Esko Antola

Dr Esko Antola has held various teaching positions at the University of Turku, as well as other Finnish universities, in the field of international relations. He was the director and co-founder of the Institute for European Studies in Turku, prior to his position as the holder of the Jean Monnet Centre for Excellence, University of Turku, 2000 – 2007. He served as a Special Advisor to the European Commission (2009 – 2010). Currently Dr Antola is the Director Centrum Balticum, a think tank specialised in Baltic Sea Issues. Dr Antola was a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University and Yale University.