Timo R. Stewart
Senior Research Fellow- The Israel-Palestine conflict
- EU and US Middle East policy
- religion in politics
- peace processes
- conflict resolution
Timo R. Stewart is a Senior Research Fellow at FIIA. Stewart holds a doctoral degree in political history from the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki. His areas of expertise include the Israel-Palestine conflict, European and US Middle East policy, and the role of religion in conflict and politics, particularly Christian Zionism and Christian Nationalism. In addition to his research career, he has previously worked for the Finnish Foreign Ministry as well as NGOs in the field of conflict resolution and analysis.
Stewart’s peer reviewed monograph Valter Juvelius ja kadonneen arkin metsästys (Gaudeamus, 2020) was shortlisted for the Finlandia Prize in non-fiction in 2020 and awarded the Lauri Jäntti Prize in 2021. His latest book Luvatun maan lumo (Gaudeamus, 2022) presents the history of the phenomenon of Finnish Christian Zionism in the 20th century. It was also shortlisted for the Finlandia Prize in non-fiction in 2022.
Degrees
Doctor of Social Sciences (political history), University of Helsinki, 2015
Language skills
Finnish, English (working languages), Swedish, Spanish
Positions of trust
Editor-in-Chief and Chairman of the Board, The Ulkopolitist, 2015–2018
Work experience
Conference Coordinator, 2020 Afghanistan Conference Task Force, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 2020
Post-doctoral Researcher, Centre for Consumer Society Research, University of Helsinki, 2019–2020
Post-doctoral Researcher, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, 2017–2019
Project Manager, Myanmar peace process support, Felm, 2014–2017
Project Manager, Helsinki National Dialogue Conference, Felm, 2013–2014
Researcher, EAPPI Programme, Jerusalem, 2011–2013
Producer, STT English Service, 2010
Project Advisor, Embassy of Finland in Tel Aviv, 2007–2008
Journalist, STT English Service, 2005–2009
Education
Doctor of Social Sciences (political history), University of Helsinki, 2015
Master of Social Sciences (political history), University of Helsinki, 2007