On March 18, at 3:30 pm, the Faculty of Human Sciences invites Professor Taneli Lahti, Head of Cabinet of the European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen, for an International Relations subject open lecture on "International partnerships – new environment".

Professor Taneli Lahti is a Professor of Practice at Turku School of Economics and Director for EU Affairs and Trade Policy at the Confederation of Finnish Industries EK. He is a graduate of the Turku School of Economics and a Doctor of Economic and Social Sciences from the University of Nürnberg and Erlangen. 

Mr. Lahti worked on EU‐Russia economic relations from 1998 to 2008, first for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Finland and then, since 2004 for the European Commission. He was twice posted in diplomatic missions in Moscow, in the Embassy of Finland from 1998 to 2001, and in the Delegation of the European Commission from 2006 to 2008. 

Thereafter, from 2009 to 2016, Mr. Lahti worked on EU's economic and financial policies, as an adviser to Commission Vice-President Olli Rehn, and as Head of Cabinet to vice‐Presidents Jyrki Katainen and Valdis Dombrovskis. From October 2016 onwards he is heading EK advocacy on EU and trade policies, sharing his working time between Brussels and Helsinki. In 2018 he was appointed professor of practice at the Turku School of Economics, lecturing on EU economy and EU‐Russia economic relations.

As part of the "Intersecting Philosophy, Politics and Economics" cycle, this session, open to the entire academic community, is especially intended for students in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) and Communication and Cultural Sciences undergraduate programs. 

This open class will take place in Room 131 at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa.