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Department of Leadership and Military Pedagogy The Department of Leadership and Military Pedagogy is organised into four teaching groups: leadership, military pedagogy, physical performance and research (research education). The following five dis...

Department of Leadership and Military Pedagogy: Professors and Assistant Professors Professors Professor Heikki Kyröläinen, DSportSc, FACSM Field of appointment: Biology of sport, a soldier’s physical performance Teaching and research A soldier’s ...

Research fields You can find information about the National Defence University’s research fields on this website. The military science research conducted in the university is divided into eight different areas: • Operational Art and Tactics • Mili...

Professors and Assistant Professors Professors of the National Defence University (NDU) lead research in the chair they are holding and are in charge of implementing teaching together with other instructors in their departments. The National Defen...

Conductors Chief Conductor Captain (Mus.) Juhani Valtasalmi Captain (Mus.) Juhani Valtasalmi (born in 1978) started in the post of the Senior Conductor of the Lapland Military Band on 1 March 2024. His previous posts were with the Conscript Band o...

Studying at the National Defence University The National Defence University offers university classes to approximately 900 people annually and continuing training to approximately 1,000 people. This page brings together general information useful ...

The Midnight Hawks is the official aerobatic team of the Finnish Air Force. The team with its four Hawk jet trainers has proudly presented the consummate flying skills of Finnish military pilots in air shows in Finland and abroad since 1997. All Midnight Hawks pilots are qualified air combat and Hawk flight instructors at the Air Force Academy, rehearsing aerobatics on top of their teaching responsibilities.

16.2.2026 | The Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces has ordered Colonel Aki-Mauri Huhtinen, Director of Communications of the Defence Forces, as of 1 March 2026.

29.4.2024 | The National Defence University and the Finnish Society of Military Sciences will organize the Seminar of Military Sciences on 30.10.-31.10.2024 at the House of Science and Letters (Tieteiden talo) in the center of Helsinki. The theme of the seminar is Finnish Art of War in a Changing Security Environment.

11.11.2025 | Leader’s H andbook Leader’s Handbook 2022 2022 Manuscript: Pekka Halonen, Matti Kemppilä, Erik Gockel, Akseli Jääskeläinen, Laura Kaalikoski, Markus Kaartinen, Kari Aapro, Janne Kananen, Janne Aalto, Henna-Maria Utter, Toni Laitinen, Juha Hollanti...

3.10.2016 | The doctoral dissertation of Senior Chaplain, Master of Theology Janne Aalto will be held at the National Defence University on Friday 28 October 2016. The doctoral thesis falls within the field of military pedagogy and the dissertation will take place in the auditorium of the Santahamina Building (Santahaminantie 2) at 1200 hrs.

Vanhemmat julkaisut Sotahistorian, Strategian ja Taktiikan laitoksen julkaisut Sotahistorian laitoksen julkaisut (vuoteen 2014 asti) Julkaisusarja 1 Julkaisusarja 2 Sotahistorian laitoksen julkaisuja Strategian laitoksen julkaisut (vuoteen 2014 as...

23.4.2021 | The National Defence University (NDU) published the final report of its external research evaluations on 21 April. The final report is the end result of an evaluation process that lasted over a year. The observations in the final report will be used to develop research in the future.

1.4.2019 | National Defence University Participates in Combined Joint Staff Exercise 19 (CJSE 19) 1−11 April 2019.

19.4.2023 | Public Authorities as a Target of Disinformation Pekka Koistinen, Milla Alaraatikka, Teija Sederholm, Dominic Savolainen, Aki-Mauri Huhtinen and Miina Kaarkoski Department of Leadership and Military Pedagogy, National Defence University, Helsinki,...

19.4.2023 | If you are late, you are Beyond help: Disinformation and Authorities in Social Media Milla Alaraatikka, Pekka Koistinen, Miina Kaarkoski, Aki-Mauri Huhtinen and Teija Sederholm Department of Leadership and Military Pedagogy, National Defence Unive...

9.8.2016 | The oral examination of Johanna Anttonen's doctoral thesis will take place on Maneesinkatu 6, central Helsinki, on 9 September. Anttonen has a master's degree in both education and the arts. She has been in the doctoral programme at the National Defence University since 2012 and her doctoral thesis is on military pedagogy.

15.10.2019 | Popma, W. & Francis, S. (eds.) Proc. of the 6th European Conference on Social Media ECSM 2019, 13-14 June, 2019, pp. 231-237, ACPI 231 Social Media as the Pulse of National Security Threats: A Framework for Studying How Social Media Influences You...

12.10.2020 | Eze, T, Speakman, L. & Onwubiko, C. (eds.) Proc. of the 19th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security ECCWS 2020, 25-26 June, 2020, pp. 278-283, ACPI 278 Young People and the Dark Side of Social Media — Possible Threats to National Securi...

12.10.2020 | Karpasitis, C. & Varda, C. (eds.) Proc. of the 7th European Conference on Social Media ECSM 2020, 3-3 July, 2020, pp. 240-246, ACPI 240 Not a problem for me: Young men’s conceptions of their social media use and false information Reetta Riikonen, ...