Jerkko Holmi
 

    • Doctoral Researcher, 
    Contemporary History (Department of Philosophy, Political Science and Contemporary History)


javhol@utu.fi



Office: 275


ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2263-9924

Areas of expertise
Development cooperation; Finland in Cold War; Finnish foreign policy; Finnish relations with Africa; Sport and sports video games impact on society

Research community or research topic
Researcher in the FinNamKnow project (PI: Leila Koivunen, funder: Kone Foundation 2024–2027)

Biography




Research

I am currently writing my doctoral thesis on the justifications of Finnish political actors, export companies and Christian missionary societies' regarding relations with Southern African states in the latter part of the 1980s. The primary aim of this research is to examine why the relations towards Africa were promoted and what were the reasons for doing so. Additionally, the research examines how national and international changes influenced on these premises.



Teaching

Spring 2023 and Autumn 2024: POLH0037 about perspectives on the foreign relations of independent African states (study circle, 5 credits)

For several years, I have lectured on the topic of "Europe and Africa" in the course POLH1025 Europe and the Other (KL2023, KL2024, KL2025, KL2026) and on Finland's relations with Africa in the course POLH2311 P4 (KL2023, KL2024, KL2025, KL2026).

At the Open University of Turku, I am responsible for the POLH2312 P5.1 book exam on Europe's modern history (KL2025, KL2026) and the POLT0003 P3.1 Moodle online course on ideologies (SL2025).

In addition, I have given individual lectures on Africa's foreign relations or Finland's relations with Africa in various courses.



Publications

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