Yue Wang

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 February 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 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)

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 China’s Polar Silk Road (01/2023–01/2024, granted by the University of Oslo & Fudan-European Centre for China Studies (FECCS))
• 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

1) International Politics and Governance in the Arctic (spring semester, 2021- 2022)

Course unit: POL.KV. 233 International Political Economy. https://www.tuni.fi/studentsguide/curriculum/implementations/otm-6b143b7b-5725-4bf5-899f-3fc59667a047?year=2021

2) China and the EU in the Contemporary World (spring semester, 2022- 2023)

Course unit: POL.KV.232 International Society, Foreign Policy and Diplomacy. https://www.tuni.fi/studentsguide/curriculum/implementations/otm-cad5d5bd-11f8-4f14-8463-1d8201ea8ecf_2022?year=2022

3) POL.KV. 231 Global Governance and Global Problems (Autumn semester, 2023-2024)

4) Introduction to Leadership for Change (Autumn semester, 2023-2024)

Seminar: Writing Literature Review

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)

Arctic geopolitics and security, energy politics, international cooperation, China- EU relations, China-Russia relations

International Relations

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.

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.