The Center on US Politics and Power at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs is organizing a research series on the characteristics of the US role in global politics.
The events are organized in order to encourage cooperation and networking among researchers and experts working on US-related topics. The Center also warmly welcomes students who are interested in US politics or transatlantic relations to participate in our seminars. The seminars provide a platform for discussing current US affairs, in addition to presentations by invited guest speakers. They also give an opportunity for student presentations and discussions of their research.
Spring 2024:
February 27: Postdoctoral Researcher, Niko Heikkilä,, John Morton Center for North American Studies, University of Turku: Abortion and the United States: changing strategies in the ongoing conflict
January 16: Research Fellow CordeliaBuchanan Ponczek, FIIA: “The green transition and fractures in US politics”
Autumn 2023:
December 12: Fulbright-University of Turku Scholar Award James Hawdon: “Online hate as a social movement: Theoretical Implications”
November 21: Peter Hans Matthews, Fulbright-Aalto Distinguished Chair (2023/4), Aalto University: “Group Favoritism and the Image Concerns of Political Partisans: Evidence from Moral Wiggle Room Experiments”
Spring 2023:
March 31: The Fulbright Bicentennial Chair in American Studies David Witwer, University of Helsinki: “Missä on Jimmy Hoffa? Searching for Hoffa in the Least Corrupt Country in the World”
Autumn 2022:
September 16: Visiting Senior Fellow Rachel Tausenfreund, FIIA: “Feminist Foreign Policy, Progressive Foreign Policy and Great Power Competition”
October 14: Professor Benita Heiskanen, University of Turku, ”The Campus Carry Law in Texas: Rights and In/Security in an Armed Campus”
November 4: Senior Researcher Pekka Kolehmainen, University of Turku, ”The Founding Fathers in the U.S. Culture Wars”
Spring 2022:
January 21st: Visiting Research Fellow Eoin McNamara, FIIA: “George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Afghanistan: The Risk Society and Faulty Stabilization Policy”
February 18th: Visiting Research Fellow Maria Shagina, FIIA.
March 30th: Professor Samuel Moyn, YALE.
April 28th: CUSPP Junior Researcher Workshop 2022. See more info here and apply!
For further information, please contact Project Manager Marie-Louise Hindsberg, marie-louise.hindsberg@fiia.fi, 09 432 77 12.
Charly Salonius-Pasternak
Lauri Tähtinen
Jussi Lassila
Maria Lindén (née Annala)
Manuel Müller
Cordelia Buchanan Ponczek
Henri Vanhanen
Ville Sinkkonen
Rachel Tausendfreund