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)
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In addition, Liuhto has directed master’s theses and doctoral theses.