Teaching

Teaching Experience

Pedagogical training

  • Teaching and tutoring in various academic institutions since 1989
  • Intensive training in virtual (www) teaching (project AMELAT , Madrid, 2000 and 2001)
  • Pedagogic course for university teachers (10 ects credits, Sept 2004 – April 2005)
  • Various seminars and intensive courses in pedagogical issues (tutoring, teaching methodologies, etc.)
  • Various courses in management (for personnel administration and academic management)

Evaluations or participation in academic planning

  • Evaluator and referee of Latin American Studies Programmes in Europe
  • Member of EU’s ALFA-programme (Academic Committee – Group of Experts, 2000-2005)
  • Evaluation of the State of Central American Social Sciences (team leader, January-April 2007), for SAREC/Sida (Sweden)
  • Evaluation of the Future Research Needs in the Context of Low-income Countries (team leader, 2013, Sida, Sweden)
  • Member of SAREC’s/SIDA’s (Sweden) academic referee group (evaluation of research projects presented for SAREC, 2006-)
  • Planning and management of bilateral university programmes (University of Helsinki with Latin American universities), also member of the International Board of the University of Helsinki (2003-2006)
  • Member of the Board of research and postgraduate studies at the University of Helsinki/Faculty of Arts (2003-2009)
  • Co-coordinator of the Finnish National Graduate School for North and Latin American Studies (2003-2004, Academic Committee 2005-), participation in the Finnish National Graduate School for Development Studies (DEVESTU), Member of the Academic Committee of Finnish National Graduate School for Political Science (POLITU, 2006-2007)

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1. Courses:
International:
Visiting Prof. (Universidad de Costa Rica, UCR):

  • ”Teorías del nacionalismo, integración política y globalización” (March 2002 )
  • ”Metodologías interdisciplinarias en la invesigación histórica (March 2003)
  • ”Historia de la integración política”, March 2004
  • “Norte y sur: cartografías mentales desde Montesquieu al arielismo y a la neodependencia” (together with P. Stadius, March 2005)
  • MA Summerschools (Univ. de la República, Uruguay, July, 2007, Professor; UCM, Madrid, July 2008, Director)

Other international (short courses):
– “Historia Política de Finlandia” (Univ. Rafael Landívar, Guatemala Feb 2003)
– Study project with graduate students in Central America, various lectures, 2003
– Universidad de Córdoba (Argentina), lectures 24.-26.11.2003
– Miami University, Oxford/ Ohio, 4.-8.11.2002, lectures
– Various intensive seminars in Europe an in Latin America
– Internet-based On Line teaching, 10 courses ERASMUS/AMELAT (Course:
”Repensar el pasado para entender el siglo XXI: los enfoques de la historia sobre
América Latina”)

In Finland (In various faculties and institutes at the University of Helsinki),
Examples (all together more than 50 courses):

– Global Political Economy 2007
– History and Contending Theories of European Development Co-operation 2006
– How to Study Nationalisms 2006
– Global History 2006
– Realities and Myths: Social Problems through Latin American Cinema 2005
– Introduction to Development Studies 2005
– Interdisciplinary Methodologies 1999-2004
– Theories of Nationalism 2002, 2003
– History of Coffee, Tobacco and Drugs 2002
– Andean History 2001
– Latin American Integration Processes 2001
– Introduction To Latin American Studies 1993-
– Central American Political History (and seminars) 1993, 1999, 2002
– Nation and State in Latin America 1993, 2005
– Latin America Historiography 1994
– History of Ideas in Latin America 1995, 1997, 2000
– Finland and Latin America / Latin America in Finland 1999
– Media and Latin America 2000, 2002, 2004

Examination of oral and written exams of Latin American Studies since 1992-

2. Seminars ( tutoring/supervising):

Institute of Development Studies or Political Science (Univ. of Helsinki)
– PhD seminar 2005, 2006, 2007
– MA seminar 2005, 2006
– BA seminars 1992-2006, 2007
– Other research seminars 1989-1991, 1994
Renvall Institute / Ibero-American Center (Univ. of Helsinki)
– Research seminars 1991-97, 1998-
– PhD seminars 2001-

Various PhD School Seminars in Finland and abroad 1997-

3. Short courses in Finland

– University of Turku, University of Tampere, Helsinki Business School, Academy of Finland, 1994-
– Open University (Finland), 1991-
– Several lectures and conferences in NGOs, state departments, private companies, etc.
– Studia Latinoamericana, lectures 1993-1996, 2000 (Centro Cultural Latnoamericano)
– Studia Generalia and other lectures (”Latin America ”), Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 1991- 2004 (Kavaku)
– Training of Finnish volunteer workers to Nicaragua, 1990, 1992, 1993

4. Academic textbooks or books used as teaching materials

– “Estudiar América Latina: Retos y perspectivas”, Editorial Alma Mater San José, Costa Rica, 2009

– “Nationalismit”, WSOY 2005

– ”Introduction to Interdisciplinarity”, (Tieteiden välissä 2007, WSOY 2007)

– AMELAT-www-textbook (Historia de América Latina, 2001-2010)

– ”Kenen Amerikka? 500 vuotta Latinalaisen Amerikan valloitusta ja vastarintaa”, Gaudeamus 1991

– ”Kahvi, pahvi ja tango: Suomen ja Latinalaisen Amerikan suhteet”, Gaudeamus 1998

– Written capters in: “América Latina, una y diversa”, Editorial Alma Mater, Madrid/San José 2008; ”Miksi soditaan?” , 2003; and ”Nerontuotteita maailmalta: näkökulmia suomennosten historiaan” 2003.

5. PhD and MA supervision

– 7 PhD thesis supervised (with thesis defended) 2002-2013

-actually 4 PhD candidates under official supervision

-more than 40 MA-thesis supervised or as examiner, and about 50 unofficial supervisions