Jerkko Holmi

Summary

I am currently writing my doctoral thesis on the justifications of Finnish political actors, export companies and Christian missionary societies' regarding relations with Southern African states in the latter part of the 1980s.

Has done research on relation between sports and society in contemporary subjects, representation in sports video games, and on Finnish relations towards South Africa about Namibia and apartheid. Master's thesis handled Finnish ambassadorial views on Idi Amin Uganda in 1971-1979.

Profile

Researcher info

Institution

University of Turku

Department/faculty

Department of Contemporary History

Contact information

javhol@utu.fi
+358400246261

Keywords
cold war contemporary history development aid development cooperation finnish foreign policy foreign policy International Relations sport and society