Welcome to my little website. I am a Finnish judge, a doctor of laws, and scholar of public international law. I currently work as a district judge at the District Court of Ostrobothnia. In academia, I was previously an Assistant Professor at Tilburg law shool in the Netherlands, where I taught the history and theory of international law in the faculty's bachelor's and master's programmes in global and international law. I have also been a visiting scholar at Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne, the Sciences Po École de Droit, University of Melbroune, and the University of Cambridge.
In my research, I work on a wide range of topics from the law of the sea to international investment law, and from the laws of empires to matters of prize and booty. My doctoral thesis was awarded the highest distinction in 2020, and it was published in 2026 by Cambridge University Press under the title The Classical Doctrine of Civil War in International Law. In 2023-2026, I led a research project called 'Towards a legal history of the global commons'.
Here's where you may find traces of my work:
- My researcher profile at Tilburg University. It also contains a list of my publications.
- My page at the Erik Castrén Institute.
- My page at the LPIL in Melbourne.
If you'd like to get in touch, please look me up here.
Thank you for for dropping by!