CURRICULUM VITAE, 29th of September 2021

1. Personal details

Name                                                                           Tynkkynen, Veli-Pekka

ORCID (Publications)                                                 orcid.org/0000-0001-9006-753X

2. Education and degrees completed

Aug 2018, Title of Docent, Russian resource and energy policy, National Defence U, Finland

June 2010, Title of Docent, Environmental planning, University of Helsinki, Finland

Mar 2007, Doctor of Philosophy, Planning geography, UHelsinki, Finland 

June 1999, Master of Science, Planning geography, UHelsinki, Finland

3. Current position

1.1.2021 – Professor in Russian Environmental Studies, Aleksanteri Institute, UHelsinki

4. Previous work experience

1.1.2018-31.12.2020 Associate Professor in Russian Environmental Studies, Aleksanteri Institute

1.1.2011-31.12.2017 Professor in Russian energy policy, Aleksanteri Institute, UHelsinki

1.9.2007-31.12.2010 Postdoc, AoF, Dept. of Geosciences and Geography, UHelsinki 

20.1.2007-31.7.2008 Senior Res. Fellow, Nordregio, Centre for Spatial Development, Stockholm

1.9.2006-19.1.2007 Research Fellow, Nordregio, Stockholm

1.1.1999-31.7.2006 Tutor and PhD student, planning geography, Dept. of Geography, UHelsinki, 

15.5. – 31.12.1998, Researcher, Karelian water programme (Russia), Finnish MoEnvironment

5. Career breaks 

6 months on paternity leave (2005-2015)

6. Personal research funding and grants (sum of research grants 2,940.000 €)

10 completed research projects and one ongoing: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/tynkkynen/projects/

2021-2024, Sustainable Development, Russia and Finland, Kone Foundation, 638.000 €, PI

2018-2021, ERA Net Russia, Academy of Finland, 250.000 €, PI

2018-2020, Academy of Finland & RFBR Arctic call, 220.000 €, PI

2016-2020, PIRE Arctic, NSF & Academy of Finland, 240.000 €, PI

2017, Prime Minister’s Office, Strategic Funding, 100.000 €, PI

2016-2019, Strategic Research Council, Academy of Finland, 375.000 €, PI

2015-2018, Academy of Finland ARKTIKO Programme, 760.000 €, PI

2015-2016, Prime Minister’s Office, Strategic Funding, 50.000 €, PI

2014-2016, Joint Call – Academy of Finland and JSPS Japan, 190.000 €, PI

2014-2015, Nordic Council of Ministers, Russia Cooperation, 49.000 €, PI

2008, Nordic Council of Ministers, Russia Cooperation, 67.000 €, PI

7. Leadership and supervision experience

Supervisor, 11 postdocs: 2015–2021

2 supervised PhD: Gritsenko, 11/2014; Salonen, 9/2020, main supervisor

7 funded PhD students, main supervisor at UHelsinki: Salonen 2013–2020, Huotari 2015–, Höysniemi 2016–(2022), Kangasluoma 2018–(2022), Durante 2018–(2022), Hurri 2018–(2022), Gorbacheva 2019–(2023)

2 PhD students, 2^nd supervisor: Hakala 2014–2019, Nykänen 2016–2020.

8 supervised Master theses, 2^nd: Helsinki, Aalto, LUT, Tampere, Turku & Jyväskylä, 2011-2021.

8. Teaching experience

Courses at UHelsinki, Aleksanteri Institute & Dept. of Social Research

2018 – Environment and Climate Change in Russia (5 ECTS); 2016-17 Natural Resources and Russia (5); 2012-2015 The Environmental Question in Russia’s Energy Policy (4); Russia as an Ecological Power and an Energy Superpower (4); 2012– Seminar on Russian environment (5) 

Lectures and courses UHelsinki, Department of Geography

1999-2005 Regional Planning in Finland (3 ECTS); 1999-2006 Fieldwork in Geography (12)

Lectures and courses elsewhere

2000 – Over 100 lectures and courses, > 30 education curriculums, > 350 hours, in Finnish and international universities (Glasgow x 2, Petrozavodsk, Stockholm, St. Petersburg X 2, Tartu, Uppsala), in Finnish, English and Russian on energy, environment, climate, Russia, and the Arctic

2000-2003, 4 Expeditions to Eurasia (Vietnam, Cambodia, Russia (Urals and Siberia), 60 students

2020 Teaching skills evaluated as commendable (4/5) by the Faculty of Arts, UHelsinki

9. Awards

2003, The Finlandia prize (Tieto-Finlandia) 26.000 €. Helanterä & Tynkkynen (2002). Russia cannot Escape its Geography (Maantieteelle Venäjä ei voi mitään). Gummerus.

10. Other key academic merits

2021 – Chairperson, UH working group for joint Bachelors, European & Sustainability studies; Board member, European Studies self-steering committee, University Alliance Europe

2021 – Partner, The Arctic Challenge for Sustainability II, National flagship project, Japan.

2018 – Board member, International Master’s Programme in Russian Studies, UHelsinki

2018-2021, Member of the Faculty Council & Research Council, Faculty of Arts, UHelsinki

2016-2021, Panel member, professorships: Russian security policy; Sustainability Science (Arctic); Russian law & administration; Global development studies, UHelsinki

2018 – Member of a Study group, Energy materiality: Infrastructure, Spatiality and Power, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Germany

2018 – Team leader ‘the Environment’, Aleksanteri Inst, Global Challenges and Russia program

2013 – Reviewer of professor competence (2 x in Norway); PhD thesis opponent (2 x in Finland)

2012 – Organizing 3 Workshops on Russian energy policy, the CoE in Russian Studies, UHelsinki

2003-2021, Reviewer, international academic journals, (n=27)

11. Scientific and societal impact

2017– 6 expert statements, the President of Finland; the Finnish Parliament (the Environment Committee x2, the Grand Committee x2, the Foreign Affairs Committee)

2016-2017, Advisor, The Committee for Public Information, the MoEducation&Culture, Finland

Sum of publications 108: 89 scientific publications; 29 peer-reviewed; 11 monographs.

2011 – 20 international conference and workshop papers  

>120 interviews by media (TV, radio, newspapers and web) on Russia, Finland and the EU

13 editorials in Helsingin Sanomat, Aamulehti, Suomen Kuvalehti, Estonian ERR

>30 public talks / keynotes: e.g. EU-Ukraine Forum, the Finnish Embassy in Moscow; Foreign Correspondents’ Prog. (MoFA, Finland), the Global Challenge (Sweden), IPIS (Iran), IIR (Czech R.), MoFA Ukraine, the Danish Foreign Policy Society, US State Department (x 2).

12. Other merits

2021 – Major (reserve), The Finnish Defence Forces

2003, Secretary, Nature Protection working group, Finnish-Russian Intergov. Cooperation

1999, 2000, OECD observer, Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Russia.