Iikka Korhonen works as the director of Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies (BOFIT), which conducts research and analysis of major emerging market countries, especially Russia and China. He has been a visiting researcher at Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Kyiv School of Economics, Hitotsubashi and Yokohama National University. His research interests include monetary and exchange rate policies in emerging markets as well as effects of economic sanctions.