Profile of Expertise

Name Concepts Interest Area
Dragana Cvetanovic Progressiveness, nationalism, Yugo-nostalgia, post-socialism Social linguistics, discourse analysis, popular culture Serbia, former Yugoslavian countries
Emma Hakala Security, securization Environmental securitization and the role of international Organizations in the post-conflict Western Balkans
Anna Halonen Security, interethnic relations EU-civilian crisis management, conflict studies Georgia, Kosovo Balkans
Brendan Humphreys Victimhood, ethnic conflict, nationalism, Post-Yugo/post-socialist, collapse of communism Serbian-Bulgarian relations, Russian presence in the Balkans Former Yugoslavian countries
Sigrid Kaasik National identity, societal development New approaches to identity studies (triangle of European-ness – free movement – high tech society) Estonia
Markus Kainu Welfare, post-socialism Comparative research in Easter Europe, poverty, social transformation regarding foreign economic actors’ moves, software projects Moldova,
Suvi Kansikas Economic integration, national interest, space of manoeuvre of small countries EEC-integration of Eastern Bloc countries Eastern Europe
Anna Korhonen Nationalism-transnationalism, identity Estonian and Russian relations, minority politics, ethnic identity Estonia
Katalin Miklóssy Varieties of socialism, entrepreneurship, competition Comparative study of the institutional change of socialist systems, the future of socialist formations, developing teaching of history and conflicts East Central Europe, also Romania
Jouko Nilkula Welfare, company paternalism, entrepreneurship Urban agriculture, global trends in the countryside Russia, Baltic states, Bulgaria
Mila Oiva Action space in state socialism, consumer culture, expert networks, identity Cultural history, socialist marketing and trade, Polish-Russian relations, digital research methods Poland
Mikko Palonkorpi Security, securitization, energy security, conlict resolution, cross-border cooperation Energy security issues and conflict transformation in the South Caucasus and foreign & domestic politics of the states in the region. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
Riikka Palonkorpi Cold War East-West collaboration (small actors) Western reception of Eastern scientific-cultural innovations, history of emotions (in protest movements) Czech
Heini Puurunen Borders, boundaries, minorities, identity Border problems in the Southern Balkan Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia