Kari Liuhto
Director
kari.liuhto@utu.fi +358 29 450 3403 +358 40 088 6626 Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku |
Intelligence Studies
Kari Liuhto started his academic career at Turku School of Economics in
1991. He shifted to Lappeenranta University of Technology in 1997 where
he was nominated as a professor. Six years later Liuhto was invited to
be the professor of Russian trade and the director of the Pan-European
Institute at Turku School of Economics. Since 2011 he has also been the
director of the Centrum Balticum foundation. During his career, Liuhto
has acted as the responsible leader of several projects related to
East-Europe and Baltic Sea region. These projects have been funded,
among others, by the Prime Minister’s Office of Finland, the Parliament
of Finland, several Finnish ministries, the European Commission, the
European Parliament, the World Bank and the United Nations.
Kari Liuhto is responsible for research projects under the Pan-European Institute at the Turku School of Economics.
- Doing Business in Wider Europe
- Business in the Baltic Sea Region
- Kauppapolitiikka kansainvälisessä liiketoiminnassa (in Finnish)
In addition, Liuhto has directed master’s theses and doctoral theses.
- Foreigners at the heart of Russian economic power (2016)
- Baltic Rim Economies
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Foreign investment inflow to Russia practically stopped in 2015 (2016)
- Baltic Rim Economies
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Introduction (2016) Maritime cluster in the Baltic Sea region and beyond Liuhto Kari
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Mihin Venäjän talous tarvitsee länsipoliitikkoja kuten Esko Ahoa tai Paavo Lipposta? (2016)
- Suomen kuvalehti
(E1 Popularised article) - Russia’s changing economic interaction with the Baltic Sea region after the escalation of the Ukrainian crisis (2016) Coping with Complexity in the Euro-Atlantic Community and Beyond: Rīga Conference Papers 2016 Kari Liuhto
(B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication) - Taloussuhteet eivät sanele Venäjän ulkopolitiikkaa (In English “Economic relations do not dictate the Russian foreign policy”) (2016)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Venäjän taloudessa hidasta elpymistä (2016)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Venäjä-osaamista olisi terävöitettävä (2016)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Why did Western leaders and CEOs flock to Putin’s “Davos” despite the sanctions on Russia (2016)
- PISM Blog
(E1 Popularised article) - China's economic presence in the Baltic Sea region (2015)
- Baltic Rim Economies
(D1 Article in a professional journal)



