| Lassi Heininen (Chair), University Lecturer and Adjunct Professor |
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The current professional position Dr. Lassi Heininen is University Lecturer and Adjunct Professor (Docent) at Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lapland, Finland. Among his other academic positions are Adjunct Professor at Frost Center for Canadian Studies, Trent University, Canada; Adjunct Professor at Faculty of Geography, University of Oulu, Finland; and Visiting Professor at University of Akureyri, Iceland.
His research fields include International Relations, Geopolitics, Security Studies, Environmental Politics, Political History, European Studies, Russian Studies and Northern / Arctic Studies. Lassi´s publications include circa 50 scientific articles in peer-reviewed and other international scientific journals and edited volumes, circa 80 scientific articles in Finnish peer-reviewed and other scientific journals and conference proceedings and 12 scientific monographs. Among the recent articles are "Pohjoinen geopoliittinen alue", Maa, Seutu, Kulmakunta. Näkökulmia aluehistorialliseen tutkimukseen. SKS, 2009; "The Changing Geo-Politics of the North", Arctic Idea, August 2008; "Different images of the Arctic, and the circumpolar North in world politics", Knowledge and Power in the Arctic. Conference proceedings; "The Importance of Northern Dimension Foreign Policies in the Geopolitics of the Circumpolar North" (with Heather Nicol), Geopolitics, Vol. 12, 2007; "Impacts of Globalization, and the Circumpolar North in World Politics", Polar Geography, Vol. 29, 2005, No. 2; "Circumpolar International Relations and Geopolitics", AHDR (Arctic Human Development Report) 2004.
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