Tapio Juntunen

University Teacher (SAFER) & Head of Degree Programme (Politics), PhD.

International Security Studies

Finnish foreign policy

Societal resilience

Nuclear disarmament and arms control

Practice theory

• 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).

Editor of Politiikka (2019-2020).

Member of Board in Finnish International Studies Association. 

Security Studies (societal security and resilience, international security) 

History of Finnish foreign- and security politics

Disarmament and nuclear weapons politics

International history and international practice

Security Studies and International Relations