Biography

Teija Tiilikainen is a Doctor of Political Science and is Director of Research at the Centre for European Studies at the University of Helsinki.

Born: In Lohja, Finland, 22 April, 1964

Main education:
Master in Political Science, Åbo Akademi University, 1989
Licenciate in Political Science, Åbo Akademi University, 1991
Doctor in Political Science, Åbo Akademi University, 1997 (dissertation on the history of political ideas “Europe and Finland; defining the Political Identity of Finland in Western Europe, Ashgate, London, 1998)

Main employments:
Lecturer in Social Sciences, University of Turku:
Faculty of Legal Sciences, 1989-90
Acting Departmental Assistant, University of Turku:
Dept of Political Science 1990-91
Acting Departmental Assistant, Åbo Akademi University:
Dept of Political Science 1992-93
Research Fellow, Research Project 'Citizens' Europe'
financed by the Academy of Finland 1993-95
Acting Departmental Assistant, Åbo Akademi University:
Dept of Political Science 1996
Researcher, National Defence College:
Dept of Strategic Studies 1.10.1996-28.2.1998
Researcher, Coordinator of Programme on European Policy-Making
University of Helsinki: Dept of Political Science 1.3.1998 -
31.8.1998
Acting Professor in International Relations
University of Helsinki 1.9.1998-31.12.1998
Researcher, Coordinator of Programme on European Policy-Making
University of Helsinki 1.1.1999 – 31.12.2000
(maternity leave 5.7.1999 – 31.3.2000)
Director of Research, Centre for European Studies,
University of Helsinki 1.1.2001 ->

For more information see her full cv

Contact details

teija.tiilikainen@helsinki.fi