Research professor
Doctor of Laws, LL.D.
Contact information
Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi
Phone: +358 29 525 1170
Finnish Environment Institute Syke
Climate Solutions
Joensuu unit
Yliopistokatu 6 B
80100 Joensuu
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible leader at Syke and vice-PI of the project as well as interaction lead in the Strategic Research Council-funded RELIEF project. The RELIEF project studies the resilience of the legal system in sustainability transition.
- Researcher in the Strategic Research Council-funded 2035Legitimacy project. The 2035Legitimacy project focuses on the legitimacy and acceptability of climate policy, as well as the fairness of selected actions and their impacts.
- Representative of Syke in the Expert Group on Black Carbon and Methane (EGBCM) under the Arctic Council.
- Professor of Environmental Law (50%), University of Eastern Finland, Law School, Center for Climate Change, Energy & Environmental Law (CCEEL). Main responsibilities at the University of Eastern Finland: vice head of UEF Law School, responsible of research; director of the Doctoral Programme in Law; vice head of the sustainability law research group, vice head of the university's strategic research community Sustainable Resource Society (RESOURCE), dissertation supervision, and teaching environmental law.
Research and Expertise
- Climate law (national, EU, and international climate law)
- Climate law and the land-use sector
- Effort sharing sector
- Integration of climate and energy law
- Arctic region and climate law
- Environmental and sustainability law
- Renewable energy
- Critical raw materials
- Environmental pollution
- Multilevel environmental governance
- Multi- and interdisciplinary legal research
- Dialogue between scientific knowledge and law
Publications
UEF Connect