Curriculum Vitae Dr. Lassi Heininen Full name Heininen Lassi Kalevi (male) Date and place of birth 8 th of April 1952 in Pori, Finland Mail and e-mail addresses, and telephone number Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lapland, P.O. Box 122, FIN-96101 Rovaniemi, Finland Phone: +358-40-4844 215 (mobile), Fax: +358-16-341 2600 (office) E-mail: lassi.heininen@ulapland.fi] Degrees -Doctorate of Social Sciences at University of Lapland, Finland in 11.5.1999, International Relations, topic of the doctoral dissertation: Euroopan pohjoinen 1990-luvulla. Moniulotteisten ja ristiriitaisten intressien alue -Licentiate of Social Sciences at University of Tampere, Finland in 27.3.1991, International Politics -Master of Social Sciences at University of Helsinki (as the secondary subject), Finland in 26.1.1990, Political History -Master of Social Sciences at University of Tampere, Finland in 27.5.1987, International Politics Adjunct professorships (dosentuuri) - Adjunct Faculty on Northern Studies (MA and PhD Graduate Programs), Frost Center for Canadian Studies (MA and PhD Graduate Programs) at Trent University, Ontario, Canada in 2008 - Adjunct Professor (dosentti) on Geopolitics (esp. Northern regions problems), Faculty of Natural Sciences at University of Oulu, Finland, in 2002 - Adjunct Professor (dosentti) on International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Lapland, Finland in 2000 Present employment relationship - Professor of Arctic Politics (invited) / Arktisen politiikan professori (kutsuttu) at Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lapland, Finland from 1.3.2013 to 31.12.2015 - University Lecturer / Yliopistonlehtori at Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lapland, Finland since 1.8.2007 (leave of absence from 1.3.2013 to 31.12.2015) Most important posts and full-time positions - Senior Scientist / Erikoistutkija, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lapland from 1.4.2005 to 31.7.2007 - Postdoctoral researcher / Tutkijatohtori, Academy of Finland at Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland from 1.10.2000 to 30.9.2001
- Senior Scientist / Erikoistutkija, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland from 1.2.1995 to 31.3.2005 - Co-ordinator of Arctic Studies Program / Opetuksen koordinaattori, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland form 1.8.1991 to 31.1.1995 - Acting Research Fellow / vt. Tutkimusassistentti, Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI), Finland from 1.9.1990 to 31.7.1991 - Researcher / Tutkija, Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI) form 1.1.1990 to 31.8.1990 - Project Researcher / Projektitutkija, Academy of Finland at TAPRI form 1.1.1988 to 31.12.1989 - Secretary General / Toimeenpaneva sihteeri, Finnish Committee for the United Nation's Disarmament Week form 7.5.1985 to 5.5.1987 Supervised doctoral dissertations - Gleb Yarovoy [defended in 2007] and Maria Pitukhina [defended in 2008] at Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Petrozavodsk State University, Russia Doctoral dissertations under supervision -Scott Forrest [in progress], Margret Cela [in progress], Jussi Huotari [in progress], Hanna Lempinen [in progress], Michael Laiho [in progress] and Gustav Petursson [in progress] at Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lapland; -Nicolas Sellheim [in progress] at Faculty of Law, University of Lapland; -Audur H Ingolfsdottir [in progress] at Faculty of Political Science, School of Social Sciences, University of Iceland and Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lapland (Joint Doctoral Supervision Agreement); -Sanna Kopra [in progress] at Department of Political Sciences and Valentina Nura [in progress] at Tampere Peace Research Institute at University of Tampere, Finland. Research fields and scientific expertise - International Relations and Geopolitics - Security Studies - Environmental Politics - Political History - European Studies, Russian Studies, Northern / Arctic Studies - Inter/transdisciplinarity (in research, teaching and dialogue-building) Scientific expert positions - Editor of The Arctic Yearbook since January 2012 - Associate Researcher of Center for Geopolitical Studies at University of Quebec in Montreal (Universite du Quebec a Montreal) since January 2011 - Leader of an interdisciplinary research group on the Viking Age in Finland from January 2011 to June 2013 - Member of the Editorial Board and Reference Groups for Barents History Book and Barents Encyclopedia coordinated by University of Luleå from January 2009 to July 2013 - Visiting Professor at Faculty of Social Sciences and Law (since September 2005) and Lecturer at Polar Law M.A. Program, University of Akureyri, Iceland since September 2007
- Member of the Editorial Board for Proceedings of the International Conference 2004 and Proceedings of the International Conference 2005 in Riga, Latvia - Academic Director (and founder) of the International Summer School in Karelia (ISSK) at Petrozavodsk State University in Petrozavodsk, Russia since July 2003 - Member of the Editorial Board and Reference Groups for Baltic Region - Conflicts and Co-operation. Road from the Past to the Future (international book project) in 2001-2004 - Senior Research Fellow at Centre for European and Transition Studies, University of Latvia, Latvia since August 2000 - Project Director of the Northern Research Forum (NRF), an international, interdisciplinary and policy-orientated research project, since November 1999 - Director of the Calotte Academy since January 1996 - Referee for the following academic / scientific journals: ARCTIC, Futures Research Quarterly, Geopolitics (international journal), Global Policy Journal, Journal of Borderlands Studies, Northern Review, POLITIKON (IAPSS Journal), Polar Record, Politiikka-lehti (Finnish academic journal on political science), Review of International Studies, Routledge (Taylor&Francis Group) - Referee for Baltic Region Guide-book, Barents Region Encyclopedia, NorFA / NordForsk, Northern and Regional Studies Series (Lakehead University, Canada), Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education (SIU), SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada), Suomen Kulttuurirahasto (Finnish Cultural Foundation), University of Ottawa Press] Most important scientific positions of trust and administration - Member (deputy) of the Board of Trustees of the Aleksanteri Institute, Finnish Centre for Russian and Eastern European Studies at University of Helsinki from 1.7.2010 to 31.3.2014 - Member of the Board of the Arctic Centre at University of Lapland in 2005 and from 1.1.2010 to 31.12.2013 - Member of the Board of Trustees of the Northern Dimension Institute (NDI) at the Lappeenranta University of Technology from January 2010 to December 2014 - Member of the Ad hoc Group on the EU s Northern Dimension at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland from January 2005 to December 2006 - Member of the international Organizing Committee of, and a key-note speaker at, the international scientific conference Luzin Readings by the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Apatity, Russia in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2010 - Member of the Executive Board of the Thule Institute at the University of Oulu, Finland from 2004 to 2010 - Member (invited) of the Council for the 50 Years Anniversary of the Finnish UN Association in 2005 - Member of the International Organizing Board of the 1 st and 2 nd International Conference on Social Sciences at the University of Latvia, Riga in 2004 and 2005 - Academic Director of the International Summer School in Karelia (ISSK) at Petrozavodsk State University in Petrozavodsk, Russia since July 2003 - Lead author of the Arctic Human Development Report, AHDR (an international research project under the auspices of the Arctic Council) in 2003-2004
- Member of the Host Planning Committee for the 2 nd Open Meeting of the Northern Research Forum in September 2002, Veliky Novgorod, Russia - Member of the Executive Committee (POMOT) of the University of the Arctic in 2000-2004 - Chairman of the Steering Committee for (and co-founder of) the Northern Research Forum (NRF) since 1999 - Member of the Ad hoc Committee on Arctic affairs of Finland at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland in 1998-1999 - Director of the International Summer School (ISS' 96) at the University of Lapland from September 1995 to June 1996 - Secretary for, and Member of, the Executive Committee of, the Northern Policy Society (Pohjoisen politiikan seura ry) from November 1994 to May 1999 - Coordinator (and co-founder) of the International Kuhmo Summer Academy from July 1987 to July 2003 Most important foreign visits - Associated Scholar of international research program Geopolitics in the High North (led by Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies) from February 2011 to December 2012 - Research Fellow at State University of West Georgia, USA from March 2004 to March 2006 - NorFA Visiting Professor (NorFA-gästprofessor) on European and Nordic studies at Petrozavodsk State University, Russia from August 2003 to July 2006 - Visiting Professor and Holder of the Chair of Finnish Studies at Lakehead University, Canada in the winter semester from January 2002 to April 2002 (the winter term) - Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Geopolitics, Punjab University, India in March-April 2000 - Co-Leader of the Inter-University Student Group on (Northern) European studies at the Petrozavodsk State University, Russia from September 2000 to July 2002 - Visiting Researcher at Institute of Arctic Studies, Dartmouth College, USA in March-April 1995 Publications - 28 peer-reviewed scientific articles in journals, edited volumes and refereed sections in scientific books - Circa 130 non-refereed scientific articles in journals, collections, books, conference proceedings and publications in university series - 12 scientific monographs and 32 edited publications - Circa 100 other publications, articles, chapters in textbooks, and research reports (e.g. textbooks, articles popularising science in newspapers and magazines) Presentations in scientific and professional meetings - Academic presentations (papers) in more than 115 international scientific conferences, seminars and workshops (e.g. in 2012 paper or other presentation in 20 international gatherings) - Academic presentations (papers) in more than 60 national scientific conferences, seminars and workshops - Circa 70 professional presentations and lectures in public meetings
Professional interviews - Interviews in foreign newspapers in Canada (45e Nord.ca at UQIM), China (South China Morning Post, People s Daily), Iceland (Morgunbladet), Russia (Karjalan Sanomat), and in international magazine (Newsweek) - Interviews in several national newspapers in Finland (e.g. Helsingin Sanomat, Kainuun Sanomat, Kaleva, Lalli, Lapin Kansa, Länsi Suomi, Maaseudun Tulevaisuus, Satakunnan Kansa, Tiedonantaja, Turun Sanomat), and in national magazines (e.g. Ruotuväki, Suomen Kuvalehti, Suomen Sotilas) - Interviews in foreign radio and TV channels in China (China Radio International), Iceland (National TV-Channel 1, RUV), Russia (ITAR-TASS, Moscow Radio, Murmansk TV, Petrozavodsk TV), Sweden (Radio Norrbotten) and the USA (The Paula Gordon Show: Conversations with People at the Leading Edge in Atlanta, Georgia - see website: www.paulagordon.com) - Interviews in national and regional TV channels in Finland (e.g. TV Channel 1 of Finnish Radio Broadcasting, Prisma-Studio and Torstai-tiimi (scientific TV programs), MTV News, North Finland s TV News - Interviews in national and regional radio channels in Finland (e.g. YLE Radio 1 of Finnish Radio Broadcasting, and Lapland Radio, Oulu Radio).