Tuomas Forsberg

Dr Tuomas Forsberg is Professor of International Relations at Tampere University since 2008. He was Director of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (2018-2023).  His publications include The European Union and Russia (co-authored with Hiski Haukkala, Palgrave 2016), The Psychology of Foreign Policy (co-authored with Christer Pursiainen, Palgrave 2021), Russia’s Cultural Statecraft (co-edited with Sirke Mäkinen, Routledge 2022), Debating the War in Ukraine: Counterfactual Histories and Future Possibilities (co-authored with Heikki Patomäki, Routledge, 2023), NATO’s Northern Enlargement: Finland and Sweden’s Path to Membership (co-authored with Magnus Christiansson, Bristol University Press, 2025 forthcoming) and articles in journals such as Cooperation and Conflict, Journal for Common Market Studies, Journal of Peace Research, International Affairs and Review of International Studies.

Responsible for the studies in International Relations.

Teaching (in Finnish): Introduction to International Relations (POL.101), War and Peace (POL.KV.333), Graduate thesis seminar (POL.KV.399).

·       Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, Member 2012 –

·       Nordic International Studies Association (NISA),  member of the board (2012-)

·       Atlantic Council of Finland, Member of the Board 2010-

Research interests

• European security and transatlantic relations
• Foreign policy analysis and psychological approaches to international relations
• Finnish, German and Russian foreign policy
• Nordic cooperation
• Politics of Memory in International Relations
• Historical approaches to international relations (particularly the 1990s)