Mikael Mattlin is the Acting Director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs and Senior Lecturer in International Politics in the University of Turku (on leave of absence). He concurrently also holds the positions of acting Deputy Director (2024–) and Research Professor (2022–25, currently dormant position) in the Finnish Institute of International Affars. Previously he has held the positions of Professor of Political Science in the University of Turku (2021–22), Professor of Chinese Studies in the University of Helsinki (2018–19), TIAS Collegium Researcher (2018–20) and Senior Lecturer in International Politics in the University of Turku (2014–17), Research Fellow in The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (2011–13), and University Lecturer of World Politics in the University of Helsinki (2008–10).

He has been a visiting scholar at Fudan University, BOFIT (the Finnish central bank), the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, National University of Singapore, Tübingen University and West-Bohemian University. He is also an Associate Research Fellow of he European Research Centre on Contemporary Taiwan.

Dr Mattlin led the Academy of Finland-funded FORAC-research project (https://sites.utu.fi/forac) in the University of Turku 2020–23.

Finalist, Science Book of the Year 2022 for the book Kiinan poliitinen järjestelmä

Honourable mention, EPS Jacqui Briggs Prize 2021

Teacher of the Year 2022 and 2017 Prize awarded by the departmental students’ association P-klubi, Dept of Philosophy, Contemporary History and Political Science, UTU

Special mention by the UTU’s Educational Board for a self-designed university course format. The course was nominated as candidate for the UTU Course of the Year Prize 2016

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