PM Johan Ekman will publicly defend his doctoral thesis in Sociology with a thesis entitled Why No Nordic Model Writ Large in Europe? Pragmatic elite adjustment, neoliberal stabilisation, and contradictions in Finnish political economy in the EU Era.
Professor Andreas Bieler, University of Nottingham, UK, will serve as opponent, and professor Mikko Lagerspetz, Åbo Akademi University, as custos.
Lectio praecursoria will be given in Swedish; the public defense in English.
