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

Kim Talus

Professor

UEF

Professors

Kaisa Huhta

Professor European Law and Energy Law

Harri Kalimo

Professor, European and international circular economy law and economic law

Senior researchers

Sirja-Leena Penttinen

Kim Fyhr

Senior Researcher

UEF

Matti Gurreck

Senior Researcher

UEF

Lea Di Salvatore

Senior 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

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.