Expertise
State and non-state political violence, including hybrid- and cyber threats, terrorism and extremist movements. European Union’s Common Security and Defence Policy, crisis preparedness, crisis management, and EU-NATO cooperation.
Honorary title
Adjunct professor, Tampere University
Work experience
Researcher, Tampere University: Department of Political Science and International Relations, 2004-2006 (Tampere University scholarship)
Political Analyst/Intelligence Officer, Finnish National Intelligence Cell, EUFOR Althea, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2006
Coordinator, Tampere University: Department of Political Science and International Relations, 2007
Researcher, Tampere University: Department of Political Science and International Relations, 2007-2009 (Emil Aaltonen and Finnish Cultural Foundation scholarships)
Monitor, Deputy Team Leader, and Team Leader, European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (seconded by the Finnish Ministry of the Interior), 2009-2010
Policy Officer, acting Head of Sector, Countering Hybrid and Cyber Threats, Security and Defence Policy Directorate, European External Action Service, 2020-2024
Major secondary employments
Columnist in Kouvolan Sanomat, 2003-2006
Lecturer in Political Science, Tampere University: Department of Political Science and International Relations, 2009
Mentor/lecturer in Civilian Crisis Management Core Courses, CMC Finland, 2011
Lecturer in Political Science, Tampere University: School of Management (Political Science), 2014
Scientific expert tasks and commissions of trust
Member of the Security Council, The Finnish Committee for European Security (STETE), 2013-2014
Member of the Steering Committee, The Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission (EUROMESCO), 2013-2014
Degrees
PhD, University of Tampere, Dept. of Political Science and International Relations
Education
Master of Social Sciences, Tampere University, 2003 (dissertation Need for a Violent Political Strategy: Spanish Anarchist and Fascist Movements on the Edge of the Civil War, Tampere 2002 (only in Finnish))
Doctor of Social Sciences, Tampere University, 2009 (dissertation Political Responses to Terrorism: A case study on the Madrid terrorist attack on March 11, 2004, and its aftermath, Tampere University Press, Tampere, 2009)
Major Courses
Reserve Officer Course 210, 1997
“The Resource Curse”-PhD Summer Course, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2005
EU Core Concept Course on Civilian Crisis Management, CMC Finland, 2007
Summer Institute in Political Psychology, Stanford University, 2007
Hostile Environment Security Training, HART Security, 2009
Language skills
Finnish, English and Spanish (working languages); Swedish and French (receptive skills)
