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Matti Ylönen is a University Lecturer in World Politics at the University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences, and an Academy of Finland Research Fellow (2024–2028) leading the SEE-TECH project. He is on research leave from his University Lecturer role, which he held since 2020. His work spans corporate influence in governance, tax avoidance mechanisms, and EU tech regulation.
- Education: PhD in World Politics
- External Positions: Marie Curie Widening Fellow at Tallinn University of Technology, Fulbright-Schuman grantee at Yale University
Ylönen’s research focuses on corporate tax planning, management consultants, Public Affairs companies, and global development policy. His current project, SEE-TECH, extends prior work on Big Tech and EU regulation to analyze advocacy in Platform Capitalism. Earlier outputs highlight tax havens, intra-firm trade, and policy diffusion in international organizations.
His 15 most recent articles (2017–2019) explore topics like tax governance in Panama and the WTO, wealth chains in Finnish mining, transfer pricing mechanisms, IMF tax work, and consultocracy dynamics. These works intersect with disciplines such as International Political Economy, Critical Accounting, and Governance Studies.
- Scientific Awards: Amartya Sen Prize (2015), University of Helsinki Doctoral Dissertation Award (2018), Article of the Year Prize (2023), Science in Finnish Prize (2024), Finnish Evaluation Society Prize (2019)
Ylönen has supervised PhD work (e.g., Carolina Buendia Sarmiento on women’s economic empowerment in Finland-Kenya partnerships) and collaborated with institutions in Estonia, the U.S., and Japan. He also holds unsalaried roles as Chair of Finnwatch, member of Finland’s Parliamentary Development Policy Committee, and Digital SME scientific committee member.
