Timo Miettinen
Timo Miettinen (s. 26. maaliskuuta 1981) on eurooppalaiseen filosofiaan, politiikkaan ja aatehistoriaan erikoistunut akatemiatutkija ja Helsingin yliopiston dosentti.
Miettinen väitteli tohtoriksi vuonna 2013. Hänen väitöskirjansa kuului filosofian alaan ja käsitteli Euroopan ideaa Edmund Husserlin ajattelussa (The Idea of Europe in Husserl's Phenomenology: A Study in Generativity and Historicity). Hän on väitöksensä jälkeen tutkinut muun muassa saksalaisen talouspolitiikan historiaa sekä modernin ajan Eurooppa-käsityksiä. Hän työskenteli vuonna 2023 vierailevana tutkijana Firenzen EUI-yliopiston School of Transnational Governance -yksikössä.
Eurooppalainen Suomi -yhdistys valitsi Miettisen Vuoden eurooppalaiseksi 2021.[3] Hänen ansionaan on
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