Tyyne Karjalainen
Research Fellow- European security
- Ukraine
- EU foreign and security policy
- EU enlargement and Eastern neighbourhood policies
- Crisis management operations and peacebuilding
Tyyne Karjalainen is a Research Fellow in the European Union research programme at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) since 2020, and a doctoral researcher in political science at the University of Turku since 2021. Her research focuses on European security, Ukraine, the EU’s foreign and security policies, and EU enlargement. She has also published on peacebuilding, crisis management, and peace mediation. Her work has appeared in several peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of European Integration, European Journal of International Security, The International Spectator, and Contemporary Social Science.
Prior to joining FIIA, Karjalainen worked at the European Union Advisory Mission (EUAM) in Ukraine, the Crisis Management Centre (CMC) Finland, and the Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations in New York. In 2025, she was visiting the Russian and East European Studies (REES) at the University of Oxford for the Hilary Term. Karjalainen holds a Master’s degree in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research from Tampere University. In 2021, the Finnish Cultural Foundation awarded Karjalainen a multi-year research grant for her doctoral work.
Degrees
Doctoral student in Political Science, University of Turku, 2020-
Master of Social Sciences (Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research), Tampere University, 2020
Bachelor of Social Sciences (Sociology), Tampere University, 2017
Language skills
Finnish, English (working languages), French, Swedish (receptive skills)