CV Tarja Cronberg
Ms Tarja Cronberg holds Ph.D. degrees in technology and business administration. She has long exercised political leadership in Europe's networked society. Currently a member of the European Parliament she was a Member of the Finnish Parliament from 2003 to 2007 and a former Minister of Labor. She chaired the Green League party from 2005 to 2009 and served on several parliamentary committees (foreign affairs, security and defense, employment). She was a member of the EU Competitiveness Council (2008-2009) and of the EU Employment and Social Affairs Council (2007-2009). She is fluent in seven languages.
Ms Cronberg has been at the centre of policy making at the intersection of technology and the social sciences. She directed the North Karelia regional development council from 1993 to 2001 and led the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute from 2001 to 2003. She was a member of the Danish Parliament Technology Council (1986-1991); of the Norwegian Research Council dealing with IT and society (1984-1992).She was a member of the European Commission Information Society Technologies Advisory Group (ISTAG) from 1999 to 2002; chaired the EU COSTA4 Group that examined the relationship between technology and society (1992-1997) and contributed to the VALUE think-tank that focused on the interaction between research and society (1993-1994).
The focal point in Tarja Cronberg´s work in recent times has been peace and security. After the Cold War she worked both in Russia and in the US studying the conversion of military industries into civilian uses. Together with Standford University and the Perm Technical University she and her team studied the transformation processes mainly in the aerospace industry. As the Regional Director of North Karelia she was instrumental in establishing "soft borders" between Finnish border regions and the Karelian Republic on the Russian side. Her work led to the establishmnet of Euregio Karelia, a cross-border region with common development programmes and projects. Later, as the Director of COPRI, Copenhagen Peace Research Institute she was involved in the further development of the Copenhagen Schiool of Security Studies, doing also work on missile defences and dual-use technologies. In her political work she has specialized in defence and security matters, lately in questions of nuclear disarmament. Her choice of committees in the parliament reflects these interests, as does her work as the Chair of the Parliaments delegation for relations with Iran.
Born
June 29th, 1943 in Helsinki, Finland
Family status
Widow (Erik Agger), 3 children and 7 grandchildren
Languages
Finnish, Danish, Swedish, English, German, French and Russia
Expertise
Theoretical fields
Sociology of technology, military technology, border studies, technology assessment and theories of everyday life.
Policy fields
Defence policies, civil/military relations, border policies, labour and employment, regional development, innovation and technology policy.
Education and degrees
| 1988 | D.Econ. In sociology from the Institute for Organization and Industrial Sociology, Copenhagen School of Economics and Business Administration (dissertation: Technology in Everyday Life). |
| 1976 | Advanced course for planners Nordic Institute of Urban Planning. |
| 1973 | D.Tech. In planning from Dept. of Architecture, Lund University (dissertation: User Requirements in Building). |
| 1968 | M.Sc. in engineering Institute of Chemical Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology. |
Work Experience | |
| 2011- | MEP, Member of European Parliament / Group of the Greens/EFA Chair, Delegation for relations with Iran (D-IR) Member, Conference of Delegation Chairs Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) Member, Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) Substitute, Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (D-RU) Substitute, Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (DNAT) |
| 2009–2011 | Special Advisor to the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, FIIA (nuclear disarmament); Ministry of Education and Culture (creative economy); The University of Eastern Finland, UEF(forest/renewable energy); the City of Mikkeli (organic food) |
| 2007–2009 | Member of the Finnish Government, Minister of Labour, Ministry of Employment and the Economy (member of the government´s Ministerial Group on Foreign and Security Policy). |
| 2003–2007 | MP, Member of Finnish Parliament (Defence Committee, Foreign Relations Committee, Committee on Work and Equality). |
| 2001–2003 | Director of COPRI, Copenhagen Peace Research Institute, Center for Freds- og Conflictforskning (international relations, security studies, study of wars, conflict management). |
| 1993–2001 | Executive Director of the Regional Council of North Karelia, Finland (head administrator of the region, in charge of economic and social development, EU structural funds, cross-border co-operation with Russia, regional planning). |
EU Activities
| 2008– | Member of the European Competitiveness Council. |
| 2007– | Member of the European Employment and Social Affairs Council. |
| 1995–2001 | Member of Management Boards for EU Structural Funds for Eastern Finland (Objective 6 and 1, Interreg Karelia). Member (and initiator) EU COST A 24 The Evolving Social Construction of Threats (Terrorism, new wars, private armies). |
| 1998–2001 | Member (and initiator) of EU COST A10 Defence Restructuring. |
| 1999–2002 | Member of the European Commissions Information Society Technologies Advisory Group (ISTAG). |
| 1992–1997 | Chairman of the Management Committee EU COST A4 Social Shaping of Technology. |
| 1989–1994 | Member of the COST Technical Committee on Social Sciences. |
| 1993–1994 | Member of the CREST Ad hoc Expert Group for the 4th Framework Programme. |
NATO Activities
NATO ad hoc Initiative on Risk Management, Danish representative, 2002.
NATO Military Conversion activities, Conference on Conversion, NATO headquarters. May 1993, Stavanger, May 1994, Budapest, 1994, Scotland, July 1995.
Security Policy
| 2010– | Member of the Finnish Government´s Committee on Total Security. |
| 2007–2009 | Member of the Finnish Government´s Ministerial Group on Foreign and Security Policy. |
| 2003–2007 | Member of the Finnish Parliament´s Committee on Defence. |
Regional Management/Development
| 2001–2003 | Member of the Arctic Council. |
| 1997–2000 | Member of the State Finnish – Russian Development Committee to Near Area Co-operation. |
| 1996–2001 | Member of the Executive Committee for the European Association of Border Regions. |
