Juha Saunavaara

Future Data Summit 2020 Arctic proudly presents: Juha Saunavaara

Juha Saunavaara is Assistant Professor at the Hokkaido University Arctic Research Center (Social Science and Humanities Research Group). He has earned his Ph.D. from the University of Oulu and holds a title of Docent at the University of Turku. Juha has published in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes representing various fields reaching from Arctic and Japanese studies to history, geography and international relations. His current research focuses on infrastructure and connectivity in and through the Arctic, the development of northern and Arctic data center industry, regional development and non-state actors’ international cooperation.

Juha has initiated and participates in various projects based on the industry-academia-government cooperation and he is actively looking new ways of contributing to the Finnish-Japanese relations and cooperation. These endeavors will come together at the ‘Finnish-Japanese Data Center Seminar: Connectivity, Sustainability and Regional Development’ that is to be hold on February 8-9, 2021.