Tarja Cronberg (née Mattila; born 29 June 1943 in

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) is a

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politician who served as a

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from 2011 until 2014. Cronberg was Member of the

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2003–2007. She chaired her party from 2005 until 2009 and was the

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in the

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from 2007 to 2009 as part of

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Cronberg in the EU Parliament

Tarja Cronberg became MEP in 2011 by replacing

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who became Minister of International Development in the Finnish cabinet. During her 2011–2014 term in the EU Parliament, Cronberg was the chair of the

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delegation for relations with Iran and served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence.

Life and work

Cronberg was born in

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and currently resides in

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. She holds two

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degrees: One in technology from

Lund University , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion Sweden and another in

sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation an ...

from

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, Institute of organization and work sociology. During her 10 years in politics she was a Member of the Finnish Parliament from 2003 to 2007 and the Minister of Labour from 2007 to 2009. She chaired the Green League party from 2005 to 2009 and served on several parliamentary committees (foreign affairs, security and defence, employment). She was a member of the EU Competitiveness Council (2008-2009) and of the EU Employment and Social Affairs Council (2007-2009). Her research has concentrated on technology and the social sciences policy as an associate professorship at the

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, among others. She was a member of the Danish Parliament Technology Council (1986-1991) and 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). After her period in the

she was appointed as a Distinguished Associate Fellow of

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, first in the European Security Program and later in the Nuclear and Arms Control Program. The focal point in Cronberg's work in recent times has been peace and security. After the Cold War she worked both in

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and in the US studying the conversion of military industries into civilian uses. Together with Stanford 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 North Karelia ( fi, Pohjois-Karjala; sv, Norra Karelen) is a region in eastern Finland. It borders the regions of Kainuu, North Savo, South Savo and South Karelia, as well as Russia's Republic of Karelia. It is the easternmost region of Fin ...

she was instrumental in establishing "soft borders" between Finnish border regions and the Karelian Republic on the Russian side. Her work led to the establishment 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 School of Security Studies, doing also work on

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and

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. In her political work she has specialised in defence and security matters, lately in questions of

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. Her choice of committees in the EU Parliament reflects these interests, as does her work as the Chair of the Parliament's delegation for relations with Iran. Her current work at

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is focused a nuclear disarmament and the nuclear order. An in 2020 she carried out an internal SIPRI- study on the security structures of the Middle East. Her latest book is �
Renegotiating the Nuclear Order. A Sociological Approach
��, Routledge, April, 2021. Here the approach is one of the sociology of technology and the main thread is the distribution of the rights and responsibilities between the nuclear and non-nuclear states . The overall conclusion deals with whether the

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(NPT), can be reformed from the inside or not. The more concrete nuclear policy conclusions deal with the monopoly of the nuclear weapon states,, empowering the non-nuclear states and the future relationship between the NPT and the new treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons.. Furthermore, the question who should assign proliferators is answered. In addition to her native

, Cronberg is fluent in

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, French,

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and

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. She was diagnosed with

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at the turn of the year 2008/2009.Lehti: Työministeri Cronbergillä rintasyöpä
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References

External links

Official Website of Tarja Cronberg
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cronberg, Tarja 1943 births Living people Politicians from Helsinki Green League politicians Ministers of Labour of Finland Members of the Parliament of Finland (2003–07) Green League MEPs MEPs for Finland 2009–2014 21st-century women MEPs for Finland Women government ministers of Finland Women members of the Parliament of Finland Copenhagen Business School alumni