Energy Law
Energy law is a specialised field of legal research and practice that focuses on the legal governance of the energy sector. Our research team carries out high-quality international research with a societal impact in this area of law.
Our research in this area covers a range of legal and interdisciplinary topics and areas:
- European energy law and policy
- International energy law and policy
- Energy transition governance
- Constitutional and institutional governance of the energy sector
- Legal and regulatory issues in natural gas markets and gas utilization
- International petroleum law and policy
- Comparative energy law and policy
- Renewable energy
We are active in other legal disciplines that are relevant in the energy sector, such as international trade and investment law.
Energy Law Research Group Directors
Kaisa Huhta
Associate Professor, European law and especially energy law
UEF
Professors
Kim Talus
Professor
UEF
Harri Kalimo
Professor, European and international circular economy law and economic law
UEF and Brussels School of Governance
Senior and Post-doctoral Researchers
Sirja-Leena Penttinen
Project Researcher
UEF
Kim Fyhr
Senior Researcher
UEF
Matti Gurreck
Post-doctoral Researcher
UEF
Lea Di Salvatore
Post-doctoral Researcher
UEF
Doctoral Researchers
- Aki Aapio
- Ama Opoku Acquah
- Charlotte Ehrman
- Emma Merikanto
- Francisca Gallegos Aguirre
- Jaqueline Pinto
- Jonas Holm
- Katariina Särkänne
- Marina Dutra Trindade
- Markus Sairanen
- Myele Rouxel
- Sébastien Nöel
- Kenny Ng
- Marina Hritsyshyna
- Ruotian Ren
- Aleya Nur Mohol Siddika
Completed doctorates
Cameron Kelly, Renewable energy support in EU and Australia.
Meri-Katriina Pyhäranta, Impact of shale gas on EU law and policy.
Tade Oyewunmi, Gas utilisation in Nigeria.
Rasa Ptasekaite, EU vs Euratom Treaty: evolving competences.
Kaisa Huhta, Capacity mechanisms under EU law.
Dayann Oben-Darko, Comparative study on renewable energy law.
Moritz Wustenberg, WTO and energy markets.
Mykola Iakovenko, The process of liberalization of the East European non-EU energy markets under the requirements of Energy Community.
Berryl Claire Asiago, Government Intervention in International Businesses. The Rise of Local Content Regulations in the Upstream Petroleum Sector.
Nana Asare Obeng-Darko, On the Rules and Regulations Governing Electricity Production from Renewable Energy Sources in Ghana: An Examination of Ghanaian Renewable Energy Law and Policy.