 Since March 2020 ambassador Vilén has been serving as Finland's ambassador to Barents and the Northern Dimension in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.After finishing his studies and getting the degree of Master of Education from the University of Oulu 1990 Mr. Vilén continued his academic career as researcher in Trinity College and as teacher in St Andrews College, Dublin, Ireland 1990–1991, as assistant in the University of Oulu 1991–1992, and as researcher on a grant from the Academy of Finland in Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium 1992 - 1994.Following allegations of plagiarism, the University of Oulu published an investigation concerning Mr. Vilén's Master Thesis in 1991.