The Finnish Institute of International Affairs is pleased to announce the appointment of 13 distinguished experts as non-resident fellows for the 2026–2029 term. The fellows will strengthen FIIA’s four research programmes by increasing the depth and breadth of expertise at FIIA and by contributing to publications and events. Their profiles can be found on the Researchers page.
Finland and Northern European Security research programme
- Valtteri Vuorisalo, Digital Defence Ecosystem
The European Union and Strategic Competition
- Manuel Müller, University of Helsinki
Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia
- Marcin Kaczmarski, University of Glasgow
Global Security and Governance
- Markus Holmgren, Nokia
- Liisa Kauppila, University of Lapland
- Kennedy Mbeva, University of Cambridge
- Deborah McCarthy, Amb (ret.)
- Michael Mehling, MIT
- Leo Michel
- Gregory Smith, RAND US
- Sarah Stroup, Middlebury College
- Lauri Tähtinen
- Anna Katariina Wisakanto, Center for AI Risk Management & Alignment CARMA