The New Europe Center is honored to have Katri Pynnöniemi, Mannerheim Chair of Russian Security Studies Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki and National Defence University, as our esteemed speaker for this insightful event (public discussion).

Date: April 1, 2024

Time: 16:00

Topic: “Evolution of Finland’s security thinking vis-a-vis Russia”

Speaker: Katri Pynnöniemi, Associate Professor at the University of Helsinki

Moderator: Kateryna Zarembo, Associated Senior Fellow, New Europe Center

Working Language: English

Online translation will be held on New Europe Center`s Facebook Page.

Katri Pynnöniemi is Associate Professor at the University of Helsinki (Aleksanteri-institute) and holds Mannerheim Chair of Russian Security Studies. The joint professorship between the University of Helsinki and the National Defense University was established in August 2017.

Katri Pynnöniemi leads the working group of the Mannerheim professorship devoted on study of Russia’s strategic thought and its implications for the European security. She is also member of the Russia study group at the National Defence University, responsible for teaching and supervision of research on Russian strategy.

Previously Katri Pynnöniemi has worked as a senior researcher at the Finnish Institute for International Affairs. She has been a visiting researcher at the University of Tartu, Estonia (2012), Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm (2016) and the Wilson Center, Kennan Institute, Washington D.C. (2017). She is a member of The Scientific Advisory Board for Defence (MATINE).