FEATURED AUTHOR
Ulv Hanssen
Ulv Hanssen is a lecturer at Soka University (Japan) where he teaches Japanese politics and border studies among other subjects. His main interests are Japanese politics, security policy, foreign policy and identity issues. On a more general level he focuses on pacifism and security issues in North East Asia.
Biography
Lecturer at Soka University (Faculty of Law)(April 2018 – )
Research fellow at the European Institute of Japanese Studies (EIJS)
(October 2017 – March 2018 )
Part-time lecturer at the Swedish Defence University
(September 2017 – October 2017)
Research fellow at The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI)
(July 2017 – September 2017)
PhD candidate at Freie Universität Berlin's Graduate School of East Asian Studies (GEAS)
(September 2013 – July 2017)
Trainee and research assistant at The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI)
(September 2012 – September 2013)
Trainee and political affairs official at the Norwegian Embassy in Tokyo
(August 2011 – August 2012)
Education
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Phd (Japanese studies), Freie Universität Berlin, 2017
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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International relations
Security studies
Political science
North East Asia
Japan
North Korea
Pacifism
Identity
Discourse analysis
Personal Interests
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Tetris
Basketball