Niko Soininen
Professor
Environmental Law
Law School, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
[email protected] | +358 50 437 6342
Main research interests:
1) Sustainability law; the role of law in sustainability transitions and transformation
2) Law as a complex system
3) Water and marine environmental law; especially blue renewables (incl. hydropower & offshore windpower) and aquaculture and marine spatial planning
Research groups
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CCEEL - The Center for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law 01.09.2013 - -
Sustainability Law 01.01.2024 - -
Research group on Legal Interpretation and the Philosophy of Law 01.08.2015 -
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Water and Marine Environmental Law
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Environmental Law Research Group 01.08.2000 -
Projects
Publications
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The rule of law and the EU Green Deal – uneasy interactions between legal instruments and the legal systemic landscape
Soininen, Niko; Huhta, Kaisa; Vesa, Seita, 2026, Peeters, Marjan; Eliantonio, Mariolina; Kulovesi, Kati; Savaresi, Annalisa, Greening the EU and the Rule of Law: Opportunities and Limits of the EU’s Legal Powers, 6-28. A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
A policy-relevant serious game to guide urban sustainability transformation
Käyhkö, Janina; Venuti, Francesco; Partinen, Hanna; Soininen, Niko; Koskinen, Karoliina; Lehtinen, Juulia; Dunkel, Eveliina; Raymond, Christopher, 2025, npj urban sustainability, 5, 1, 109. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Assessing the effectiveness of Finland’s sustainable development policy to facilitate a sustainability transition
Lyytimäki, Jari; Kentala-Lehtonen, Johanna; Halme, Minna; Linnanen, Lassi; Mönkkönen, Mikko; Ratinen, Ilkka; Salonen, Arto O; Soini, Katriina; Soininen, Niko; Teperi, Anna-Maria; Toivanen, Reetta, 2025, Discover sustainability, 6, 751. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Critical raw materials and the law: confronting legal disruption in the transition to sustainability
Vesa, Seita; Huhta, Kaisa; Soininen, Niko, 2025, Law, innovation and technology, [Epub ahead of print 8 Dec 2025], 1-32. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
EU’s Clean Industrial Deal: A Risk or an Opportunity for Sustainability?
Huhta, Kaisa; Kalimo, Harri; Soininen, Niko; Vesa, Seita, 2025, European energy and environmental law review, 34, 4, 95-105. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Ecological restoration hierarchy as a lens to reveal the foundational economic and legal structures impeding restoration
Soininen, Niko; Puharinen, Suvi-Tuuli; Iho, Antti; Koljonen, Saija; Artell, Janne; Tolonen, Kimmo; Belinskij, Antti, 2025, Restoration ecology, [Epub ahead of print 10 Oct 2025], 1-12. A2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic review -
Governing complexity: A comparative assessment of four governance models with applications to climate change mitigation and adaptation
Soininen, Niko; Ruhl, J B; Cosens, Barbara; Gunderson, Lance, 2025, Environmental innovation and societal transitions, 57, 101020. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Offshore Wind Power through the Lenses of EU Climate, Energy, and Environmental Law—Between Climate Aspirations, Market Competition, and Environmental Impact
Soininen, Niko; Huhta, Kaisa; Vesa, Seita, 2025, Ocean development and international law, 56, 4, 505-525. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
The source-to-sea nexus between water and ocean law: An international and EU perspective
de Oliveira, Cesar Soares; Iho, Antti; Heikkilä, Elina; Kyrönviita, Jonas; Soininen, Niko; Belinskj, Antti, 2025, Review of European, comparative & international environmental law, [Epub ahead of print 30 December 2025], 1-15. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Tulkintaopit ympäristöoikeudessa
Soininen, Niko, 2025, Pölönen, Ismo; Malin, Kimmo; Myrsky, Otso, Puheenvuoroja ympäristöoikeuden yleisistä opeista, 57-94. A3 Book section, Chapters in research books