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Areas of expertise
Diet of Japan
Parliamentary diplomacy
Asia-Europe relations
Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership (ASEP)
International Parliamentary Institutions (IPIs)
eLearning
Biography
I have strong experience and pedagogical and technical skills in online teaching. I also work for the Finnish University Network for Asian Studies (http://www.asianet.fi/) in teaching, planning and communication activities.
My MOOC-course Introduction to East Asia (in Finnish) was awarded the Course of the Year title in 2022 by the University of Turku and Student Union of the University of Turku.
Professional experience:
- University Teacher, Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Turku, (2009 – present)
- Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Osaka University, affiliation 1.1-30.6.2018, full-time work in Osaka 1-28.2.2018.
- Coordinator, Finnish University Network for Asian Studies, University of Turku (2013)
- Planning Officer, Finnish University Network for Asian Studies, University of Turku (2006 – 2009 )
- Temporary Adviser (Project Assistant), Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, ASEM6 Secretariat (2006)
- Researcher, Network for European Studies, University of Helsinki (2005 – 2006)
- Other positions:
- Head of Section (East Asian Studies)
- Academic Director of Minor in East Asian Studies, Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku.
- Chair of the Teaching Skills Committee, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Turku 2022 -
- Editor of Studies on Contemporary Asia, a publication series of the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku, Finland.
- Member of the Finnish delegation in the Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership process, 2014
- Degrees:
- Doctor of Social Sciences (Asian Studies), University of Turku 22.8.2019.
- Master of Social Sciences, University of Turku 2003
- Other courses:
- Leadership traning (1 year), University of Turku, 2023
- Supervision of research projects (5 ECTS), University of Turku, 2019
- University Pedagogics I & II (25 ECTS), University of Turku, 2013 - 2014, 2021-2022
- TieVie - ICT in Education Expert Training Programme (15 ECTS), 2007 – 2008
- Exchange student at Kansai Gaidai University, Osaka, Japan (5 months), 2002
- Japanese Language Program for Postgraduate Students (2-month course), 2001
- Asia-Europe Foundation, ASEF University (2 weeks), in 2001
Teaching
My MOOC-course Johdatus Itä-Aasiaan [Introduction to East Asia] was awarded the Course of the Year title in 2022 by the University of Turku and the Student Union of the University of Turku.
Bachelor level:
- Johdatus Itä-Aasiaan [Introduction to East Asia] (3 ECTS) (online course)
- Japanese History and Contemporary Japan (5 ECTS, co-teaching)
- East Asian Media Essay: China, Japan and Korea (2-3 ECTS) (online course)
- Master's level:
- Contemporary Japanese Politics and Society (5 ECTS)
- Academic Skills and Competencies (2 ECTS, co-teaching with colleagues, 1 lecture)
- Conflict and Cooperation in East Asia (2 ECTS, co-teaching with colleagues, 2 lectures)
- Master Thesis Seminar (co-teaching)
- Advanced Country Studies Literature Exam on Japan (2-5 ECTS)
- Modern Histories of East Asian Countries Literature Exam, Japan (2-5 ECTS)
- I supervise yearly more than ten Master's thesis on Japan.
- Completed theses 11 (2023)
Research
Here is a list of papers I have presented at academic conferences.
Papers presented at academic conferences:
War legacy in Japan’s political rhetoric and parliamentary diplomacy. Eisa-Pec 2022 Athens. 3.9.2022.
How does context determine and drive political diplomatic dialogue – EU-Japan Parliamentary Dialogue on Shared Values. EAJS 2021 (online). 27.8.2021.
Japanese Parliamentarians and Japan’s Normative Power Diffusion in the Asia–Europe Dialogue. Paper presented at Eisa-Pec 2021 (online), 15.9.2021.
Diet Members and Japan’s Normative Power. Paper presented at NAJS 2019, University of Turku Finland. 24.5.2019.
Workshop Chair at NAJS 2019 (on politics, nuclear energy and society), University of Turku Finland, 23.5.2019.
“Normative Power and Parliamentarians – The Diet of Japan as a Case.” Paper presented at the Asia-Pacific Studies Seminar, Feb 24, 2018. Osaka University, Japan.
“Domestic actors on the international stage - Japanese Parliamentarians in the Asia-Europe dialogue”. Paper presented at the 15th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS), Lisbon, August 30-September 2, 2017.
“The National Diet of Japan and Parliamentary Diplomacy: Japan’s Participation in the Asia-Europe Parliamentary Dialogue”. Paper presented at the Twentieth Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ), ICU Tokyo, July 2-3, 2016.
“Diet of Japan as an international actor: a case study of Japan’s participation in the Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership”. Paper presented at the Asian Studies Days Doctoral Seminar, University of Jyväskylä, August 26, 2016.
“People’s participation in ASEM – a Focus on the Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership”. Paper presented at the Asian Studies Days Doctoral Seminar, University of Vaasa, October 2, 2015.
“ASEM and the people's involvement: a focus on the Parliamentary Partnership (ASEP)”. A Paper presented at the conference: Asia-Europe Parliaments, Foreign Policy and Transnationalization: Methodological Challenges at the University of Jyväskylä, September 26, 2015.
“Japan in the Asia-Europe Parliamentary Process”. Paper presented at the 11th Conference of the Nordic Association for Study of Contemporary Japanese Society, Lund University, March 6, 2015
“Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership (ASEP) - Just a talking shop or a tool for more participatory Asia-Europe relations?” Paper presented at the academic conference “East Asia and the European Union, strong Economics, weak Politics?”. Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Groeningen, The Netherlands, May 9, 2014.