Tapio Juntunen
University Instructor, Security Studies
Tampere University
tapio.juntunen [at] tuni.fi (tapio[dot]juntunen[at]tuni[dot]fi)
phone number+358503187034
Responsibilities
Academic Director, Masters Degree Programme in Security Management and Politics.
Head of Degree Programme, Degree Programme in Politics.
Top achievements
- Raimo Väyrynen Dissertation Award, the Foundation for Foreign Policy Research, January 2025. The Raimo Väyrynen Dissertation Prize is awarded for the best doctoral dissertation on international politics written in a Finnish university during the last three years.
- PhD (International Relations), Tampere University, 2024. Dissertation approved with distinction.
- Teacher of the year award, Degree Programme in Politics, University of Tampere, 2014 and 2016 (chosen by students).
Main positions of trust
Editor of Politiikka (2019-2020).
Member of Board in Finnish International Studies Association.
Research topics
Security Studies (societal security and resilience, international security)
History of Finnish foreign- and security politics
Disarmament and nuclear weapons politics
International history and practice theory
Research unit
Tampere Centre for Security, Risk, and Resilience (TASERR)
Research fields
Security Studies and International Relations