30 December 2021

JYU Academic Profile, 2014-2021

 Archiving from the University of Jyväskylä's website, 30.12.2021

(Senior Lecturer in World Politics, University of Helsinki, from 01.01.2022)


Academic Profile

Dr Bonn Juego is university teacher and academic researcher specializing in the intersection of political economy, development studies, and international relations at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. He is part of the core teaching staff of the Master's Programme in Development, Education and International Cooperation. He has lectured on global political economy and world-economic history at the University of Helsinki for its Bachelor's Programme in Politics, Media and Communication and its Master's Programme in Global Politics and Communication, respectively.

Through competitive grants, he has held Guest Researcher and Visiting Fellow appointments at the: 

He has also been invited and appointed to part-time teaching and external lectureship at:

Among his scholarly activities, he is a recipient of the 2018 JYU Science Council grant for career development, and currently serves as Board Member of the Finnish Society for Development Research, Expert for the World Economic Survey of the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, Invited Member of the Great Transition Initiative, Contributor to Developing Economics, and Member of the International Editorial Board of the Globalizations journal.


Research

With an interdisciplinary background in the political and socio-economic sciences, Bonn's geographical area focus is on the Global South, particularly East and Southeast Asia, as well as in contemporary North-South relations. His ongoing research work revolves around the theme of the 'Crises of Development', which is manifested in the politico-economic concepts and socio-political phenomena that have emerged from his recent writings and publications, notably:

Bonn's current research endeavor investigates the political economy of recent foreign policy shift from the old state-to-state aid relations to the new economic diplomacy focused on private sector development. Studying this emergent phenomenon on the private turn in Nordic countries' development cooperation with different types of regime in Asia is important in terms of: [i] present knowledge of North-South development relations; [ii] feasible development strategies for both developed and developing countries; and [iii] the implications for developmental prospects and democratization processes of what used to be known as aid recipient 'Third World' countries.

Over the years, Bonn has been involved in the publication, research and advocacy on issues and topics such as history of economic thought, development strategies, innovation policy, public administration, local governance, human rights and democratization, social movements and civil society, labour market regulation and social welfare, globalization and trade unions, transformative social protection, social entrepreneurship, social commons, peace and security, ecology and climate change, migration and refugees, crimes and torture, global governance and local elite perceptions, Asia-Europe relations, and Southeast Asian political economy.

Bonn has an active interest in development economics, geopolitics, political philosophy, and science, technology and innovation policy. He is an alumnus of the

A reviewer for  a number of reputable academic journals and other publishers such as the Journal of Contemporary Asia, Geoforum, Globalizations, International Migration, The Global SouthAustrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, Acta OeconomicaPhilippine Political Science Journal, Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on AsiaFrontiers in CommunicationCODESRIA Publications, and Springer Nature / Palgrave Books, he is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Interdisciplinary Journal of International Studies, and presently an Editorial Committee Member of Asia in Focus.


The Relevance and Benefits of my Research

My research aims to capture the realpolitik of Nordic government-business strategizing adapted to particular political-economic regime contexts of Asia's challenging markets. Its empirical findings will provide scholarly appreciation of the imperatives, as well as probable contradictions, of the concepts of PSD (private sector development) and PCSD (policy coherence for sustainable development). As such, it will also have critical relevance to all stakeholders concerned with ethics in development cooperation and the principle of policy coherence for sustainability.

Submitted grant application under review (prospective collaborators welcome):  


  • The Political Economy of Private Sector Development and Policy Coherence for Sustainability: Finland's Development Cooperation with Asia's Least Democratic Regimes

  • Doing Development with Least Democratic Regimes: The Political Economy of Finland's New Economic Diplomacy for Asian Partners

Research Involvement


Teaching

In terms of teaching, Bonn has taught in different capacities as lecturer, master's thesis supervisor, group project supervisor, thesis opponent, examination censor, and teaching assistant at both the master's and bachelor's levels, as well as junior PhD-level mentoring and doctoral dissertation assessment, in the various subfields, issue areas, and geographical focus of the social sciences and humanities at:

  • Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia), 
  • Aalborg University (Denmark),
  • Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway),
  • University of Jyväskylä (Finland), and
  • University of Helsinki (Finland).

He is a recipient of an Erasmus+ international staff mobility grant, and has completed several courses such as university pedagogy, innovation studies, modern China's foreign policy, critical discourse analysis, and advanced research methods.

Teaching Responsibilities, 2014-2021

  • DEVS3016: Managing Development Projects
  • DEVS3015: Current Trends in Development Policy
  • DEVS3014: Contemporary Debates About Development
  • DEVS700: International Internship
  • DEVS3011: Orientation to Graduate Studies
  • DEVM5001: Contemporary Topics in Development Studies
  • GPC-E311: Historical Development of Economic Theories in Changing World-Economic Contexts (University of Helsinki)
  • PVK-M204: Global Political Economy (University of Helsinki)
  • YFIP1001: The State of the World - Introduction to Analyzing Social Phenomena
  • DEVS308: Development Policy and Management
  • DEVS222: Globalization - Perspectives from Development, Culture, and Civil Society
  • DEVS208: Classics of Development
  • Supervision of master's theses
  • Member of a PhD candidate's supervisory board 
  • External Member, Assessment Board of a Doctoral Dissertation and Defense
  • Member, Evaluation Committee for Docentship in JYU Development Studies
  • Chair, Assessment Board, Doctoral Dissertation in Development Studies

Social Outreach and Other Professional Activities

Bonn's outreach activities include giving public lectures and presentations in government, academic, and civil society settings; providing expert opinions and development consulting; publishing Op-Eds and commentaries; and having been interviewed, cited and contacted by the international media such as: 

  • The Interpreter in Australia; 
  • Asia Times in Hong Kong/China; 
  • Information, Weekendavisen, and Ekstra Bladet in Denmark; 
  • Kansan UutisetLännen MediaNy TidDemokraatti / Arbetarbladet in Finland; 
  • RFI - Radio France Internationale in France;
  • Die Zeit in Germany;
  • Rappler in the Philippines; 
  • Amnesty Press in Sweden; 
  • openDemocracy and The World Financial Review in the UK; and 
  • Báo Thế giới & Việt Nam and Báo Mới in Vietnam.

In Denmark, he has also granted a few radio interviews for Orientering (DR P1) and a TV studio interview for DR2 Udland.  

Prior to joining the academia, Bonn had stints working at the government, civil society organizations, a grant-providing foundation, local community governance, and a business school.   


Invited Lectures and Public Presentations (Recent)


Press Clippings and Media Interviews (Recent) 


Publications and Papers (Selected)


 

Multimedia Recordings of Talks and Lectures  (Selected)

 

 
 

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