Johan Bärlund new rector of the Swedish School of Social Science at the University of Helsinki

Professor, Dr. jur. Johan Bärlund has been elected as new rector of the Swedish School of Social Science at the University of Helsinki. The board of the School elected Bärlund for the period 2018-2022.

Johan Bärlund holds the professorship in Nordic Law at the Faculty of Law at the University of Helsinki and has worked at the Faculty for over 30 years. He is also a docent in civil and commercial law at the University of Helsinki and a docent in commercial law at Hanken Business School.

Bärlund begins his rectorship 1 Augusti 2018.