Ulv Hanssen is an Associate Research Fellow at UI's Asia programme.
Ulv’s research field is international relations in East Asia with a particular focus on Japan’s postwar security policy.
Ulv is an Associate Professor at Soka University in Japan. He received his PhD in Japanese Studies from Freie Universität Berlin in 2017, writing his dissertation on security policy in postwar Japan. He finished his MA dissertation at Oslo University in 2011 in which he wrote about Japan-North Korea relations. He has been a UI Associate Research Fellow since 2012.
Areas of expertise: International relations, Japanese security policy, Japanese pacifism, Japanese national identity, Japan-North Korea relations, North Korea, Northeast Asian politics