About me
Doctoral Researcher (International Relations at Tampere University) https://researchportal.tuni.fi/en/persons/yue-wang
Visiting Researcher (long-term): the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland (since 02/2021)
External research staff at the Department of International Relations and International Organization (IRIO), University of Groningen, the Netherlands (2023-2024)
Visiting Research Fellow at Hokkaido University (02/2024–03/2024, Japan), Guest Researcher at the Arctic Centre at Umeå University (09/2023, Sweden), Visiting Scholar at the Nordic Centre, Fudan University (06/2023–07/2023, China), Visiting Researcher at the Institute of International Affairs - University of Iceland (10/2022–11/2022, Iceland), the Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network (10/2022, Iceland), the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (09/2022, Norway), the Open University (9/2021–10/2021, the United Kingdom)
Other invited positions: Alternate Member of the Board of Nordic Association for China Studies (NACS)
Responsibilities
Individual research projects
- International Cooperation with China in the Global Arctic: Intentions and Consequences (03/2021–03/2025, granted by the Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University)
- Scientific Research Cooperation between China and Iceland under the Polar Silk Road (2022, granted by China in Europe Research Network, EU COST Action 18215)
- Sino-Nordic Scientific Research and Science-based Clean Energy Cooperation under the Polar Silk Road (01/2023–01/2024, granted by the University of Oslo & Fudan-European Centre for China Studies)
- Comparing Japanese and Chinese Involvement in Arctic Science and Energy Cooperation (2023–2024, granted by Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation, project number: GA23-FI-0081)
Teaching at Tampere University
- International Politics and Governance in the Arctic (Spring semester, 2021- 2022) Course unit: POL.KV. 233 International Political Economy
- China and the EU in the Contemporary World (Spring semester, 2022- 2023) Course unit: POL.KV.232 International Society, Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
- International Politics and the Global Arctic (Autumn semester, 2023-2024) Course unit: POL.KV. 231 Global Governance and Global Problems
- Introduction to Leadership for Change (Autumn semester, 2023-2024) Course code: LFC. 310 An orientation and introductory course to the Master's Degree Programme in Leadership for Change (LFC)
Teaching at the University of Oulu
- Arctic and Nordic Perspectives on Sustainable Development (Arctic Summer Programme 2024, 2025)
Guest lectures
- Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland (Master's level, December 2021)
- University of Iceland, Iceland (Master's level, November 2022)
- University of Groningen, the Netherlands (Master's level, April 2023)
- Tongji University, China (Master's level, April 2023)
- Ocean University of China (Postgraduate, July 2023)
- University of Oulu, Finland (BA & MA, January 2024)
Fields of expertise
Arctic geopolitics and security, Chinese foreign policy, energy politics, international cooperation
Research fields
International Relations
Selected publications
Korppoo, A., & Wang, Y. (2024). Sino–Russian Arctic gas cooperation amid new geopolitical realities: Impacts and perceptions. In I. Stensdal & G. M. Heggelund (Eds.), China-Russia Relations in the Arctic: Friends in the Cold? Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63087-3_9
Wang, Y. (2023). The Arctic for China’s green energy transition. The Arctic Institute – Center for Circumpolar Security Studies. https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/arctic-chinas-green-energy-transition/
Wang, Y., & Xu, L.L. (2022). Assessing China’s Securitization of Arctic Climate Change and Energy. In Kirchner, S. (Ed.) Security and Technology in Arctic Governance (pp. 57-114). Lit Verlag.
Wang, Y. (2020). A Comparative Study of the Official Use of Arctic Environmental Discourses of China and the EU. The Arctic Institute: Center for Circumpolar Security Studies.