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Saunavaara Juha

Arctic Research CenterAssociate Professor
Center for Advanced Tourism StudiesAssociate Professor
Institute for Academic InnovationAssociate Professor

Researcher basic information

■ Degree
  • Ph.D., University of Oulu
■ URL
researchmap URLホームページURL■ Various IDs
J-Global ID■ Research Keywords and Fields
Research Keyword
  • Paradiplomacy
  • Data Center
  • Connectivity
  • Japan
  • Nordic countries
  • Regional development
  • Hokkaido
  • Arctic
Research Field
  • Humanities & Social Sciences, Historical studies in general
  • Humanities & Social Sciences, International relations, Arctic and non-Arctic states
  • Humanities & Social Sciences, Human geography, Regional development policies
  • Humanities & Social Sciences, Area studies, Arctic, Japan, Hokkaido, Nordic countires
■ Educational Organization

Career

■ Career
Career
  • 2017 - Present
    University of Turku, Japanese Studies, Docent/adjunct professor (does not involve employment)
  • Jan. 2017 - Dec. 2022
    Hokkaido University, Arctic Research Center, Assistant Professor
  • Oct. 2016 - Dec. 2016
    Hokkaido University Public Policy School, Visiting researcher (funded by the Academy of Finland)
  • Sep. 2015 - Sep. 2016
    University of Oulu, Department of History, University lecturer
  • Sep. 2012 - Sep. 2015
    University of Oulu, Department of History, Academy of finland postdoctoral researcher
  • Jan. 2010 - Aug. 2012
    University of Oulu, Department of History, Lecturer
  • Jan. 2006 - Dec. 2010
    University of Oulu, Department of History, Ph.D. Candidate

Research activity information

■ Papers
■ Books and other publications
  • ”Japan Facing the Arctic and North: Interplay Between the National and Regional Interests”, In A. Likhacheva (Ed.) Arctic Fever: Political, Economic & Environmental Aspects. Palgrave Macmillan, 2022 pp. 393-428.
    Marina Lomaeva; Juha Saunavaara
    Palgrave Macmillan, Aug. 2022, 9789811696152, 35, English, Scholarly book, [Joint work]
  • New Marine Communication Cables in the Arctic. In J. D. Kim and C. E. Morrison (Eds.) Science, Technology and the Path Forward for a New Arctic. Papers from the 2021 North Pacific Arctic Conference
    Juha Saunavaara
    Korea Maritime Institute and East-West Center, Aug. 2022, 9, English, Scholarly book
  • “Connecting the Arctic while installing submarine data cables between East Asia, North America and Europe” was recently published as a part of the book: M. Salminen, G. Zojer & K. Hossain (eds.), Digitalisation and Human Security – A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Cybersecurity in the European high North.
    Juha Saunavaara
    Palgrave Macmillan, 2020
  • 北方開発―北海道の地域開発政策モデルとしてのフィンランドとオウル地方 In: 日本とフィンランドの出会いとつながりー１００年にわたる関係史
    Juha Saunavaara
    大学教育出版社, Jun. 2019, [Single work]
  • 日本とフィンランドの出会いとつながりー１００年にわたる関係史
    Juha Saunavaara; Ojiro Suzuki
    大学教育出版社, Jun. 2019, [Editor]
  • Suomi ja Japani: Kaukaiset mutta läheiset
    Juha Saunavaara; Laura Ipatti
    Edita, Mar. 2019, [Joint editor]
  • Arctic Connect Project and cyber security control, ARCY
    Martti Lehto; Aarne Hummelholm; Katsuyoshi Iida; Tadas Jakstas; Martti J. Kari; Hiroyuki Minami; Fujio Ohnishi; Juha Saunavaara
    UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 2019, [Joint work]
  • 占領期日本におけるアメリカ政治介入の想定外効果ー政治パージ計画と戦後日本指導層の形成 In, アジア太平洋地域の政治・社会・国際関係：歴史的発展と今後の展望 (杉田 米行 編著)
    Juha Saunavaara, 47 - 58
    明石書店 2018, 2018, [Single work]
  • The Role of the Frontier: the GHQ/SCAP Economic Policies and Hokkaido. In Thomas French ed., The Economic and Business History of Occupied Japan: New Perspectives.
    Juha Saunavaara
    Routledge, 2018, [Single work]
  • Commercial utilization of the Northern Sea Route and regional development policy – Hokkaido as a case study. In Kari Alenius & Matti Enbuske (eds.), The Barents and the Baltic Sea Region. Contacts, Influences and Social Change. Studia Historica Septentrio
    Juha Saunavaara
    Pohjois-Suomen Historiallinen Yhdistys, Rovaniemi 2017. ISBN 978-952-9888-60-3. (386 s.), Apr. 2017, [Single work]
  • GHQ/SCAP to sengo no seiji saiken – senryō keikaku ya seisaku ni okeru nihon hoshushugitachi
    Juha Saunavaara
    Daigaku Kyōiku Shuppan, 2015, https://www.kyoiku.co.jp/?d1=21&cmd=category_search&item_id=866&_page_no=6, [Single work]
  • "The Unforeseen Effects of the American Intervention – The Political Purge Program and the Making of Japan's Postwar Leadership” in Yoneyuki Sugita ed., Japan Viewed from Interdisciplinary Perspectives: History and Prospect
    Juha Saunavaara
    Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2015, [Contributor]
  • Nation-building. National Identity and the Wider World. Japan and Finland in Transition, 1945–1990
    Juha Saunavaara
    Pohjois-Suomen historiallinen yhdistys, 2010, [Joint editor]
■ Lectures, oral presentations, etc.
  • Connecting the Arctic while installing submarine data cables between East Asia, North America and Europe?
    Juha Saunavaara
    University of Arctic Congress 2018, 05 Sep. 2018
  • Submarine communications cables: A case study of Arctic decision-making and institutional development
    Juha Saunavaara
    Arctic Frontiers 2018, 24 Jan. 2018
  • The Role of non-Arctic Regions in the Globalized Arctic
    Juha Saunavaara
    ISAR-5, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Arctic Subsea Communications Cables and the Regional Development of Northern Peripheries
    Juha Saunavaara
    The 10th Polar Law Symposium, 14 Nov. 2017
  • Can the Arctic offer a new platform or content for the cooperation between Japan and Finland?
    Juha Saunavaara
    ICASS IX, 09 Jun. 2017
  • The Northern Sea Route, Trans-Arctic Fiber Cable and Hokkaido Regional Development
    Juha Saunavaara
    Slavic-Eurasia's Northern Tier: Finland, Russia, Japan, University of Helsinki, Mar. 2017
  • Hokkaido, Regional Economic Policy and the Occupation
    Juha Saunavaara
    The Economic and Business History of Occupied Japan, Ritsumeikan University, Jun. 2015
  • The unforseen effects of the American intervention – The political purge program and the making of Japan's postwar leadership
    Juha Saunavaara
    Osaka University International Symposium: Interdisciplinary Perspectives for Asia-Pacific Region: History and Prospect, Feb. 2014
■ Syllabus
  • 大学院共通授業科目（一般科目）：複合領域, 2024年, 修士課程, 大学院共通科目
  • 大学院共通授業科目（教育プログラム）：One program for Global Goals, 2024年, 修士課程, 大学院共通科目
  • 陸圏物質循環学特論, 2024年, 修士課程, 環境科学
  • 比較法政論, 2024年, 修士課程, 法学研究科
  • 北極域総論, 2024年, 修士課程, 環境科学院
  • 国際協力論, 2024年, 専門職大学院, 公共政策学教育部
■ Research Themes