Aleksi Kivimaa

I am a doctoral researcher at the Tampere University Doctoral Programme in Administrative Sciences, Business Studies and Politics. I am a visiting contributor to the LUT-University based Disinformation, Propaganda & Soft Power Research Lab (DPS-LAB: https://www.lut.fi/en/research-groups/disinformation-propaganda-soft-power-research-lab-dps-lab). My focus is on epistemic cognition and its various practical applications. My past work history includes tasks in renewable energy research, research strategy and administration, teaching, training crisis management experts, defense cooperation, defense research, and humanitarian aid. 

Epistemic cognition, security studies, international relations, diplomacy, strategic cultures, civilian and military crisis management, misinformation, propaganda, ideology, technoscientific futures and imaginaries, film studies, art philosophy, philosophy of science, arctic studies, space politics, intelligence studies, renewable energy, knowledge management, political history of Russia and the Soviet Union