2012 Doctor of Laws (LLD), Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, Finland.
2005 Master of Laws (LLM), Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, Finland.
2015 Title of Docent. Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Current employment
2022– Professor of European Law and Legislative Studies, UEF Law School.
2018– Affiliated Fellow, Erik Castrén Institute, Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki.
2018– Visiting Fellow, Maastricht Centre for European Law (MCEL), Faculty of Law, Maastricht University.
Previous work experience
2018–2021 Associate Professor of European Law and Legislative Studies (tenure track), UEF Law School.
2016–2021 Academy of Finland Research Fellow, UEF Law School.
2019–2020 Visiting Fellow, Yale Law School, USA.
2014–2015 Visiting Fellow, European University Institute (EUI), Italy.
2013–2016 Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki.
2010 Visiting Student, Columbia Law School, USA.
2010–2013 Postdoctoral Researcher, Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence “Foundations of European Law and Polity Research”, Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki.
2009–2010 Visiting Graduate Research Student, University College London, UK.
2006–2010 Doctoral Student (salaried), Graduate School “Foundations of European Law and Polity”, Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Research funding and grants
2023-2027 Kone Foundation Project “Lobbaus Suomen kunnissa” (Political Influence and Lobbying in Finnish Municipal Politics) (LoSKa).
2021–2025 Academy of Finland Project “Expertise In and Out of Government: The Bureaucratic Revolving Door and Its Regulation in EU Member States” (REVOLVE).
2018 Lead Investigator of the grant by the Finnish Prime Minister’s Office.
2016–2021 Academy of Finland Research Fellow.
2016–2019 Principal Investigator of European Commission Jean Monnet Network on Soft Law Research (SoLaR).
2016–2013 Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Researcher.
2010–2012 University of Helsinki three-year grants, Professor Jan Smits (Maastricht) as PI.
Awards and honours
2019 Academy of Finland Award for Societal Impact.
2015 Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki. Bonus awarded for professional achievements.
2014–2015 Invited Member of the Academy Club for Young Scientists, Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
2006 The Finnish Lawyers’ Association. Graduate Thesis Award.
2006 The Association of Finnish Savings Banks. Graduate Thesis Award.
2005 The Association of Finnish Lawyers. Prize awarded for highest GPA in the class of 2005.
Scientific and societal impact
2023- Vice Chair of the Advisory Committee for the Finnish Transparency Register
2019–2021 Membership in the Finnish Ministry of Justice Working Group on lobbying registers.
2018– Public appearances in the printed press, on television and on the radio.
