Väyrynen, Raimo

Raimo Väyrynen has made a significant contribution to the establishment of peace research and the promotion of research and teaching on  international relations  in Finland and internationally. He was a founder member of the Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI) and the Secretary-General of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA).  Väyrynen has been the professor and dean at the University of Helsinki. For well over a decade he held professorial positions at U.S. universities, including the Regan Directorship of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame and visiting positions at Princeton University, Harvard University, and MIT. He has held key leadership positions at the Academy of Finland and the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.  He has made crucial contributions to science and technology policy worldwide.  These activities have included the United Nations University, the European Science Foundation, and the European University Institute.