University of Helsinki

Link to University of Helsinki's website This is a list of all the materials published by academics at University of Helsinki in the order they were published with the most recent first.

23 November 2021 - Vilma Ristikangas

The Nordic countries collaborate around civil security in order to try to prevent and deal with disasters, accidents, crises and emergencies caused by…

Blurred image of a staff member dressed in a red booler suit running towards an ambulance helicopter.

11 November 2021 - Ragnar Auðun Árnason

Back in the 1980s and 90s, support for joining the European Union in Iceland was split into three, a bit like it is today: for, against and undecided.…

27 October 2021 - Aleksi Topias Tanttu

Post-war attempts to formalise Nordic security and defence cooperation in the late 1940s floundered and were overtaken by Norway, Denmark and Iceland…

The Saab Gripen E-series fighter jet in the Swedish Air Force livery.

30 September 2021 - Alexandre Kubala

After World War I had been raging for six months and the pressure to choose a side was mounting, the kings of Denmark, Norway and Sweden met to find a…

A photo card with the words 'Kungamötet i Malmö 18 Dec 1914' which means The Kings' meeting. There are three portraits next to each other of each the Kings along with their names. At the bottom, you can see the building in which they met.

10 August 2021 - Peter Stadius

Nordism refers to the act of promoting Nordic cooperation as well as supporting a common Nordic identity. First appearing in the 1920s, it does not…

A line of Nordic flags, starting with the flag of the Nordic Council (blue with a white bird).

01 July 2021 - Mary Hilson

Listen to a podcast on hot topics in current academic research on the Nordic region today include welfare, colonialism and heterogeneity.

21 May 2021 - Miika Tervonen

Listen to a podcast on commonly held assumptions about state, homogeneity and migration in Finland.

18 November 2020 - Heidi Rautalahti

11 August 2020 - Article

Just like Nordic Nóir, video games are not only a form of entertainment, they also provide alternative perspectives on their respective countries,…

11 May 2020 - Ilkka Kärrylä

The prevailing economic doctrine in the Nordics and Europe has it that, the lower the public debt, the more room there is for economic stimulation in…

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Nicola Anne Witcombe

University of Helsinki

The many faces of Nordic civil security cooperation

Public opinion on the EU in Iceland since 1980

Overview of Nordic defence and security cooperation

The Three Kings Meeting in 1914

Nordism

Uncovering the Nordic Region with Mary Hilson and Peter Stadius

Finland: Uncovering Nordic Myths of Homogeneity with Miika Tervonen

Podcast: Gaming the Nordics

Video games as societal critics of the Nordics: Case studies in Game Nóir

Nordic public debt: the dangers of restricting public spending due to the covid-19 crisis