CURRICULUM VITÆ
Document date 20180324
Family name: Korhonen
Personal names: Ari Pekka
Male
Birth date: 21.8.1955 in Suonenjoki, Finland.
Nationality: Finland
Domicile: Kangasniemi, Savo, Finland
Academic degrees
Doctor of Social Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Political Science, 17.12.1992.
Grade: Eximia cum laude approbatur.
Licentiate of Social Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Political Science, 22.2.1990.
Grade: Eximia cum laude approbatur.
Master of Social Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Political Science, 27.1.1983.
Grade: Eximia cum laude approbatur.
Languages
Savo, Suomi; mother tongues
English; fluent
Japanese; fairly fluent
Swedish; official language test passed in 1990; good
German; reading good, speaking moderate
Norwegian, Danish; reading good
Spanish, French, Chinese; reading moderate
Current employment
University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy.
Professor of Political Science, especially World Politics, 1.1.2004 -
Head of the unit of political science 1.9.2002 - 31.7.2004; 1.9.-31.12.2006; 1.1.2008 - 31.12.2012
Previous employment
a) University of Jyväskylä, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy
substitute professor of political science 1.9.2000-31.12.2003
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b)International Research Centre for Japanese Studies, Kyoto
国際日本文化研究センター
visiting associate professor 1.10.1999-30.8.2000
c) 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
d) Åbo Akademi University, Centre for Southeast Asian Studies
project researcher 1.8.1994 - 31.7.1996
e) Academy of Finland, junior researcher 1.8.1992 - 31.7.1995.
f) 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.
Major research funding
Academy of Finland, research project The East and the Idea of Europe, 1.1.2003 - 31.12.2006
Academy of Finland, senior researcher's project Asia as a Name, 1.1.-31.12.2007
Academy of Finland, research project The Concept of World Politics, 1.1.2009 - 31.12.2012
Academy of Finland, research project East-West Conceptual contestations 1.1.2015-31.12.2018
Research, teaching, study and fieldwork abroad
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Fachbereich Politikwissenschaft
Erasmus teacher, 16.6.-30.6.2017
Renmin University of China, School of International Studies
Summer school instructor 1.7.-21.7.2016
Kwangwoon University (Seoul)
광운대학교 光云大學校
visiting fellow, 1.6.-30.6.2016
Kyoto University, Faculty of Letters
visiting fellow, 2.4.-30.5.2016
Renmin University of China, School of International Studies
Summer school instructor 5.7.-22.7.2015
Renmin University of China, School of International Studies
中国人民大学 国际关系学院
Visiting fellow 8.9.-20.12.2014
Kyoto University, Asia Research Unit
京都大学アジア研究教育ユニット
visiting fellow 7.1.-30.5.2014
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Fachbereich Politikwissenschaft
Visiting Erasmus lecturer, 7.-28.6.2013
Kyoto University, Faculty of Letters
京都大学文学部社会学専修
visiting professor, 28.9. – 1.12.2012
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Fachbereich Politikwissenschaft
Visiting Erasmus lecturer, 4.-29.6.2008
Waseda University (Tokyo), Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies
visiting fellow, 1.12. – 22.12.2007
Kyoto University, Faculty of Letters
visiting fellow, 1.10.-30.11.2007
Waseda University (Tokyo), Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies
早稲田大学大学院アジア太平洋研究科
visiting fellow, 25.5. – 5.6.2006
Lingnan University (Hong Kong), Centre for Asian Pacific Studies
嶺南大學 亞洲太平洋研究中心
visiting fellow, 31.5. - 27.6.1996
Institute of International Relations, Taipei, Republic of China
國際關係研究中心
visiting fellow, 30.4. - 30.5.1996
Waseda University (Tokyo), Department of Social Sciences
visiting fellow, 30.3. - 29.4.1996
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
visiting fellow, 1.5. - 30.5.1994
Australian National University, Australia-Japan Research Centre
visiting fellow, 1.4. - 30.4.1994
International Christian University (Tokyo), Peace Research Center
国際基督教大学 平和学研究センター
visiting fellow, 1.1. - 30.3.1994
Tokyo University, Faculty of Law, Department of Law and Politics
東京大学法学部法学政治学研究所
visiting foreign research student, 1.4.1986 - 30.3.1988
visiting fellow, 16.9. - 15.10.1991.
Number of completed master's thesis supervised: 134 (end of 2017)
Completed doctoral dissertations supervised
Risto Wallin 2005
Marko Kauppinen 2006
Minna Turunen 2007
Aapo Jumppanen 2009
Veikko Heinonen 2011
Jarkko Haapanen 2013
Mikko Jakonen 2013
Irina van der Vet 2013
Statements for the title of docent
Mikael Mattlin, University of Helsinki, 2018
Mikael Mattlin, University of Turku, 2013
Juha Vuori, University of Tampere, 2012
Bart Gaens, University of Helsinki, 2010
Heino Nyyssönen, University of Tampere, 2010
Riikka Kuusisto, University of Helsinki, 2008
Pami Aalto, University of Helsinki, 2005
Petri Minkkinen, University of Tampere, 2005
Other academic responsibilities
Finnish National Graduate School of Contemporary Asian Studies, member of the board 1.1.2006—31.12.2013
Finnish National Network of Universities and Polytechnics for East and Southeast Asian Studies, member of the board 1.5.2001 – 31.12.2005
The Finnish International Studies Association, founding member at 1.10.1993, member of the board 1.10.1993 - 31.12.1997
The Finnish Peace Research Association, member of the board, 1.1.1990 - 31.12.1993; 1.1. – 31.12.2004.
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 Political Science Association, member of the board, 1.1. - 31.12.1985.
Address:
Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy
FIN-40014 University of Jyväskylä, FINLAND.
tel +358 40 805 4154
email pekka.a.korhonen@jyu.fi
home page http://users.jyu.fi/~pkonen/PekkaKorhonenJYU/Etusivu.html
