Heino Nyyssönen

- Docent,
Contemporary History (Department of Philosophy, Political Science and Contemporary History)
- University Lecturer,
Political Science (Department of Philosophy, Political Science and Contemporary History)

heino.nyyssonen@utu.fi

+358 44 516 0563

Assistentinkatu 7

Turku

Areas of expertise

- Finland, Hungary
- Political science, IR and contemporary history
- European politics
- Post-Soviet space
- Foreing politics
- IR theories
- Politics and media

Biography

Heino Nyyssönen is a political scientist, who has more than 25
years academic experience in Finland and abroad. He is teaching political
science, world politics and contemporary history. Nyyssönen has published more
than one hundred articles. His dissertation was awarded as the dissertation of
the year in Jyväskylä. His newest book, published in 2017, is dealing with the
backlash of democracy in Hungary and beyond.

Research

- Finland, Hungary

- East Central Europe

- Central and Eastern Europe

- Rhetorics

- Use of History and Politics of Memory

- Democracy, Illiberalism and Nationalism

Teaching

Full-time Courses and Seminars at the University of Turku Since 2016 (Other/older courses, see Nyyssönen's CV)

*International Relations, Introduction: 2017, 2018

*International Political Economy and the Politics of Finance Crisis: 2017.

*Use of History: 2017