The Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights
Faculty of Law
P.O. BOX 4 (visiting address Yliopistonkatu 3)
00014 University of Helsinki
Tel: +358 (0)29 4123140
Project planner:
Ketino Minashvili
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Tel: +358 (0)2941 23140
Professor of International Law, University of Helsinki
Director of the Erik Castrén Institute
Porthania, room 649, Yliopistonkatu 3
P.O. Box 4, 00014 University of Helsinki
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Professor of Transnational European Law, University of Helsinki
Academy of Finland Research Fellow
Deputy Director of the Erik Castrén Institute
Porthania, room 643, Yliopistonkatu 3
P.O. Box 4, 00014 University of Helsinki
Tel: +358 (0)50 576 1575
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University Lecturer
Post-doctoral researcher, Centre of Excellence in Law, Identity and the European Narratives
Senior Lecturer
Doctoral Researcher
Doctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral research fellow, PRIVIGO
Postdoctoral Researcher
Adjunct Professor of International Law (Docent), University of Helsinki
Osk. Huttunen, Clare Hall and Faculty of Law, Visiting Fellow, University of Cambridge
Finnish Cultural Foundation Research Fellow
Senior Research Fellow, Kone Foundation, FIIA
Professor Emeritus
Postdoctoral research fellow, TRUE, SepaRope
Doctoral Researcher
Doctoral Researcher
Academy Professor, Martti Ahtisaari Chair
Co-founder of the Institute and Deputy Director until May 2018
Doctoral Researcher
Associate Professor
Doctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral research fellow
Doctoral Researcher
Doctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral research fellow, 2035Legitimacy
Doctoral Researcher
Sebastián Machado Ramírez, LL.D.
Postdoctoral research fellow, PRIVIGO
Doctoral researcher, SepaRope
Postdoctoral research fellow, PRIVIGO
Postdoctoral research fellow, SepaRope, TrUE, RECONNECT, 2035Legitimacy
Diliana Stoyanova, LL.M.
Doctoral Researcher
Docent, University of Helsinki
Senior Research Fellow, Kone Foundation
Doctoral Researcher
Doctoral Researcher
Senior Research Fellow, Kone Foundation
Postdoctoral research fellow, PRIVIGO
Elina Almila, LL.D.
Red Cross
Arnulf Becker Lorca, S.J.D.
Atreyi Bhattacharjee, LL.M.
Doctoral Candidate, University of British Columbia
Anja Blank, LL.M. DES
Doctoral Candidate
Tobias Bräutigam, LL.D.
Senior Counsel at Bird & Bird, Docent
Katja Creutz, Ph.D., LL.M.
Senior Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Research Fellow, Bocconi University
Rotem Giladi, S.J.D.
Dubnow Institute, Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture
Janis Grzybowski, PhD
Associate Professor at ESPOL Lille and associate researcher, Sciences Po Centre d’Etudes Internationales (CERI)
Kelly Grotke, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Society for Humanities at Cornell University
Associate Professor, Lund University
Vesa Heikkinen, LL.M.
Doctoral Candidate
Manuel Jiménez-Fonseca, LL.D.
Daniel Joyce, LL.D.
Director of Research, University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law
Assistant Professor, Tilburg University
Professor, Åbo Akademi University
Docent, University of Helsinki
Jens Kremer, LL.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Academy Research Fellow
Associate Professor, UEF Law School
Professor of International Law, UEF Law School
Juhani Kortteinen, LL.M,
Doctoral Candidate, University of Helsinki
Rapporteur, National Discrimination Tribunal of Finland
Rain Liivoja, LL.D.
Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland
Content manager, L!bera
Anne-Charlotte Martineau, LL.D.
Senior Research Fellow (CNRS), Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris)
Parvathi Menon, LL.D.
Lecturer (Asst. Professor), SOAS (London)
Research Fellow, University of Helsinki
Rosemary Mwanza, LL.M.
Pekka Niemelä, LL.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Helsinki
Päivi Neuvonen, D.Phil
Associate Professor, Durham University
Liliana Obregón, SJD.
Professor of Law, University of Los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia)
Berfin N. Osso, LL.M.
Doctoral Candidate, University of Helsinki
Merja Pentikäinen, LL.D.
Associate Professor of International Law, Stockholm University
Adjunct Professor (Docent) of International Law, University of Helsinki
Commissioner, International Commissions of Jurists, Geneva
Co-founder of the Erik Castrén Institute and Deputy Director until May 2018
Maria Pohjanpalo, LL.D.
Commercial counsellor at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Walter Rech, LL.D.
Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies Fellow
Seita Romppanen, PhD.
Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
Samuli Seppänen, LL.M., S.J.D.
Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Katariina Simonen, LL.D.
Sahib Singh, LL.M.
Research Fellow
Vice-director of the Centre of Excellence in Law, Identity and the European Narratives, Department of Political and Economic Studies, Helsinki University
Associate professor (tenure track) in minority studies at Åbo Akademi University
Nadia Tapia, LL.D.
Professor, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science
Silke Trommer, PhD, LL.M.
Lecturer, University of Manchester
Taina Tuori, LL.D.
Grant Coach, University of Helsinki
Executive Director, Allegra Lab
Lauri Tähtinen, PhD
Lecturer, Harvard University
Lecturer, King’s College London
Guilherme Vasconcelos Vilaça, LL.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Doctoral Candidate
Reut Yael Paz, LL.D.
Post-doctoral research fellow, Franz von Liszt-Institute for International and Comparative Law, Justus Liebig University of Gießen
Peking University
2023-2024
Ana Balcazar Moreno, PhD Candidate, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Soheil Ghasemi Bojd, PhD Candidate, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
2021-2022
Heli Askola, Associate Professor, Monash University
Samuli Seppänen, Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Martino Tognocchi, PhD Candidate, University of Milan
Florian Weber, PhD Candidate, University of Bern
2020-2021
Darina Petrova, PhD Candidate, Sciences Po Law School
2019-2020
Negar Mansouri, PhD Candidate, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Severin Meier, PhD Candidate, University of Zurich
Alexandra Popova, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Husen Tura, University of Eastern Finland
2018-2019
Elena Cirkovic, Associate Professor, National Research University, Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg
Fernando Bordin, Unversity of Cambridge
2017-2018
Luíza Leão Soares Pereira, PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge
2016-2017
Hiva Khedri, PhD Candidate, Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense
Alberto Rinaldi, PhD Candidate, Sciences Po Law School
Adriane Sanctis de Brito, PhD Candidate, University of São Paulo
Ka Lok Yip, PhD Candidate, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Heejin Kim, PhD Candidate, National University of Singapore
Grigory Vaypan, PhD Candidate, Moscow State University
2015-2016
Erika Nakamura, PhD Candidate, Hitotsubashi University
Chi He, PhD Candidate, Pekin University
Semir Sali, CIMO Research Fellow, PhD Candidate, University of Helsinki
Erman Özgür, CIMO Research Fellow, PhD Candidate, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) Dundee, UK
Deborah Whitehall, Monash University Law School, Australia
Anna Esko, PhD Candidate, University of Helsinki
Mirka Möldner, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany
Anna Buchardó, University of Valencia, Spain
2015
Claire Vergerio, DPhil International Relations Candidate Balliol College, University of Oxford
Bowen Liu, PhD Candidate in International Law, Law School of Peking University
Yu Peng, PhD Candidate in Jurisprudence, Law School of Renmin University
2013
Janis Grzybowski, PhD Candidate, Graduate Institute in Geneva
Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso, PhD Candidate, Åbo Akademi University
2012
César Villegas Delgado, University of Seville, Spain
2011
Fabia Vecoso, PhD Candidate, São Paulo University
Radim Dragomaca, PhD researcher, Universities of Tilburg and St. Andrews
2010
Yifeng Chen, PhD, University of Peking
George Galindo, PhD, University of Brasilia
Andreas Fischer, PhD Candidate, University of Zurich
Agostinho Reis Monteiro, Professor, University of Lisbon
E.MA Fellows
2021
Sanja Dimitrijevic
2020
Michela Biscosi
Mariana Catalão
2019
Kaloyan Kirilov
2018
Ermina Chaltogiannidou
Sara De Santis
Aitong Zhang
2016
Laura Gorriahn
Ioana Delapeta
2015
Martijn Keeman
Alberto Fontenla Pita-Baamonde
2014
Mariann Rikka
Tessa Schrempf
2013
Mariana Casij
Arnaud Emery
Paula Hakkaja
2012
Anna Wirth
Luca Bonadiman
2011
Anca Loredana Enache
Nicholas Furrow
Eliska Pirkova