Harri Mikkola
Programme Director- Arctic region
- societal resilience
- security of supply
- hybrid threats
- European security and defence market
- Finnish foreign, security and defence policy
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.
Degrees
PhD (Political Science), University of Tampere, Political Science, 2013
MSc, University of Tampere, Political Science, 2005
Language skills
Finnish and English (working languages); Swedish and German (receptive)
Positions of trust
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 awards
The best Finnish article of the year 2009, by The Finnish Political Science Association