Biography
Professor Emeritus of Peace and Conflict Research in TAPRI, Tampere Peace Research Institute, Tampere University, and Docent in Political History, University of Turku, Finland. He studied contemporary history and political science in Turku in Finland and inAix-en-Provence in France. Professor Melasuo specialises in the North African and Mediterranean world, especially on Algerian history since the beginning of colonialism. He has also worked on other Maghrebi countries, on political culture in Muslim societies as well as on the history of colonialism. During the last three decades, since creating the TAPRI Mediterranean Studies Project, Tuomo Melasuo has been active in Euro-Mediterranean relations. He is or has been a member of many
scientific, cultural, and civil society organs such as the Advisory Council
of Anna Lindh Foundation, Academic Advisory Council in the Center
for Mediterranean Dialogues of the New York University, in steering
committees of Femise, IASKS, and of Sihmed. On a more global level,
professor Melasuo has served as the Vice-President of the MOST (the
Management of Social Transformation program, Unesco) representing
Western Europe and North America as well as serving as a representative of
Finland in Unesco’s Euro-Arab Task Force for Dialogue. Tuomo Melasuo
has published several books and many articles both in international
and Finnish publications. Today, besides guiding his doctoral students,
professor Melasuo continues his scientific activities in peace and conflict
research on Euro-Mediterranean relations by concentrating on socioeconomic evolutions in international political and cultural relations both in a regional and global context. Tuomo Melasuo has been designated
Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques.
