26 Facts About Teivo Teivainen

Teivo Teivainen was born on 21 September 1965 and is professor of World Politics at the University of Helsinki, previously Head of Political Science Department and Research Director of the Center of Excellence on Global Governance.

In 2006, Teivo Teivainen was nominated as a full professor of the University of Helsinki.

Teivo Teivainen emphasized the problematic nature of capitalism analysis in Finland, which he saw partly as a result of the geopolitical position of Finland.

Teivo Teivainen has received many international awards and is a member of editorial board in several scientific journals, including Critical Sociology, International Sociology Reviews, Pensares y Quehaceres, International Dialogue: A Multidisciplinary Journal of World Affairs and Globalizations.

In Saint Mary's University in Canada, Teivo Teivainen has held the position of Distinguished Visiting Professor in development studies.

Teivo Teivainen has visited universities in dozens of countries for research and academic presentations.

Teivo Teivainen has served in the Governing Council of the International Studies Association, which is the most important association for International Relations and as the chairperson of International Political Economy Section of the ISA.

Teivo Teivainen has held different positions in other international scholarly organizations such as the Latin American Studies Association.

Teivo Teivainen is member of the Advisory Council of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.

Teivo Teivainen has worked as expert and consultant for various organizations.

Teivo Teivainen participated in the EU's election observation missions as legal expert in Ecuador in 2002 and Nicaragua in 2001.

In South Africa, Teivo Teivainen was team leader of an evaluation project of the Democracy and Human Rights Fund of the Finnish Foreign Ministry in 1998.

Teivo Teivainen has held several expert positions in Nicaragua, Peru and Brazil.

In 2007, Teivo Teivainen was invited as a Presidential Panelist at the Association's annual meeting in New York.

In 2007 Teivo Teivainen was granted a recognition award by the Academy of Finland.

Teivo Teivainen was the first social scientist in many years to receive the award.

In 2008, Teivo Teivainen was given the Pro Feminism award of the Finnish organization Left Women.

In 2013, Teivo Teivainen received Ovet Award for the Best Initiative to Advance Understanding of Russia In Finland.

In 2015, in co-operation with Matti Ylonen, Teivo Teivainen received Amartya Sen Prize from the Yale University for the article: "Politics of Intra-Firm Trade: Corporate Price Planning and the Double Role of the Arm's Length Principle".

In 2022, Teivo Teivainen received the Outstanding Activist Scholar Award of the International Studies Association.

Teivo Teivainen's research focuses on global political economy, human rights, transnational social movements, global democracy and the contradictions of capitalism.

Teivo Teivainen paid special attention to transformations in the boundaries between the political and the economic as well as between the inside and the outside.

Teivo Teivainen has published many articles on global democracy and cosmopolitanism together with professor Heikki Patomaki.

In 2003, Patomaki and Teivo Teivainen published a book called A Possible World.

Teivo Teivainen is known as an active public commentator, frequently commenting topical societal issues in various domestic and international media.

Teivo Teivainen has played an active role in the World Social Forum.