Europass Curriculum Vitae Personal information Surname(s) / First name(s) Address(es) Ristontie 12, FI-96300 Rovaniemi Telephone(s) +358 (0)400 893 033 Email(s) mika@luoma-aho.fi Nationality(-ies) Finnish Date of birth 17.11.1972 Education Dates (from to) September 1999 August 2002 Name of school University of Newcastle upon Tyne Principal subject Politics Title of qualification awarded Doctor of Philosophy Dates (from to) September 1996 May 1999 Name of school University of Lapland Principal subject International Relations Title of qualification awarded Master of Arts Dates (from to) September 1993 May 1995 Name of school Rovaniemi Institute for Commercial Training Principal subject International commerce Title of qualification awarded Merkonomi Dates (from to) August 1989 May 1991 Name of school Korkalovaara Upper Secondary School Title of qualification awarded Matriculation examination Work experience Dates (from to) Name and address of employer Occupation or position held Main activities and responsibilities February 2009 present University of Lapland University lecturer (yliopistonlehtori) in Political Sciences, especially International Politics Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, thesis supervision and research Dates (from to) November 2002 January 2009 Name and address of employer University of Lapland Occupation or position held Senior Assistant (yliassistentti) of International Relations Main activities and responsibilities Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, thesis supervision and research Dates (from to) August 2002 October 2002 Name and address of employer University of Lapland Occupation or position held Research Assistant (assistentti) of International Relations Main activities and responsibilities Research and undergraduate teaching Dates (from to) July 1999 July 2002 Name of employer National Graduate School for Political Science and International Relations (VAKAVA) Occupation or position held Researcher Page 1 - Curriculum vitæ of
Main activities and responsibilities Doctoral studies Dates (from to) June 1995 August 1996 Name of employer Arctic Project Group Ltd Type of business or sector Construction projects in northwestern Russia Occupation or position held Office manager Main activities and responsibilities Administration and accounting Dates (from to) October 1992 May 1993 Name of employer Rovaniemi Institute for Adult Education Occupation or position held Editor Main activities and responsibilities Editing, reporting and photography for the institute s newsletter Dates (from to) November 1991 May 1992 Name of employer Radio Roy Occupation or position held Journalist trainee Main activities and responsibilities News reporting for local radio station Dates (from to) April 1991 October 1991 Name of employer Uusi Rovaniemi Occupation or position held Journalist trainee Main activities and responsibilities News reporting and photography for local paper Professional Service PROFESSIONAL Head of Department of Social Studies at the University of Lapland, 2005 present Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Lapland, 2005 2008 Presenter of the Science Council at the University of Lapland, 2007 present ACADEMIC Peer reviewer for Cooperation & Conflict, European Legacy, Journal of International Relations and Development, Kosmopolis, Perspectives: The Central European Review of International Affairs, and Valtiotieteellinen yhdistys ry. Member of the Editorial Board of Kosmopolis, 2002 present Fellowships and grants Academy of Finland, Research project studying political dimensions of Laestadianism (a Lutheran revival movement), 375.000e, 2010 2012 Ella & Georg Ehrnrooths Fund, grant for tuition fees, 2001 2002 Academy of Finland, grant for tuition fees, 2000 2001 University of Newcastle upon Tyne, bursary for tuition fees, 1999 2000 Aimo O. Aaltonen s Fund, grants for postgraduate studies, 1999 2002 ACADEMIC SUPERVISION Ca. 100 undergraduate dissertations, 2002 present Ca. 50 postgraduate dissertations, 2000 present Currently supervises six doctoral dissertations (Alt, Bideke, Dillon, Hast, Nykänen, and Wallenius) Page 2 - Curriculum vitæ of
Major publications ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS International relations and the secularisation of theological concepts: A symbolic reading. Perspectives: Review of International Studies, 17(2):71 92, 2009 Political theology, anthropomorphism, and person-hood of the state: The religion of IR. International Political Sociology, (3):293 309, 2009 Kuka johdattaa vihreille niityille?: oppihistoriallinen ekskursio kuulumisen ja kuuliaisuuden poliittiseen teologiaan. Politiikka, 50(3):178 192, 2008 Eurooppa poliittisessa mielikuvituksessa. Kosmopolis, 35(2):42 49, 2005 Arm versus pillar: the politics of metaphors of the Western European Union at the 1990-1 intergovernmental conference on political union. Journal of European Public Policy, 11(1):106 127, 2004 Eurooppa ilman vaihtoehtoa: kuinka federalismi rajoittaa keskustelua Euroopan tulevaisuudesta. Kosmopolis, 33(3):5 26, 2003 Body of Europe and malignant nationalism: a pathology of the Balkans in European security discourse. Geopolitics, 7(3):117 142, 2002 Carl Schmitt and the transformation of the political subject. European Legacy, 5(5):703 716, 2000 BOOK CHAPTERS Before nomos: Grosspolitics from Schmitt to E. H. Carr and James Burnham. In Fabio Petito and Louiza Odysseos, editors, After Nomos: the International thought of Carl Schmitt, pages 36 55. Routledge, 2007 Auktoriteetti ja yhdenvertaisuus: oppihistoriallisia näkökulmia poliittiseen ristiriitaan. In Petri Koikkalainen and Sam Krause, editors, Miksi Pluto ei ole planeetta?, pages 333 350. PSC Inter ry, 2007 Valtio geopolitiikan ruumiillistumana: aatehistoriallinen johdatus metaforien geopolitiikkaan. In Vilho Harle and Sami Moisio, editors, Muuttuva geopolitiikka, pages 57 73. Gaudeamus, Helsinki, 2003 Kansainväliset suhteet I: identiteetin politiikka. In Mika Luoma-aho, Sami Moisio, and Monica Tennberg, editors, Politiikan tutkimus Lapin yliopistossa, pages 97 100. PSC Inter ry, Rovaniemi, 2003 Page 3 - Curriculum vitæ of
Miksi ja kuinka tehdä hyvä gradu yhdessä vuodessa: tutkimusprosessin haltuunotosta ja läpiviemisestä. In Monica Tennberg, editor, Kansainvälisten suhteiden tutkimusopas, pages 41 50. PSC Inter ry, Rovaniemi, 2002 Euroopan unioni: politiikan kohteesta poliittiseksi toimijaksi. In Vilho Harle, editor, Kansainväliset suhteet Lapin yliopistossa, pages 115 133. PSC Inter ry, Rovaniemi, 2nd revised edition, 2000 Spatiaalinen sosiaalikonstruktionismi ja Barentsin alueen institutionalisoituminen. In Vilho Harle, editor, Kansainväliset suhteet Lapin yliopistossa, pages 87 100. PSC Inter ry, Rovaniemi, 1998 BOOKS Saara Hacklin, Tapani Kilpeläinen, Elisa Koponen, Mika Luoma-aho, Jussi Omaheimo, and Eetu Viren. Historian loppu: Translation of Alexandre Kojève s essays. Tutkijaliitto, Helsinki, 2007 Europe as a living organism: organicist symbolism and political subjectivity in the New Europe. PhD thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2002 Concept(ion)s of the (geo)political: critical decontextualisation of Carl Schmitt s geopolitical reasoning. Master s thesis, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, 1999 EDITED BOOKS REVIEW ARTICLES & MISCELLANEOUS Mika Luoma-aho, Sami Moisio, and Monica Tennberg, editors. Politiikan tutkimus Lapin yliopistossa. PSC Inter ry, Rovaniemi, 2003 Review of Ellen Kennedy, Constitutional failure: Carl Schmitt in Weimar. European Legacy, 10(7):763 764, 2005 Translation of F. M. Cornford s Microcosmographia academica. Agon, 3(8):4 9, 2005 Kielen tutkimuksesta politiikkatieteessä. Tieteessä Tapahtuu, (4):44 45, 2004 Review of Karlheinz Neureither and Antje Wiener, editors, European integration after Amsterdam: institutional dynamics and prospects for democracy. European Legacy, 9(3):403 404, 2004 Review of Neill Nugent, The government and politics of the European Union. European Legacy, 7(1):125 126, 2002 Visioning finland in the EU, review of Peter Ekholm and Aarne Nurmio, Europe at a crossroads: the future of the EU? Northern Dimensions: The Yearbook of Finnish Foreign Policy, pages 110 112, 2000 Page 4 - Curriculum vitæ of
Eu-ymmärryksen eväitä, review of Peter Ekholm and Aarne Nurmio, Suunnaton EU? Kysymyksiä Euroopan tulevaisuudesta. Ulkopolitiikka, 36(3):156 158, 1999 Review of David Campbell, National deconstruction: violence, identity and justice in Bosnia. European Legacy, 4(3):102 103, 1999 Euroopan merkitys, review of Michael Heffernan, The meaning of Europe: geography and geopolitics. Alue ja ympäristö, 28(2):112 113, 1999 Page 5 - Curriculum vitæ of