Curriculum Vitae
Employment
Founding Director, interim CEO
China Matters
1 August 2020 to present
Chief Executive Officer
China Matters
February 2015 – July 2019
Visiting Professor
United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
Jan 2014 – Dec 2015
Nonresident Fellow
Lowy Institute for International Policy, Sydney
Jan 2014 - June 2015
Director of East Asia Program
Lowy Institute for International Policy, Sydney
April 2011 – December 2013
Director of China and Global Security Programme, Senior Researcher
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), based in Beijing
March 2009 – March 2011
Senior Researcher
Finnish Institute of International Affairs, based in Beijing
2008 – 2009
Director of China Programme
Finnish Institute of International Affairs, based in Beijing
2004 – 2007
Senior Researcher
Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA), based in Hong Kong
2002 – 2004
Lecturer, Adjunct Faculty
Syracuse University/Hong Kong Center
Fall 2002, spring 2003, spring 2004
Courses in Political History and Political Economies of East Asia
Researcher
Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA), Helsinki
1998 – 2001
Far East correspondent based in Beijing
Suomen Kuvalehti, Finland's leading news weekly magazine
1992 – 1997
In 1995 also part-time stringer for The Guardian (London)
Foreign news reporter
Helsingin Sanomat, Finland's largest daily newspaper
1990 – 1992
Fellow
Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Shorenstein Barone Center on Press, Politics, & Public Policy
1990
Researcher
Finland's Ministry of Trade & Industry, based in Beijing
1989
Topic of research: "China's Decision-making policies"
English teacher
Shandong Institute of Economics, Jinan, China
1987 – 1988
Education
University Education
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Helsinki University
B.A. (major: political history), 1978-1983 -
Chinese University in Hong Kong, Yale University Language Center
6 months Mandarin reading course, Sep 2001-Feb 2002
Chinese Language Studies
- Beijing Normal College - Chinese language studies, spring 1987, spring 1989
- Shandong Teachers University, Jinan - Chinese studies, autumn 1988
Other Language Studies
- Japanese Language School, Tokyo - Elementary Japanese studies, 2 months in 1991
Secondary Education
- Tölö Svenska Samskolan, Helsinki (Senior High School), 1975-1977
- Minerva High School, Stockholm, 1974
- Anglo-American School, Stockholm, 1973
- Elementary and Junior High School, Pelham, New York, 1965-1972
Languages
Awards, Grants & Positions of Trust (Selected)
Invited to join inaugural advisory board of the Diplomatic Academy of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra
Invited as member of advisory board of La Trobe Asia, Melbourne
Invited as member of editorial board of the Asan Forum by Asan Institute for Policy Studies, Seoul
Granted Albie Award 2010 for SIPRI report "New Foreign Policy Actors in China"
Won the Finnish Government Non-Fiction Publication Award for "Miljoona totuutta. Vuosikymmen Kiinassa" (documentary book about China)
Awarded fellowship at Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics, & Public Policy, Harvard University