Marko Lehti
About me
I am a Research Director of Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI) and an academic director of MA programme in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research.
PI of PROFI7 Sustainable Security Practices (SUPRA) at Faculty of Social Sciences as well as Curriculum Reform to Promote Education for Peace in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova (PeaceEdu) (ERASMUS-EDU-2023-CBHE-STRAND-2) and CEE Security Hub (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-02)
Fields of expertise
My research in the field of peace and conflict research focusses currently on peace mediation and peacebuilding, multilateralism and changing global order, the idea of Nordic peace, and agonistic peace. In my research, I have also dealt with transnational encounters, identifications as well as perceptions of Europe's imaginary dividing lines among others in the Baltic countries, the Nordics, Ukraine, the South Caucasus, and the Balkans.
Research topics
- Politics of Memory and Conflict Transformation
- Peace Mediation
- Agonistic Peacebuilding
- Multilateralism and global ordering
- History of Peacemaking
- Ontological (In)security and Representations of Crises
Funding
Selected publications
(2024) Christopher Browning, Marko Lehti & Johan Strang, Nordic Peace in Question: A Region of and for Peace. Nordic Studies in Global Context. Routledge.
(2024) Marko Lehti, “Agonistic Peacebuilding” in Routledge Handbook of Peacebuilding, 2nd edition, ed. Roger Mac Ginty. London: Routledge 2025, pp. 138-149.
(2022) Marko Lehti & Vadim Romashov, “Suspending the Antagonism: Situated Agonistic Peace in a Border Bazaar”, (with Vadim Romashov), Third World Quarterly, 43:6, 1288-1306
(2020) Marko Lehti, Henna-Riikka Pennanen & Jukka Jouhki (eds), Contestations of Liberal Order. The West in Crisis?, Palgrave.
(2019) Marko Lehti. The Era of Private Peacemakers. A New Dialogic Approach to Mediation (Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies, Palgrave,)
(2014) “The Quest for Solidarity and Tamed Nationalism: Envisioning Sustainable Peace in the Balkans”, Peace & Change. A Journal of Peace Research 39(1): 101-132.
(2010) Marko Lehti & Christopher Brwoning (eds.), The Struggle for the West. Divided and Contested Legacy of the West. Routledge.
Latest publications
Agonistic Peacebuilding
Lehti, M., 23 Jul 2024, Routledge Handbook of Peacebuilding: Second Edition. Mac Ginty, R. (ed.). Routledge, p. 138-149Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Nordic Peace in Question: A Region of and for Peace
Browning, C. S. (Editor), Lehti, M. (Editor) & Strang, J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2024, Taylor and Francis Inc. 222 p.Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Scientific › peer-review
Nordic Peace Revisited
Browning, C. S., Lehti, M. & Strang, J., 1 Jan 2024, Nordic Peace in Question: a Region of and for Peace. Browning, C. S., Lehti, M. & Strang, J. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 1-19 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Normative Interventionism: Nordic Policies and Practices on ‘Women, Peace and Security Agenda’
Lehti, M., 1 Jan 2024, Nordic Peace in Question: a Region of and for Peace. Browning, C. S., Lehti, M. & Strang, J. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 123-148 26 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Dekoloniaalinen tutkimus ja rauha Euroopassa
Lehti, M., 19 Apr 2023, In: Idäntutkimus. 30, 1, p. 57-59 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
Rauhantutkimus ja Venäjän sota Ukrainassa: Moniäänisyyttä turvallisuuskeskusteluun
Lehti, M., 2022, In: Kosmopolis. 52, 1, p. 96-103 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
Suspending the antagonism: Situated agonistic peace in a border bazaar
Lehti, M. & Romashov, V., 2022, In: THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY. 43, 6, p. 1288-1306Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Exploring the Potential of Cross-Regional Dialogue Platforms in Protracted Conflict Settings
Feron, E., Lehti, M., Romashov, V. & Relitz, S., Dec 2021, In: Journal of Dialogue Studies. 9, p. 97-119Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Private Peacemaking and Dialogic Approach to Mediation
Lehti, M., 2021, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies. Richmond, O. & Visoka, G. (eds.). Palgrave-Macmillan, p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › Scientific › peer-review
Burundi Women’s Grassroots Preventive Mediation
Väyrynen, T., Feron, E. & Lehti, M., 2020, In: PEACE REVIEW. 32, 3, p. 367-373Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific