster politics, political violence, and national ideologies in post-disaster urban Gujarat, India.
Visit my visual portfolio Scraps of Hope (https://scrapsofhope.fi/) or Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/scrapsofhopeurbanethnographies/) for more details.
Researchers
Bruno Lefort
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- +358503187045
- bruno.lefort@tuni.fi
- By appointment
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5833-8835
Field of expertise
- Middle Eastern politics and societies
- Diasporas
- Identities and collective memory
Research topics
Current project: Existential Mobilities – Politics of belonging among young people from conflict generated diasporas in Finland and Canada
Research career
2017 – present: Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Fellow, Tampere Peace Research Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland. Project title: Politics of belonging among young people from conflict generated diasporas in Finland and Canada.
2016-2017: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University de Montréal (QC), Canada. Project title: “Leaving violence behind? An ethnography of diasporic youth from post-conflict societies”. Supervisor: Prof. Marie-Joëlle Zahar.
2013 – 2015: Researcher at Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI), School of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tampere.
2014: Doctor of Social Sciences, Major in Peace and Conflict Research, Grade: Eximia cum laude approbatur (19.02.2014). School of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tampere, Finland/Aix-Marseille University, France.
Academy of Finland (2017-2020)
2018: “Diasporas and Conflicts – Understanding the Nexus”, co-authored with Élise Féron, Diaspora Studies. DOI: 10.1080/09739572.2018.1538687 
[Electronic version].
2018: “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: narrating social bonds and boundaries in contemporary Lebanon”. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. DOI: 10.1080/13530194.2018.1456903 [Electronic version].
2018: “Dynamics of Engagement among Youth in Arab Mediterranean Countries”, co-authored with Henri Onodera, Karim Maïche and Sofia Laine, Journal of North African Studies. DOI: 10.1080/13629387.2018.1547197 [Electronic version].
2017: “A confined youth? Lived space and shifting boundaries in Beirut”. Middle East – Topics &Arguments, Issue#9, “Youth”, edited by Christoph H. Schwarz, Anika Oettler (Publication date: Fall 2017).
2017: “’Achrafiyeh Invaded’. The Politics of Fear in a Visual Representation of the Lebanese Factionalism” in Kia Lindroos & Frank Möller (eds.), Art as a Political Witness, Budrich Academic Publishers (ISBN: 9783847405801 ).
2016: “The art of bypassing: students’ politicization in Beirut”, Mediterranean Politics. DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2016.1199459 [Electronic version].
2015: “Michel Aoun, ‘Patriarch of the Christian Street’: Leadership, Affect, and the Politics of Communalization in Lebanon”, Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, no. 8, 1, pp. 102-123.
Ilaria Tucci
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- ilaria.tucci@tuni.fi
About me
I am a theatre practitioner (BA in acting, 2002 Roma, IT), peace scholar (BA, MA in Peace Studies, 2009, 2013 Pisa, IT), PhD Candidate at the TAU in Peace and Conflict Studies with an art-based research which combines applied theatre and peace research.
I have applied theatre as a tool of dialogue among people, participation, peacebuilding and empowerment.
I am currently one of the facilitators for the first Workshop for the Working Group for Cultural Policy, Immigrants and Promotion of Cultural Diversity organized by MinEdu. I have collaborated with the IOM and I am currently Euromesco Expert in Mobility and Migration, Society and Culture.
Responsibilities
I am the teacher for the course “Theatre for Peace” in period IV.
Vadim Romashov
- Post-Doctoral Researcher
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- +358469582502
- vadim.romashov@tuni.fi
- Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4802-2829
About me
My research addresses complex relations of minority groups in multicultural settings. I am currently finalizing my doctoral research on everyday co-existence of Armenians and Azerbaijanis in rural settlements of Georgia. Most recently, I have been a researcher in a project called “Naapurijurtta – Neighborhood Yurt” (funded by the Kone Foundation, 2017-2020) for which I have conducted an ethnographic research on the in/visibility of the Russian-speaking community living in a culturally diverse suburb of Tampere, Finland.
Since 2012, I am affiliated with Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI), Tampere University, and have participated in TAPRI-led research projects, funded by the Academy of Finland and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, for which I have studied Russia’s policies towards post-Soviet conflict processes. Since 2016, I have contributed to several research-based peacebuilding projects focusing on conflict-affected areas of the former Soviet Union, particularly the South Caucasus. My recent publications have dealt mostly with the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations and the conflict over Nagorny Karabakh.
I have has lectured at Tampere University in Finland, Ilia State University in Georgia, Moldova State University, and the University of Minho in Portugal.
I hold a master’s degree in International Relations and diplomas of economist in World Economy (specialized in International Business) and of specialist in Regional Studies (specialized in Nordic Countries).
Research topics
- Everyday co-existence/peace
- Community-driven peace processes
- Armenian-Azerbaijani relations
- Russia’s policies on post-Soviet conflict processes
- Russian speakers in Finland
Research fields
- Peace and Conflict studies
- Ethnography
- International Relations
Romashov, Vadim, Marina Danoyan and Hamida Giyasbayli. “Communities of Practices: Prospects for the Armenian-Azerbaijani Everyday Engagement across the Conflict Divide.” Caucasus Edition: Journal of Conflict Transformation, Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2019, pp.152-181. Open Access
Romashov, Vadim. “Opportunities for Fragmented Nagorno-Karabakh Peace Process: Intercommunity Dialogue and Safety of Borderlands.” Caucasus Edition: Journal of Conflict Transformation, Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2019, pp. 107-121. Open Access
Lehti, Marko, Élise Féron, Sebastian Relitz and Vadim Romashov. “Cross-regional Dialogues: Transforming Intractable Conflicts in the Post-Soviet Area through Engagement with Local Civil Societies.” OSCE-Network of Think-Tanks and Academic Institutions, December 2019. Open Access
Romashov, Vadim. “Rauhantutkimus tänään: rakentavaa rinnakkaiseloa Kaukasiassa.” Rauhan Puolesta, no. 6, 2019, pp. 25-27.
Romashov, Vadim, Nuriyya Guliyeva, Tatia Kalatozishvili and Lana Kokaia. “A Communitarian Peace Agenda for the South Caucasus: Supporting Everyday Peace Practices” in the special volume “Community-Driven Conflict Transformation in the South Caucasus: Challenging Gender Norms, Dealing with the Past, and Protecting the Environment.” Caucasus Edition: Journal of Conflict Transformation, Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2018, pp. 8-45. Open Access
Romashov, Vadim, and Helena Rytövuori-Apunen. “Russia’s Karabakh Policy: New Momentum in Regional Perspective.” Caucasus Survey, Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2017, pp. 160-176. Included in an article collection by Routledge “Research on Post-Soviet Russia”. DOI: 10.1080/23761199.2016.1231491
Romashov, Vadim. “Uzbekistan’s Balancing Act: A Game of Chance for Independent External Policies” in Helena Rytövuori-Apunen (ed.) The Regional Security Puzzle around Afghanistan. Bordering Practices in Central Asia and Beyond (Toronto, Opladen, Leverkusen: Barbara Budrich Publishers, 2016), pp. 161-190. Open Access
Gültekin Punsmann, Burcu, Zaal Anjaparidze, Sos Avetisyan, Izida Chania, Vadim Romashov and Rashad Shirinov. “Review of Isolation Policies Within and Around the South Caucasus” in the special volume “The South Caucasus and Its Neighborhood: From Politics and Economics to Group rights.” Caucasus Edition: Journal of Conflict Transformation, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2016, pp. 110-140. Open Access
Sayan, Pinar, Orhan Gafarlı, Tamta Jijavadze, David Muradyan, Mehmet Fatih Öztarsu and Vadim Romashov. “Economic Cooperation in the South Caucasus and the Wider Region: Gained Losses, Lost Benefits” in the special volume “The South Caucasus and Its Neighborhood: From Politics and Economics to Group rights.” Caucasus Edition: Journal of Conflict Transformation, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2016, pp. 71-109. Open Access
Romashov, Vadim. “Tsopi: An Azerbaijani-Armenian World.” Meydan TV, 2 December 2016.
Romashov, Vadim. “Two roles, One Play: Russia’s Dilemma in Nagorno-Karabakh.” Centre for Policy and Research on Turkey (Research Turkey/Independent Turkey), 19 April 2016.
Romashov, Vadim. “Russian expert discussions about recent trends in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict” in Pertti Joenniemi (ed.) Russia’s Approach to Arms Control, Peace Mediation and National Dialogues, TAPRI Studies in Peace and Conflict Research No. 102, TAPRI Net Series No. 11 (Tampere: TAPRI, 2015), pp. 109-139.
Romashov, Vadim, and Helena Rytövuori-Apunen. “Nagorno-Karabakh: Steps of settlement marked out by Russia’s interests” in Pertti Joenniemi (ed.) Russia’s Approach to Arms Control, Peace Mediation and National Dialogues, TAPRI Studies in Peace and Conflict Research No. 102, TAPRI Net Series No. 11 (Tampere: TAPRI, 2015), pp. 141-169.
Katariina Harjunpää
- Postdoctoral Grant Researcher
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- katariina.harjunpaa@tuni.fi
About me
I received my PhD degree in Finnish linguistics from the University of Helsinki in 2017. The topic of my thesis was non-professional interpreting in multilingual interactions of family and friends. Since then I have worked in research projects that investigate language and social interaction from a multimodal and embodied perspective (Multimodality: Reconsidering language and action through embodiment 2016–2017, and Constitution of meaning in multimodal interaction 2018–2021). At TAPRI, I work on my current research project, Conversational practices and distributed agency in mediation (Kone Foundation 2021–2024). In the project, I investigate mediation in criminal and civil cases, focusing on forms of interactional agency and participation in the mediated encounters.
Research fields:
Language and social interaction
Multimodal Conversation Analysis
Interactional Linguistics
Research topics:
Mediation
Multilingual interaction
Non-professional interpreting/language brokering
Language in embodied activities
Human–animal interactions
Languages: Finnish, Brazilian Portuguese
Bayan Arouri
- Doctoral Researcher
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- bayan.arouri@tuni.fi
Research topics
Bram J. De Smet
- Doctoral Researcher
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- bram.desmet@tuni.fi
Cæcilie Svop Jensen
- Doctoral Researcher
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- caecilie.svopjensen@tuni.fi
Ebru Şevik
- Doctoral Researcher
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- ebru.sevik@tuni.fi
Ihntaek Hwang
- Doctoral Researcher
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- ihntaek.hwang@tuni.fi
Zahra Edalati
- Doctoral Researcher
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- zahra.edalati@tuni.fi
Prince Agyei
- Doctoral Researcher
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- 0401601020
- prince.agyei@tuni.fi
About me
I am a PhD candidate at the Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI), Faculty of Social Sciences at Tampere University, Finland. My doctoral research analyses the intractability of latent communal violence in Ghana. My research interests include, Everyday Peace,Visual Peace, Nonviolent Civil Resistance, and Sub-Saharan.
Research topics
Never-ending violence? Explaining the Intractability of Communal violence.
Agyei, P. D. (2020). Behind the intractability of communal conflicts in Africa: The case of the Nkonya–Alavanyo conflict in Ghana. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. Advance online publication.
Prince Agyei & Frank Möller (2019). Everyday insecurity and its visualisation, Critical Studies on Security, 7:2, 152-155.
Meeri Tiensuu
- Doctoral Researcher
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- meeri.tiensuu@tuni.fi
Ruhoollah Akhundzadeh
- Doctoral Researcher
- ruhoollah.akhundzadeh@tuni.fi
Frank Möller
- Project Researcher
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- +358503186162
- frank.moller@tuni.fi
About me
Kone Foundation Grantee (2020-2022)
Docent in Peace and Conflict Research, Tampere University
Docent in Political Sciences, special branches: International Relations and Peace and Conflict Research (University of Jyväskylä)
Field of expertise
Visual Peace Research
Peace Videography (KONE Foundation, 2020-2022)
Alfashtaki Housana
- Research Assistant
About me
Formerly working as a Bio medical expert in Syria, I became an active member of the civil society after relocating to Finland in 2014. I am the founder of the Middle Eastern Women Association in Tampere [Lähi-idän naisten yhdistys], an officially registered association established in April 2018. Our objective is to support women with migrant background in their daily life and contribute to the recognition of their presence in the society.
Anna Sofia Suoranta
- Doctoral Researcher
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- anna.suoranta@tuni.fi
Anush Petrosyan
- Project Assistant
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- anush.petrosyan@tuni.fi
Associate researchers
Angel Iglesias Ortiz
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- angel.iglesiasortiz@tuni.fi
Research topics
Current Project: “Everyday Entanglements of Violence and Peace at the Limit(s)” (Kone Foundation 2020-2022)
Research fields
- Everyday Peace & Epistemic violence
- Visual politics and representation
- Border art
- Post-structuralist Discourse Analysis
Emeritus
Tuomo Melasuo
- Professor Emeritus
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- tuomo.melasuo@tuni.fi
About me
I am a Professor Emeritus of Peace and Conflict Research as well as a former Director of TAPRI and a Docent in Political History at the University of Turku. I have studied contemporary political history, political science, international relations and international law in Finland and in France.
I am specialized in North Africa and the Mediterranean world. My main expertise lies in the Algerian political, cultural and social history since the beginning of colonialism. I have has also done research on other Maghrebin countries, political culture in Muslim societies as well as more generally on the history of colonialism. In this context I foucsed on Africa where I have a solid research experience especially in Senegal and in Ethiopia.
During the last three and a half decades, since creating the TAPRI Mediterranean Studies Project, I have been active in Euro-Mediterranean relations. I was and am a member of many scientific, cultural and civil society organisations. For the Anna Lind Foundation, I was active in the Advisory Council. Today I act as its Resources Person (Intercultural Dialogue Resource Center). I am also a member of the Academic Advisory Council in the Center for Mediterranean Dialogues of the New York University. Here, I am active in the steering committees of FEMISE, IASKS and SIHMED. Furthermore, I am a member of EuroMeSCo and Organización Carta Méditerranea.
On a more global level, I have served as the Vice-President of the MOST (Management of Social Transformation, Unesco), representing Western Europe and North America. I was also the representative of Finland in Unesco’s Euro-Arab Task Force for Dialogue. Moreover, I served as a Vice-President in the European Council of African Studies for more than a decade. I have also performed as an associate research fellow in LIRESS, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Recherche et d’Etudes en Sciences Sociales, CNRS-Ecole Normale Supèrieure de Cachan, Paris. In 2002, I was was nominated “Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques”.
Today, besides guiding my doctoral students, I continue my scientific activities in peace and conflict research on North Africa and the Euro-Mediterranean community. My focus is on socio-economic evolutions in international political and cultural relations both in a regional and global context.
Research topics
- The political, social and cultural history of colonialism
- The Global South and its different political and economic organisations
- Contemporary North African and especially Algerian recent history
- Modern Mediterranean world and Euro-Mediterranean relations
- Interaction between domestic development and international relations in the
Mediterranean
Recent research projects and programmes
- “TAPRI Mediterranean Studies Project”, focuses on Euro-Mediterranean relations, international security issues and the evolution of different cultural spheres around the Mediterranean. An important part of its research approach links the internal socio-economic evolution, especially concerning the young people and their living conditions, with international relations and their reciprocal impacts.
- “Regional Challenges to Multilateralism”, international research project, financed by the Kone Foundation, TAPRI, and the School of Management
- “What works? Youth transitions from education to employment in the Middle East and North Africa”, Tampere University, research project funded by the Academy of Finland, Member of Advisory Board, Tampere, 2019-2022.
- “Through their eyes – Perceptions of the EU in the Maghreb and Western Balkans”, Jean Monnet project, Staff member, Dipartimento di scienze politiche, Università di Perugia, Perugia, 2019-2022, (611484-EPP-1-2019-1-IT-EPPJMO-PROJECT).
Recent keynote lectures
- Key-Note speech, “Science Diplomacy in Arab-Euro relations”, in AECHE – Fourth Arab-Euro Conference on Higher Education, Session: “Setting the stage”, in Faculty of Dental Medicine, Mohammed V University, Rabat, 24.4.2017
- Key-Note speech, “La société civile, la paix et les droits humains: Le rôle de journalistes”, in eMedia Master Course in Cross-Media Journalism, Meeting of the Steering Committee and the Final Conference, in Université de Sfax, 23.5.2017, UNIMED
- “Les Pays Nordiques partenaires actifs dans le processus euro-méditerranéen depuis 1995”, in Chaire Esprit Méditerranéen Paul Valery – 2017, Sihmed & Université de Corse, in Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Bastia, 3.10.2017
- Key-Note speech, “Current developments in Higher Education in the Mediterranean area”, in General Assembly, “Pour une nouvelle Méditerranée des savoirs”, UNIMED – Union des Universités de la Méditerranée, Université Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, 30.10.2017
- Finland 100 Maghreb Tournée, Tunis, Algiers and Rabat, 1-10.11.2017.
- “La Finlande et les autres Pays Nordiques dans les relations euro-méditerranéen”, Jubilée speech, Finland 100, in Beït al-Hikma – Académie tunisienne des sciences, des lettres et des arts, Carthage, 3.11.2017
- “La Finlande et les autres Pays Nordiques dans les relations euro-méditerranéen”, Jubilée speech, Finland 100, Bibliothèque Nationale, Alger, 6.11.2017.
- “Edvard Westermarck, le Maroc et les sciences sociales finlandaises”, Jubilée speech, Finland 100, Conférence-débat, CERSS – Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches en Sciences Sociales, in INAU – Institut National d’Aménagement et d’Urbanisme, Rabat, 8.11.2017
- “Tunisia in the day-dreams of the Finns”, Jubilée speech, inaugural seminar for “60 Years Anniversary Exposition of Finnish – Tunisian Diplomatic Relations”, in The National Archives of Finland, Helsinki, 26.11.2019.
“Before Us and After: Old and New Resiliencies against Remaining Hegemonies”, pp. 217-245, in “Shedding Light on a Changing International Order: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges”, Élise Féron, Marko Juutinen, Jyrki Käkönen, Karim Maïche (eds.), TAPRI Studies in Peace and Conflict Research, no. 104, Tampere Peace Research Institute, PunaMusta Oy – Yliopistopaino, Tampere 2020.
“Africa and World War II: The emergence of an imposed regionalization”, in Revisiting Regionalism and the New World Order. Perspectives from the BRICS and beyond, pp. 35-60, Elise Féron, Jyrki Käkönen and Gabriel Rached (eds.), Barbara Budrich GmbH, Leverkusen Opladen, 2019.
“The Second World War and Africa: New Regards within Colonial Context”, in Suchoples, Jaroslaw & James, Stephanie &Törnquist-Plewa, Barbara (eds), World War II Re-explored: Some New Millennium Studies in the History of the Global Conflict, pp. 337-364, Peter Lang, 2019.
“Edvard Westermarck et le Maroc”, in Jbala. Peuplement, langue et ruralité – Acte des colloques de Chefchaouen, Taounate et Larache 2011 -2012 – 2014 – 2015, coordinated by Mohamed Mezzine, Jacques/Jawhar Vignet-Zunz and Fouad Brigui, CÉRIJ, Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Interdisciplinaires sur les Jbala, avec le soutien de l’Association Targa-AIDE, Rabat, 2018, pp. 190-199, ISBN 978-9920-35-032-7.
“Iran’s Political Culture, Internal Development, and International Environment after the End of Sanctions”, together with Hassan Beheshtipour, special issue “L’Iran dopo le sanzioni: energia, giovani, islam, modernità, e crisi regionale”, in Rivista Geopolitica, Vol. V, No. 2 (lug.-dic. 2016), edited by Biancamaria Scarcia Amoretti and Raffaele Mauriello Rome, 19 January 2017, pp. 113-130, ISSN 2009-9193.
“The Finns, Finland and the Baltic Sea” (“Finowie, Finlandia i Morse Baltyckie”), in ‘Balticum Horizons’, Herito – heritage, culture & the present, quarterly ( Dziedzictwo, kultura, wspólezesnosc), Wydawnictwo MCK | The ICC Publishing house, Miedzynarodowe Centrum Kultury| International Cultural Centre, Krakow, November 2015.
“The Mediterranean Connection to the Baltic Sea World”, in Kusek Robert and Sanetra-Szeliga Joanna (eds.) Does Poland lie on the Mediterranean?, ICC, International Cultural Centre, pp. 158-190, Cracow, 2012, ISBN 978-83-63463-00-7.
“The meaning and role of cultures in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership”, in Jamal Al-Shalabi & Khalid Al-Shagran (eds,) The Arab-European Relations. Aftermath of September 11: Reality and Expectations, Preface by Professor Abdelrahim Al-Hunaiti, pp. 31-48, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, 2010.
“Finland in the Mediterranean”, in Isabel Schäfer, Jean-Robert Henry (eds.) Mediterranean Policies from Above and Below, pp.155-170, Nomos, Baden-Baden, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8329-5095-8.
“Building Peace by Intercultural Dialogue, Essays in Honour of Professor Tuomo Melasuo on the Occasion of his 60th birthday – Construction de la Paix par le Dialogue Interculturel, Mélanges en l’honneur de la 60ème anniversaire du Professeur Tuomo Melasuo”, Kirsi Henriksson & Anitta Kynsilehto (eds.), Occasional Papers no. 97, TAPRI, Tampere Peace Research Institute, Tampere University, Tampere, 2008.
“Merentakainen Ranska – siirtomaaimperiumista frankofoniaan”, in Louis Clerc & Kristina Ranki (eds.) Suomalaisten Ranska – Kaunis tuntematon, pp. 237-256, Ajatus kirjat, Helsinki (Gummerus, Jyväskylä), 2008.
“Transitions to Democracy and the Palestinians”, Tuomo Melasuo & Anitta Kynsilehto (eds.), Occasional Papers No. 94, pp. 199 + V, 2006, Tampere Peace Research Institute, Tampere, 2006.
“El Euromediterráneo cultural y social, y la ampliación de la Unión Europea. Una mirada desde las sociedades nórdicas”, article in special issue, “Los valores hoy” in Quaderns de la Mediterrània, no. 5, 2005, IEMed, Institut Europeu de la Mediterrània, in English and French in the web site of IEMed, (www.iemed.org) Barcelona, 2005.
“The Arab-Scandinavian Dialogue”, edited by Tuomo Melasuo, Introduction by HRH Prince Hassan Ben Talal, Chairman of the Club of Rome, corrected version in Arabic, 317 p., Ward Books – Politics, Beirut & Warda, Amman, 2005. ISBN 9953-36-649-7.
“Les regions bàltica i mediterrània: un futur en comú”, in Bàltic i Mediterrània Diàleg i cooperació regional, pp. 11-13, IEMed & TAPRI, Generalitat de Catalunya & Landstinget Gävleborg, Barcelona, 2003.
“Cultural Relations and Cooperation in the Mediterranean”, in Hult, Bo & Engman, Mats & Davidson, Elisabeth (eds.), Euro-Mediterranean Security and the Barcelona Process, Strategic Yearbook 2003, Institute for Strategical and Security Studies, National Defence College, Stockholm, 2003.
“Siirtomaavaltojen ajasta uuteen imperiumiin – Globalisaatiota ja oikeudenmukaisuutta”, in Anssi Männistö (ed.), Miksi soditaan?, Vastapaino & Ylen avoin yliopisto, Tampere, 2003.
‘Edvard Westermarck y el compromiso social y político del investigador’, in José Antonio González Alcantud y A. Robles Egea (ed.) Intelectuales y ciencias sociales en la crisis de fin de siglo, pp. 237-244, Anthropos & Diputación provincial de Granada, Granada, 2000.
“Algerian poliittinen kehitys 1800-luvulta vapautussotaan 1954″, TAPRI Research Reports, No. 85, pp. 554, TAPRI, Tampere Peace Research Institute, Tampere, 1999.
‘L’identité finlandaise: un dilemme nordique dans l’architecture baltique et européenne’, in Gérard-François Dumont, Les Racines de l’Identité Européenne, pp. 239-247, Economica & Académie de Nice, Paris, 1999.
‘Algerie og den nasjonale frigjøringsfront’, Samtiden, Tidsgrift for politikk, litteratur og samfunnsspørsmål med Liber, No. 4, 1998, Oslo, 1998.
“Vieras Välimeri. Kulttuurien ja politiikan kohtauspaikka”, Tuomo Melasuo (ed.), TAPRI Research Reports, No. 59, pp. 383, Tampere Peace Research Institute, Tampere University, Tampere, 1994.
“The Mediterranean Revisited”, Tuomo Melasuo (ed.), TAPRI Research Reports, No. 57, Tampere Peace Research Institute, Tampere University, Tampere, 1994.
“Dialogue Arabo-Scandinave, Etudes réunies et éditées” par TM, TAPRI Research Reports, No. 51, pp. 328, Tampere Peace Research Institute, Tampere University, Tampere, 1993.
“Maghreb, Conflicts, Socioeconomic Crisis and Unity”, in Raffert, K. & Salih, M.M.A. (ed.), The Least Developed and the Oil-Rich Arab Countries – Dependence, Interdependence or Patronage?, MacMillan, London, St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1992.
‘The Role of the Persian Gulf in the Strategic Importance of the Indian Ocean’, in The Iranian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. II, Number 1, Spring 1990, pp. 37-47, Teheran, 1990.
“Cultura y minorias en la identidad árabe-islámica de Argelia”, in Estudios Africanos. Revista de la Asociación Española de Africanistas (A.E.A) en colaboracion y patrocinada por el Instituto de Ccooperacion para el Desarrollo, Vol. IV, N. 7, Julio-Diciembre 1989, pp. 31-45, Madrid, 1990.
National Movements and World Peace, Tuomo Melasuo (ed.), pp. XI + 177, Avebury & Gower, Aldershot, 1990.
“Kylmäsota, liennytys ja kolmas maailma”, pp. 889-959. in Maailman historian pikkujättiläinen, pp. 889-959, WSOY, Porvoo, 1988.
“Culture and Minorities in the Arabo-Islamic Identity of Algeria”, in “Islam: State and Society”, edited by Klaus Ferdinand and Mehdi Mozaffari, Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies, Studies on Asia Topics, no. 12, pp. 183-194, 217-219, Curzon & Riverdade, London, 1988.
“La mise en place du système coloniale en Algérie entre les années 1850 et 1920″, in Mediterrán Tanulmányok I. Etudes sur la Région Mediterranéenne, József Attila Tudományegyetem, Szeged. 1987 (1988).
“Wallinista Wideriin – suomalaisen kolmannen maailman tutkimuksen perinteistä”, Tuomo Melasuo (ed.), Rauhan tutkimus tänään, Vol. VIII, pp. 331, Suomen rauhantutkimusyhdistys r.y., Tampere, 1984, II edition 1986, III edition 1987.
“Les Pays Nordiques et la Guerre de Libération en Algérie”, in Le Retentissement de la Révolution Algérienne, Mohamed Touili (ed.), ANAL & GAM, Alger, Bruxelles, 1985 (1987).
“Evolução dos Programas Sócio-Económicos dos Movimentos Politicos Radicais na Argélia, 1919-1939″, in Revista Internacional de Estudos Africanos, Lisbon, 1986.
“L’Armistizio Italiano visto dalla Scandinavia”, in Otto Settembre 1943. L’Armistizio Italiano 40 Anni Dopo, Ministero della Difesa, Roma, 1985.
“De algeriska politiska rörelserna och religionen före 1954″, in J.-O. Blichfeldt & J. Hjärpe (eds.), Religion och samhälle i Mellanöstern, Plus Ultra, Lund. 1985.
Senegal ja maaseutukylät – tutkimus sähköistyksen vaikutusmahdollisuuksista (Le Sénégal et le “courant villageois – Etude sur l’intégration rurale de l’électrification; Yeegal electrisite ci ai dëkku Senegal; Senegaal fa kuuran saate; Senegal and the Villages – A Study on Rural Integration of Electrification), pp. 290, in Finnish together with Marja Linden, IVO Engineers Ltd., Tampere, 1985.
“Liberation and Development” – Proceedings of an International Seminar, pp. 260, Tuomo Melasuo (ed.), FPRA, Peace Research Today VII, Tampere, 1983.
“Siirtomaajärjestelmän purkautumisen teoreettista tarkastelua”, in Avain aikamme maailmaan, Kari Immonen (ed.), Department of History, University of Turku & WSOY, Porvoo, 1983.
“Arabimaailman kultturellisen ja poliittisen historian tarkastelua’”, in Arabimaailman kirjallisuus, Suomen Kirjastoseura, Helsinki, 1983
“Forskningssamarbetet mellan Afrika och Frankrike”, Nytt från Nordiska afrikainstitutet, Nr. 10, NAI, Uppsala, 1982.
“Le Tiers Monde et le Maghreb dans les Recherches Sociales en Finlande et dans les Pays Nordiques”, in Annuaire de l’Afrique du Nord 1978, C.R.E.S.M. et C.N.R.S., Centre Nationale de Recherche Scientifique, Paris, 1981.
“Pohjois-Afrikan maiden kehityksestä”, in Esko Antola & Ossi Tuusvuori (eds.), Kehittyvä Afrikka, University of Turku, Turku. 1980.
“Algierska Droga Rozwoju”, in Mechanizmy Dzialania Neokolonializmu, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Warszawa, 1979.
“Kolonialismi ja sen purkautuminen”, in Lauri Honko & Eeva-Liisa Myllymäki (eds.), Kehitysmaatiedon perusteet, University of Turku, Turku, 1976.
Unto Vesa
- Emeritus Research Fellow
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
Research topics
- European security and integration, Finnish foreign and security policy
- Nordic and Baltic region, United Nations, China
- peace research, armaments and disarmament, development cooperation
Ydinsulkusopimuksen tulevaisuus (The future of the Non-Proliferation Treaty), edited together with Olli-Pekka Jalonen (own articles on the treaty itself and the North Korean case), TAPRI Occasional Paper No. 63, 1995, 96 pp.
Maailma myllerryksessä. Analyysejä kylmän sodan jälkeisestä maailmasta. (The world in turmoil. Analyses on the post-Cold War world), TAPRI Research Report No. 62. 1995, 237 pp.
Miten rauhantutkimus tuli Suomeen (How peace research came to Finland), TAPRI Research Report, No. 62, 1995, 85 pp.
Evaluation of the development of Finnish Red Cross´s youth activities, with particular reference to the pilot project “from need to action”, The Finnish Red Cross, July 1995, 26 pp.
Suomalaisesta rauhanajattelusta (On Finnish peace thinking), UNESCO-kuriiri No 5, 1995, pp. 5-6.
25 vuotta TAPRIn taivalta. Tapri Occasional Paper No. 67. 1996, 57 pp. (25 years of TAPRI performance); background data, information and statistics on TAPRI’s history, 1970-1995.
The United Nations and the Middle East, in Beyond Barcelona: Europe and the Middle East in the Mediterranean International Relations, ed. by Tuomo Melasuo. TAPRI Research Report No. 66, 1995, pp. 123-133.
Bosnian Elections: OSCE´s Contribution to Peace (Editorial), OSCE Review No. 3, 1996, p. 2.
Rauhanturvaaminen valinkauhassa: Mikä perinteistä pitää, minkä on muututtava (Peace-keeping in transition: what traditions remain valid, what have to change, in Sinibaretista sinikypärään (From Blue berets to Blue helmets), ed. by Petri Kekäle, MTS, Helsinki 1996, pp. 81-85.
Turvallisuusyhteisöjen rakentuminen rauhantutkimuksen haasteena: yleistä teoriaa ja yksi esimerkki (The formation of security communities as a challenge to peace research: theoretical aspects and one case), in Eurooppa laidasta laitaan. Taprin opas Euroopan ymmärtämiseen (Europe from one corner to the other. TAPRI’s guide to understand Europe), ed. by Pirjo Jukarainen. TAPRI Occasional Paper No. 69, 1996, pp. 11-25. – The article uses Karl Deutsch’s concepts and focuses on the Baltic Sea region as the empirical case.
Rauhantutkimuksesta ja rauhanajattelusta (On peace research and peace thinking), TAPRI Occasional Paper No. 71, 1997, 34 pp.
Epilogi: Mitä ideaa on tarkastella ristiretkiä rauhantutkimuksessa? (Epilogue: What sense does it make to study the Crusades in peace research?), in Eurooppa tänään. 900 vuotta ristiretkien perintöä (Europe today: 900 years of the heritage of the Crusades, ed. by Aini Linjakumpu. TAPRI Occasional Paper No. 72, 1997, pp. 91-101.
Bridging the Baltic – need for cooperative security in the Baltic Sea region (Editorial), OSCE Review Vol. 5, No 3, 1997, p. 2.
Euroopan turvallisuus valinkauhassa. Silmäyksiä Suomen ja Euroopan uusiin haasteisiin (European security in the making. Observations on the new challenges faced by Finland and Europe), TAPRI Occasional Paper No. 74, 1997, 67 pp.
Finland, Sweden, and the European Union (together with Pertti Pesonen), TAPRI Research Report No. 77, 1998, 63 pp.
“What is Old, What is New in the Transnational Contacts of Local Authorities? Some Notes on Recent Developments in the Baltic Sea Region”, in From Town to Town. Local Authorities as Transnational Actors, ed. by Christian Wellmann, Kiel Peace Research Series, Vol. 8, 1998, pp. 51-59.
(Editor of) YYA. Aika ja sopimus (FCMA. The time and the treaty). TAPRI Research Report No. 81, 1998, 165 pp. (A collection of eleven articles on the FCMA treaty between Finland and the USSR, in force, 1948-1991). In addition to preface, own contribution “Suomalaisten suhtautuminen yya:han” (On the opinions of Finns about the treaty), pp. 107-127.
Prospects of Security Communities: On the Relevance of Karl W. Deutsch´s Contribution, in Peace Research, Vol. 31, No 1, February 1999, pp. 18-25.
Kosovo – NATOn oikeutettu sota? (Kosovo – NATO´s just war?), Ydin 3, 1999, 14-16 (in Finnish only).
Kosovon sodan opetuksista (On the lessons of the Kosovo War), Ulkopolitiikka 3, 1999, pp. 108-112 (in Finnish only).
(Ed.) Democratic Security Building: Cases from the Baltic and Black Sea Regions. TAPRI Occasional Paper No. 83, 2000, 170 pp.; my own article “On the Challenges of Democratic Security Building”, pp. 7-12.
(Together with Frank Möller) Security community in the Baltic Sea region? Recent debate and recent trends, 2002 (manuscript, report for the MFA, mimeo) 174 pp.
(Ed.) Maailman tutkimisesta ja muuttamisesta. Studying the world and changing it. Per studia mundus explicatur et mutatur. Festschrift for Jyrki Käkönen. Tampere: TAPRI, 2003, 384 pp.
(Together with Frank Möller) Security community in the Baltic Sea region? Recent debate and recent trends, Tampere: TAPRI Occasional Paper No. 88, 2003, 199 pp.
Voiko YK turvata rauhan? (Can the UN provide peace?), in Vuosituhatjulistuksen rauhan ja kehityksen tavoitteet (The peace and development goals in the Millennium Declaration), ed. Sinikka Koski, Vaasa: Finnish UN Association 2003, pp. 67-79 (in Finnish only).
(Ed.) Kosmopolis 2/2003 (Special issue on the war in Iraq; in Finnish only), 94 pp.
Irakin sota – sekoitus vanhaa ja uutta (War in Iraq – a mix of old and new; in Finnish only), Kosmopolis 2, 2003, pp. 3-10.
Nordic Peace Research Conferences: Past Experiences and Future Challenges, in Konstantin K. Khudoley (ed.) New Security Challenges as Challenges to Peace Research, St.Petersburg: Saint Petersburg University Press. St.Petersburg Peace Research Series, 2004, Issue nr. 1, pp. 6-11.
Kaliningrad: Transforming a ‘threat’ into a ‘Challenge’ and ‘Opportunity’, in Konstantin K. Khudoley (ed.) New Security Challenges as Challenges to Peace Research, St.Petersburg: Saint Petersburg University Press. St.Petersburg Peace Research Series, 2004, Issue nr. 1, pp. 269-280.
(Ed.) Global Commissions Assessed. Helsinki: The Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Helsinki Process Publications Series 4/2005, 139 pp.
Global Commissions Added Value, in Unto Vesa (ed.), Global Commissions Assessed. Helsinki: The Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Helsinki Process Publications Series 4/2005, pp. 121-138.
(Together with Eeva Puumala) The Twenty Years’ Journal: Instant / Current Research on Peace and Violence 1971-1990. Tampere Peace Research Institute. Occasional Paper No 93, 2006, 30 pp.
Minne lie vie rauhantutkimuksen tie – jatkoa quo vadis-keskusteluun (Whither peace research – continuing the debate on quo vadis), Kosmopolis Vol. 36: 1-2006, pp. 56-66.
The European Union as a peace project – What does it mean today?, in The National Interest (Tirana), Number 1, Spring 2007, pp. 31-36.
Euroopan unioni rauhanprojektina – Mitä se tänään merkitsee? (The European Union as a peace project – What does it mean today?), in Rooman sopimus 50 vuotta – suomalaisia näkökulmia Euroopan kehitykseen, ed. by Olli Korhonen. Vantaa: Schuman-seura ry. 2007, pp. 145-154.
(Ed.) Tutkiva diplomaatti. Klaus Törnudd 75. Tampere: Kansainvälisten suhteiden tutkimuksen seura KATSE 2007, 132 pp. and there the introductory article ‘Klaus Törnudd – Primus Inter Pares’, pp. 4-7.
(Ed. with Jouko Huru), The Role of Civil Society in Conflict Resolution. Asian and European Perspectives. TAPRI Occasional Paper No. 95, 2007, 159 pp., and introduction as well as my own article in it ‘On the Role of Civil Society in the Peaceful Transformation of the Baltics’, pp. 67-80.
Continuity and Change in the Finnish Debate on Peacekeeping, in International Peacekeeping, Vol. 14, No. 4, August 2007, pp. 524-537.
On the Importance of Peace Education, in Education for Global Responsibility – Finnish Perspectives (Ed. by Taina Kaivola and Monica Melén-Paaso), Helsinki: Publications of the Ministry of Education 2007: 31, pp. 47-56.
Syyskuun yhdestoista oli massamurha, ei mikään vallankumous (September 11 was a mass murder, not a revolution), Kosmopolis 4/2007, pp. 67-69.
Miten aseidenriisunnan tielle voidaan palata? (How to get back to the road to disarmament?), in EU-Suomen turvallisuuspolitiikka (The security policy of EU Finland), ed. by Seija Korhonen and Pirjo Riihelä, Helsinki 2008, pp. 43-51.
(Ed.) Maailmanyhteisö – Världssamfundet, Kosmopolis 1/2008 (a Festschrift for Professor emeritus Göran von Bonsdorff on his 90th birthday), 105 pp.; and there the articles ‘Göran von Bonsdorff – suomalaisen rauhantutkimuksen grand old man (Göran von Bonsdorff – the grand old man of Finnish peace research), and ‘Kuinka monta sotaa, kuinka monta kuollutta, kuinka monta rauhaa?’ (How many wars, how many dead, how many peace deals?), pp. 5-7 and 66-73 respectively.
Göran von Bonsdorff – den finländska fredsforskningens Grand Old Man, Fredsposten 2, 2008, pp. 6-7.
Tieteen ilo ja SoleTM (The joy of research and SoleTM), Aikalainen Nro 13,2008, p. 5.
An Assessment of the Helsinki Process on Globalisation and Democracy, julkaisussa Final Report of the Helsinki Process on Globalisation and Democracy. A Case for Multi-Stakeholder Cooperation. Helsinki: Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs 2008, pp. 73-82.
Hur många krig, hur många döda, hur många freder? Fredsposten 3.2008, s. 28-30, 35.
How many wars, how many dead, how many peace deals, in Building Peace by International Dialogue. Construction de la Paix par le Dialogue Interculturel, ed. by Kirsi Henriksson & Anitta Kynsilehto. Tampere: Tampere Peace Research Institute. Occasional Paper No. 97, 2008, pp. 115-125.
Complex Humanitarian Emergencies, International Rotary Institute, http://www.rotary.fi/1390/public_html/Institute2008Presentations/Institute/0410_Zone_Institute/11_Complex_Humanitarian_Crisis_2008.pdf.
Suomalainen väkivalta (Finnish violence; editorial), Kosmopolis Vol. 38: 4/2008 , pp. 5-7.
(Ed.) Kosmopolis (A thematic issue on Finnish violence), Vol. 38: 4/2008 63 pp.
(Ed., with Chinsoo Bae) Territorial Issues in Europe and East Asia: Colonialism, War Occupation, and Conflict Resolution. Seoul: Northeast Asian History Foundation, 2009, 236 pp.; Introduction (with Chinsoo Bae), pp. 8-11, and my own article The Åland Islands as a Conflict Resolution model, pp. 34-59.
Feedbackiä, Aikalainen 14/2009, p. 4.
Tamperelaisesta kansainvälisen politiikan tutkimuksesta (On IR research in Tampere), KATSE jäsenkirje 1/2009, pp. 19 – 20.
Göran von Bonsdorff in memoriam, KATSE jäsenkirje 2/2009, pp. 24 – 26.
Rauhan tutkimisesta ja sen saavuttamisen mahdollisuuksista (On the study of peace and how to reach it), in Näkökulmia kansainvälisen politiikan tutkimukseen (Perspective on the study of international politics), (ed. by Vilho Harle), Studia Politica Tamperensia 18, Tampereen yliopiston politiikan tutkimuksen laitos 2010, pp. 275-308.
Miten eheyttää rikkoutunut yhteiskunta (How to heal a broken society), in Tarinoita rauhanrakentajista (Stories about peacebuilders), (ed. by. Anna Hyvärinen), Suomen Ekumeeninen Neuvosto 2010, pp. 14 – 15.
Rauhaa voi edistää monin tavoin (Peace can be promoted in many ways), Etusivu. Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriön verkkolehti (The web-paper of the Ministry of Education and Culture) http://www.minedu.fi/etusivu/arkisto/2010/2608/globaalivastuu.html?lang=fi, 26.8.2010, pp. 1-3.
Afganistanin operaation legitimiteetti? (The legitimacy of the operation in Afghanistan?), Kosmopolis 1/2010, pp. 65-73.
Kansainvälisen politiikan alkuvaiheista Tampereen yliopistossa – ja omasta pikku roolistani siinä (On the early phases of teaching IR at the university of Tampere – and about my own little role in it), in Ruudusta Raunioon. Valtio-opin ja kansainvälisen politiikan opetus YKK:ssa ja Tampereen yliopistossa 1925-2010, ed. by Olavi Borg. Tampere: University of Tampere 2011, pp. 71-82.
Suomi, Eurooppa, maailma: kansallinen, alueellinen ja globaali Karl W. Deutschin tuotannossa (Finland, Europe, world: national, regional and global in the publications of Karl W. Deutsch), in Maailma kansainvälisten suhteiden tutkimuksen haasteena. Juhlakirja Harto Hakovirran täyttäessä 70 vuotta (The world as the challenge of IR research. Festschrift for Harto Hakovirta on his 70th birthday), eds. Hiski Haukkala – Eero Palmujoki – Juha A. Vuori. Helsinki: Finnish Political Science Association 2011, pp. 55-70.
(Together with Eeva Puumala) Rauhaan tutkien – Rauhantutkimus – Kosmopolis. 40 vuotta suomalaista rauhantutkimusta lehden kuvastimessa (40 years of Finnish peace research in the mirror of the journal of the FPRA). Tampere: Finnish Peace Research Association, 71 pp.
Rauhaan tutkien: tiedelehden alkutaival (Towards peace: the early phase of a scholarly journal), in Eeva Puumala – Unto Vesa, Rauhaan tutkien – Rauhantutkimus – Kosmopolis. 40 vuotta suomalaista rauhantutkimusta lehden kuvastimessa. Tampere: Finnish Peace Research Association, pp. 5-11.
Pan-European Security Architecture: Present Situation and Future Perspectives, inEuro-Asian Security after 2010: challenges and perspectives of cooperation, eds. Helena Rytövuori-Apunen and Aidar Amrebayev. Almaty: Zhibek Zholy 2011, pp. 41-49.
Overview of confidence and security building measures at work, in Euro-Asian Security after 2010: challenges and perspectives of cooperation, eds. Helena Rytövuori-Apunen and Aidar Amrebayev. Almaty: Zhibek Zholy 2011, pp. 78-86.
“Europe and the World” – The 7th EuPRA General Conference in Tampere”, IPRA News, Issue No 3, Nov 2011, pp. 6-7.
Tampereen Paasikivi-Seuran esitelmät (Speeches delivered at the Paasikivi Society of Tampere in1963-2012; list). Tampere: Tampereen Paasikivi-Seura, 2012, 21 pp. (mimeo).
Finland in the United Nations. Consistent and Credible Constructivism. Finnish Foreign Policy Papers 2, October 2012. Helsinki: The Finnish Institute of International Affairs; http://www.fiia.fi/fi/publication/290/finland_in_the_united_nations/
On the Reconstruction of Broken Societies – Yugoslavia as a case study, in A Peaceful World is Possible, ed. by Attila Fábián. Sopron: University of West Hungary Press, 2012, pp. 135-138.
YK ja rauhanjärjestöt (The UN and peace organizations), in Rauhan ytimessä (In the nucleus of peace). Ed. Johanna Sumuvuori, Helsinki: Into 2013, pp. 143-150.
The United Nations and the Peace Movement, Policy Pesrpectives (Islamabad), Vol. 11, 2014, No. 2, pp. 119-125.
Rauhantutkimus, rauhankasvatus ja rauhantyö (Peace research, peace education and peace activism). in Rauhan silta kantaa. Helena Kekkonen 1926-2014, eds. Tuija Vihavainen & Hanna Nittymäki, Riika: Rauhankasvatusinstituutti 2015, pp. 152-157.
Rauhasta yleensä ja naisrauhasta erityisesti (On peace in general and on peace for women especially), Pax, 2016, pp. 22-23; also https://www.pax.fi/2016-04/rauhasta-yleensa-ja-naisrauhasta-erityisesti
Situationen får inte försämras (Situation in the Baltic Sea region must not deteriorate), Hufvudstadsbladet 3.10.2016, p. 17; Östersjöregionen och Nordens säkerhet, https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/ostersjoregionen-och-nordens-sakerhet-2/
Femtio år inom och för fredsforskning. Samtal med Peter Wallensteen (Fifty years in and for peace research. Debate with Peter Wallensteen). Finsk tidskrift, No. 2, 2018, pp. 47-55.
Rauhantutkijan etiikka (Peace researcher’s ethics), in Aseettomat kädet. Muistoja aseistakieltäytymisestä (Hands without weapons. Memories about conscientious objection), (eds. Pete Pesonen & Minna Sannikka), Helsinki: Työväen arkisto 2018. pp. 20-33.
Nobelin tahto, ICAN, ydinasekielto ja Suomi (Nobel’s Will, ICAN, nuclear weapon ban and Finland), Kosmopolis, No 3, 2018, pp. 64-73.
Sopusointua ja ristiriitoja: Uskonnot Yhdistyneiden kansakuntien toiminnassa (Harmony and Conflicts. Religions in the activities of the United Nations), teoksessa Uskonto ja maailmanpolitiikka (Religion and World Politics), eds. Heikki Pesonen, Tuula Sakaranaho & Sini Paukkunen, Tallinna: Gaudeamus 2019, pp. 82-103.
Euroopan unioni vaikeuksissa: säröjä ja ruhjeita rauhanprojektissa (The European Union in difficulties. Difficulties and ruptures in a peace project), Kosmopolis 2/2019, pp. 77-86.
Miten rauhantutkimus tuli Suomeen (How peace research came to Finland), in Rauhantutkimus kautta vuosien (Peace research through years). (Ed. Raimo Väyrynen). Helsinki: Into-Kustannus 2020, pp. 11-79.
Forskning om krigens orsaker och fredens förutsättningar (Research into the causes of war and conditions for peace), Fredsposten, No. 4, 2017, s. 2-4.
Puoli vuosisataa rauhantutkimusta (Half a century of peace research), https://politiikasta.fi/puoli-vuosisataa-rauhantutkimusta/, (20.3.) 2020.
(Ed.) Paasikiven linjat (The lines of Paasikivi), Tampere: Tampereen Paasikivi-Seura, 2021, 87 s.
Paasikiven linja ja linjat (The Paasikivi line and lines), in Paasikiven linjat (Ed. Unto Vesa), Tampere: Tampereen Paasikivi-Seura 2021, pp. 5-6.
Interns
Victoria Jiménez
- Intern
- TAPRI
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- ester.jimenezbaigorri@tuni.fi