CURRICULUM VITÆ
Ari Pekka Korhonen, born 21 August 1955 in Suonenjoki, Finland. Male.
Academic degrees
Candidate of Social Sciences, 27.1.1983, University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Social Sciences.
Hans Morgenthau, intellektuaalinen historia. Grade: Eximia cum laude approbatur.
Licentiate of Social Sciences, 22.2.1990, University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Social Sciences. The Geometry of Power. Johan Galtung's Conception of Power. Grade: Eximia cum laude approbatur.
Doctor of Social Sciences, 17.12.1992, University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Social Sciences. The Origin of the Idea of the Pacific Free Trade Area. A Study of Japanese Rhetorical Categories and Discussion on International Integration 1945-1968. Grade: Eximia cum laude approbatur.
Academic posts
a) University of Jyväskylä, Department of Political Science
assistant 1.4.1983 - 13.4.1984,
deputy lecturer 1.1. - 31.12.1985,
deputy senior lecturer 16.1. - 15.2.1986,
assistant 1.11.1988 - 31.12.1989,
researcher 1.1.1990 - 31.12.1991.
b) Academy of Finland, junior researcher 1.8.1992 - 31.7.1995.
senior researcher 1.1.-31.12.2007
c) Åbo Akademi University, Centre for Southeast Asian Studies
project director 1.8.1994 - 31.7.1996
d) University of Jyväskylä, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy
senior assistant 1.8.1995 - 31.12.1998
substitute professor of political science 1.1.1999 - 30.9.1999
e) International Research Centre for Japanese Studies, Kyoto
visiting associate professor 1.10.1999-30.8.2000
f) University of Jyväskylä, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy
substitute professor of political science 1.9.2000-31.12.2003
head of the unit of political science 1.9.2002 - 31.7.2004; 1.9.-31.12.2006; 1.1.2008 -
tenured professor of world politics 1.1.2004 -
Association posts
The Finnish Political Science Association, member of the board, 1.1. - 31.12.1985.
Editor of the Finnish journal of peace research, Rauhantutkimus, 1.1. - 31.12.1989; member of the editorial board of Rauhantutkimus/Kosmopolis 1.1.1990 - 31.12.1996
The Finnish Peace Research Association, member of the board, 1.1.1990 - 31.12.1993; 1.1. – 31.12.2004.
The Finnish International Studies Association, founding member at 1.10.1993, member of the board 1.10.1993 - 31.12.1997
Finnish National Network of Universities and Polytechnics for East and Southeast Asian Studies, member of the board 1.5.2001 – 31.12.2005
Finnish National Graduate School of Contemporary Asian Studies, member of the board 1.1.2006—
Research abroad
University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, Department of Law and Politics
visiting foreign research student, 1.4.1986 - 30.3.1988
visiting fellow, 16.9. - 15.10.1991.
International Christian University (Tokyo), Peace Research Center
visiting fellow, 1.1. - 30.3.1994
Australian National University, Australia-Japan Research Centre
visiting fellow, 1.4. - 30.4.1994
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
visiting fellow, 1.5. - 30.5.1994
Waseda University (Tokyo), Department of Social Sciences
visiting fellow, 30.3. - 29.4.1996
Institute of International Relations, Taipei, Republic of China
visiting fellow, 30.4. - 30.5.1996
Lingnan University (Hong Kong), Centre for Asian Pacific Studies
visiting fellow, 31.5. - 27.6.1996
Waseda University (Tokyo), Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies
visiting fellow, 25.5. – 5.6.2006
Kyoto University, Faculty of Letters
visiting fellow, 1.10.-30.11.2007
Waseda University (Tokyo), Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies
visiting fellow, 1.12. – 22.12.2007
Doctoral dissertations supervised
Risto Wallin 2005
Marko Kauppinen 2006
Minna Turunen 2007
Aapo Jumppanen 2009
Veikko Heinonen 2011
Mikko Jakonen 2013
Skills in foreign languages:
I can read fairly Norwegian and Danish, and passably Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Chinese.
My German abilities are moderate.
My Swedish abilities have officially been rated as good.
I am fluent with spoken Japanese and I can write academic Japanese.
I am fluent with written and spoken English.
My native languages are Finnish and Savo.
