Bart Gaens is a Leading Researcher in the Global Security Research Programme at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. From May 2021 to April 2023, he led a project on connectivity in the Indo-Pacific region. He also holds the title of Docent at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Helsinki.
In the past he has worked as Project Director for the Center on US Politics and Power (CUSPP), as Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Helsinki, and as Specially Appointed Associate Professor at Osaka University, Japan.
He has published widely on Europe-Asia inter-regionalism and the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) process, Japan’s foreign policy and regional role, India’s foreign policy and relations with the EU, domestic politics in Myanmar, and security-related issues in the Indo-Pacific region. He has also (co)edited volumes and reports on connectivity, EU-Asia relations, the US-China rivalry, transatlantic relations, and Japan’s search for strategic partnerships.
Titel
Docent, Helsingfors universitet
Expertis
Japan-forskning (regional forskning), Japan i Asiens regionala kontext, stormaktsrelationer i Östasien, relationerna mellan EU och Asien, ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting), förbindelserna mellan Asien och Europa.
Examen
PhD, Graduate University for Advanced Studies ( Japan)
Japan-forskning (regional forskning), Japan i Asiens regionala kontext, stormaktsrelationer i Östasien, relationerna mellan EU och Asien, ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting), förbindelserna mellan Asien och Europa.
Titel
Docent, Helsingfors universitet
Arbetserfarenhet
Utnämnd professor, Osaka universitet, 2014-2018
Program direktör (tjänstgörande), forskningsprogrammet Global säkerhet, Utrikespolitiska institutet, 2013
Professor i japanska och japansk kultur (tidsbunden tjänst), Helsingfors universitet, 2009-2011
Projektledare, äldre forskare, Helsingfors universitet, Nätverket för Europaforskning, 2007-2009
Rådgivare, ASEM6-sekretariatet, Finlands utrikesministerium, 2006
Forskare, Helsingfors universitet, Nätverket för Europaforskning, 2005-2006
Aktuella projekt
Japans utrikespolitik
Förbindelserna mellan Asien och Europa
Stormaktsrelationerna i Östasien
Examen
PhD, Graduate University for Advanced Studies ( Japan)
Utbildning
PhD, Graduate University for Advanced Studies ( Japan) 1999
MA, Osaka University of Foreign Studies ( Japan) 1995
Licentiate, University of Leuven (Belgien) 1989
Gaens, Bart; Jüris, Frank & Raik, Kristi (2021).
Introduction and key findings.
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Bart Gaens, Frank Jüris & Kristi Raik
(red.):
Nordic-Baltic connectivity with Asia via the Arctic: Assessing opportunities and risks.
Tallinn:
International Centre for Defence and Security.
8-31.
AfrikaAsienEU:s yttre förbindelserLatinamerikaD Publikationer avsedda för en yrkesgrupp
Kallio, Jyrki & Gaens, Bart (2020).
Finland's relations with China and the US.
I
Esteban, Mario and Miguel Otero-Iglesias
(red.):
Europe in the Face of US-China Rivalry. A Report by the European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC).
Madrid:
Real Instituto Elcano.
57-63.
Gaens, Bart (2018).
Two decades of the Asia-Europe Meeting.
I
Gaens, Bart & Khandekar, Gauri
(red.):
Inter-regional relations and the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM).
United Kingdom:
Palgrave Macmillan.
9-32.
Gaens, Bart (2018).
ASEM's process of enlargement and its implications.
I
Gaens, Bart & Khandekar, Gauri
(red.):
Inter-regional relations and the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM).
United Kingdom:
Palgrave Macmillan.
173-190.
Gaens, Bart (2016).
Comparing Japan and the European Union: the development cooperation policies of two civilian powers.
I
Asplund, Andre; Söderberg, Marie
(red.):
Japanese Development Cooperation. The making of an aid Architecture Pivoting to Asia.
Routledge.
141-158.
AsienEuropeiska unionenMultilateralismD Publikationer avsedda för en yrkesgrupp
Gaens, Bart (2015).
Conclusions.
I
Gaens, Bart
(red.):
The Future of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). Looking Ahead Into ASEM’s Third Decade.
Brussels:
European External Action Service .
137-145.
AsienEuropeiska unionenMultilateralismD Publikationer avsedda för en yrkesgrupp
Gaens, Bart (2015).
ASEM Enlargement.
I
Gaens, Bart
(red.):
The Future of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). Looking Ahead Into ASEM’s Third Decade.
Brussels:
European External Action Service .
65-85.
AsienEuropeiska unionenMultilateralismD Publikationer avsedda för en yrkesgrupp
Gaens, Bart (2015).
Introduction.
I
Gaens, Bart
(red.):
The Future of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). Looking Ahead Into ASEM’s Third Decade.
Brussels:
European External Action Service .
16-20.
AsienEuropeiska unionenMultilateralismD Publikationer avsedda för en yrkesgrupp
Gaens, Bart (2015).
Sympathy or self-interest? : the development agendas of the European Union and Japan in the 2000s.
I
Bacon, Paul; Mayer, Hartmut; Nakamura, Hidetoshi
(red.):
The European Union and Japan : a new chapter in civilian power cooperation?
Farnham:
Ashgate.
151-168.
Gaens, Bart (2015).
ASEM in the wake of the Milan Summit.
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Hofmeister, Wilhelm; Rueppel, Patrick
(red.):
The future of Asia-Europe cooperation.
Singapore:
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and European Union.
Gaens, Bart (2014).
Japan, Europe and East Asian regionalism.
I
Liu Jianhui; Sano Mayuko
(red.):
Rethinking “Japanese Studies” from Practices in the Nordic Region.
Gaens, Bart (2011).
The rise of interregionalisms: the case of the European Union’s relations with East Asia.
I
Timothy M. Shawn; J. Andrew Grant; Scarlett Cornelissen
(red.):
The Ashgate Research Companion to Regionalisms.
Farnham:
Ashgate.
Gaens, Bart (2010).
Company Culture or Patinated Past? - The Display of Corporate Heritage in Sumitomo.
I
Brumann, Christoph and Cox, Rupert
(red.):
Making Heritage in Japan.
London:
Routledge.
Gaens, Bart (2010).
(R)emasculation of the Salaryman - Representations of Japanese White-Collar Employees in the Manga Shima Kôsaku.
I
Iwatake, Mikako
(red.):
New Perspectives from Japan and China. .
Helsinki:
University of Helsinki, Department of World Cultures.
Gaens, Bart (2009).
The development of the EU’s Asia strategy with special reference to China and India - Driving forces and new directions.
I
Gaens, Bart; Jokela, Juha; and Limnell, Eija
(red.):
The European Union’s Role in Asia: China and India as Strategic Partners.
Aldershot:
Ashgate.
Jokela, Juha & Gaens, Bart (2009).
Introduction.
I
Gaens, Bart; Jokela, Juha & Limnell, Eija
(red.):
The Role of the European Union in Asia: China and India as Strategic Partners.
Farnham:
Ashgate.
Gaens, Bart (2008).
The Outcomes of the ASEM6 Summit in Helsinki.
I
Gaens, Bart
(red.):
Europe-Asia Interregional Relations – A Decade of ASEM.
Aldershot:
Ashgate.
Gaens, Bart (2008).
ASEM as a Tool to ‘Bridge the Cultural Divide.
I
Gaens, Bart
(red.):
Europe-Asia Interregional Relations – A Decade of ASEM.
Aldershot:
Ashgate.
Gaens, Bart (2008).
ASEM as an Economy-oriented Partnership.
I
Gaens, Bart
(red.):
Europe-Asia Interregional Relations – A Decade of ASEM.
Aldershot:
Ashgate.
Gaens, Bart; Vogt, Henri & Palosaari, Teemu (2008).
Puheenvuoro: Euroopalle lisää puhelinnumeroita.
Ulkopolitiikka (1).
EuropaD Publikationer avsedda för en yrkesgrupp
Gaens, Bart (2007).
All for One and One for All? Re-considering Collectivity in the Modernization of Japanese Business Firms.
I
Raud, Rein
(red.):
Japan and Asian Modernities.
London:
Kegan Paul.
AsienMultilateralismD Publikationer avsedda för en yrkesgrupp
Gaens, Bart (2006).
Beyond ASEM VI: Lessons for the Actors.
I
Bersick, Sebastian; Stokhof, Wim; van der Velde, Paul
(red.):
Multiregionalism and Multilateralism: Asia-Europe Relations in a Global Context.
Amsterdam:
Amsterdam University Press.
Gaens, Bart (2005).
Nihon shûkyû (sakkâ) bunka no hensen” (The transformation of Japan’s football culture).
I
Sonoda Hidehiro
(red.):
Ketsujo, gyaku ketsujo no kanten kara mita Nihon no seikatsu bunka.
Kyoto:
Shibunkaku.
AsienJapanD Publikationer avsedda för en yrkesgrupp
Gaens, Bart (2002).
Chôja no yama – Kinseiteki keiei no Nichiô hikaku–” (Millionnaire’s Mountain – Early Modern Business Organization in Japan and Europe.
I
(red.):
Nichibunken Forum.
Gaens, Bart (1999).
The Organization of Merchant Houses in Tokugawa Japan – a Comparison with the Low Countries.
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies .
AsienEuropaJapanG Lärdomsprov
Gaens, Bart (1999).
Sakkâ bunka to shakaiteki henka. Kosei jûshi suru wakamono no shinboru (Football culture and social change. The symbol of individualistic youth).
Sankei shinbun, 30.5.
AsienJapanE Publikationer för allmänheten
Gaens, Bart (1998).
The Relation between family and Enterprise in Early Modern Japan - The House of Sumitomo as a Case Study.
Orientalia Lovaniensia Periodica, 29:189-204.
Gaens, Bart (1995).
"Kinsei, kindai ni okeru Sumitomoke no kakun to kahô – Kagyô keiei to no kanrensei ni tsuite” (“The Household Codes of Izumiya-Sumitomo in the Tokugawa and Meiji Periods and Their Relation to Business Management”).
Osaka University of Foreign Studies.
AsienJapanG Lärdomsprov
Gaens, Bart (1994).
Kinsei, kindai ni okeru Sumitomoke no kakun to kahô” (The Household Precepts of Izumiya-Sumitomo in the Tokugawa and Meiji Periods).
Nihongo, Nihon bunka kenkyû (Studies in Japanese Language and Culture), 4:45-55.
