Staff

The Erik Castrén Institute forms a vibrant academic community without boundaries. It consists of ECI directors, research fellows and affiliated research fellows, as well as a wide group of visitors from all academic career stages. The Institute also hosts international MA students through the EIUC regional programme European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA).

Contact information

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

intlaw-institute@helsinki.fi

Project planner:

Ketino Minashvili

E-mail: ketino.minashvili@helsinki.fi

Tel: +358 (0)2941 23140

Directors

Professor Martti Koskenniemi

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

Preferred method of contact via email

E-mail: martti.koskenniemi@helsinki.fi

 

Professor Päivi Leino-Sandberg

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

E-mail: paivi.leino@helsinki.fi

Research fellows

Paolo Amorosa, LL.D.

University Lecturer

Post-doctoral researcher, Centre of Excellence in Law, Identity and the European Narratives

Martin Björklund, LL.M.

Senior Lecturer

Doctoral Researcher

Hana Gobena, LL.M.

Doctoral Researcher

Rita Guerreiro Teixeira, PhD

Postdoctoral research fellow, PRIVIGO

Maija Dahlberg, LL.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Mónica García-Salmones Rovira, LL.D.

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

Emma Hakala, PhD.

Senior Research Fellow, Kone Foundation, FIIA

Lauri Hannikainen, LL.D.

Professor Emeritus



Maarten Hillebrandt, PhD

Postdoctoral research fellow, TRUE, SepaRope

Miikka Hiltunen, LL.M.

Doctoral Researcher



Tero Kivinen, LL.M.

Doctoral Researcher



Jan Klabbers, LL.D.

Academy Professor, Martti Ahtisaari Chair

Co-founder of the Institute and Deputy Director until May 2018

Margareta Klabbers, LL.M.

Doctoral Researcher

Ida Koivisto, LL.D.

Associate Professor

Liisa LeppävirtaLL.M.

Doctoral Researcher

Marta Maroni, LL.D.

Postdoctoral research fellow

Ketino Minashvili, LL.M.

Doctoral Researcher

Katariina Paakkanen, LL.M.

Doctoral Researcher

Tiina Paloniitty, LL.D.

Postdoctoral research fellow, 2035Legitimacy

Outi Penttilä, LL.M.

Doctoral Researcher

Sebastián Machado Ramírez, LL.D.

Postdoctoral research fellow, PRIVIGO

Antti Ronkainen, M.Soc.Sc.(YTM)

Doctoral researcher, SepaRope

Ukri Soirila, LL.D.

Postdoctoral research fellow, PRIVIGO

Milka Sormunen, LL.D.

Postdoctoral research fellow, SepaRope, TrUE, RECONNECT, 2035Legitimacy

Diliana Stoyanova, LL.M.

Doctoral Researcher

Immi Tallgren, LL.D.

Docent, University of Helsinki

Senior Research Fellow, Kone Foundation

Tuuli Talvinko, LL.M.

Doctoral Researcher

Tuomas Tiittala, LL.M.

Doctoral Researcher

Freek van der Vet, PhD.

Senior Research Fellow, Kone Foundation

Tleuzhan Zhunussova, PhD.

Postdoctoral research fellow, PRIVIGO

Affiliated research fellows

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

Lorenzo Gasbarri, LL.D.

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

Miia Halme-Tuomisaari, PhD, LL.M.

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

Ville Kari, LL.D.

Assistant Professor, Tilburg University

Magdalena Kmak, LL.D.

Professor, Åbo Akademi University

Docent, University of Helsinki

Jens Kremer, LL.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Emilia Korkea-aho, LL.D.

Academy Research Fellow

Associate Professor, UEF Law School

Kati Kulovesi, PhD, LL.M.

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



Tero Lundstedt, LL.D.

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)

P. Sean Morris, LL.M., LL.Lic.

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.

Jarna Petman, 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

Pamela Slotte, D. Theol.

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.

Eneken Tikk, LL.D.

Reetta Toivanen, D.Soc.Sc.

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

Maria Varaki, PhD

Lecturer, King’s College London

Guilherme Vasconcelos Vilaça, LL.D.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow



Daniel Wyatt, LL.M.

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



Kangle Zhang, LL.D.

Peking University

Visiting researchers

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