HARRI KALIMO

Professor

Professor, European and international circular economy law and economic law

The economy and the environment are fundamental elements of sustainable Finnish, European and indeed global futures. The EU continues to strive towards a more competitive economy, while it at the same time faces enormous environmental challenges in many areas from resource use to biodiversity and climate change. Moreover, these environmental and economic challenges are tightly intertwined. The search for increasing global welfare needs to take place within the limited boundaries of the natural resources available today and for the generations to come. This challenge promises on the other hand also opportunities for those that are the most advanced in “greening their economies”.

These societal challenges and opportunities are at the core my professorship on the “circular economy” and the EU and international economic law. The societal objectives and the support for achieving them takes to a notable extent place in the laws and policies that govern the fast evolving environmental and economic sectors, and their interactions in Finland, the EU and beyond. The objective of my professorship is to offer theoretically advanced, policy relevant research and education on these questions.

Contact info

Organization

Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Law School

Email

harri.kalimo@uef.fi

Phone

Teaching Activities

At the UEF, currently course ”the Law of the Circular Economy”. At the Institute for European Studies (Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)), four post graduate courses and a doctoral seminar in the areas of European and international environmental and economic law and policy and legal theory.

Research groups and research projects

Research groups CCEEL -- The Centre for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law MECES -- Minerals, Energy and Circular Economy in Sustainability Transitions Research projects Office of the Prime Minister, Finland (VN TEAS) • KITUPO • The Circular Economy and Product Policy Instruments • Project co-initiator & co-manager; April 2020 – May 2021 Office of the Prime Minister, Finland (VN TEAS) • HILMI • Carbon and Environmental Footprint in Public Procurement - Legislation and Measurement • Project co-initiator & co-manager; April 2020 – December 2020 Earlier at the Institute for European Studies (VUB): European Commission DG GROW/EASME • SOLVIT 6 & 7 • High level training on EU free movement law • 12/2020-2/ 2021 European Commission DG GROW/EASME • SOLVIT 4 & 5 • High level training on EU free movement law • 6-10/ 2019 European Commission DG GROW/EASME • SOLVIT 1 & 2 & 3 • High level training on EU free movement law • 6-10/ 2018 Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) • Jean Monnet Chair • rECOncile Grant nr. 575718-EPP- 1- 2016- 1-BE-EPPJMO-CHAIR • 9/2016 – 8/2019 European Commission, DG Research (FP7) • BFSJ (Production of Fully Synthetic Paraffinic Jet Fuel from Wood and Other Biomass) Grant nr. 612763 • 12/ 2014 – 7/2020 Academy of Finland • eCoherence – Reconciling Economic and Non-economic Values in a Multipolar Society 9/2013 – 8/2016 Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)• Jean Monnet Module “EU Environmental Law in an International Context” 11/2011 – 8/2014 European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry • High Level Training on US Interstate Commerce & EU Internal Market • 1/2010 – 12/2012 European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry • High Level Training on EU Environment Law and the Internal Market • 1/2010 – 12/2012 European Commission, DG Research (FP7) • CORPUS (Enhancing Connectivity Between Research and Policymaking in Sustainable Consumption) • 1/2010 – 12/2012 INSEAD Research group on Individual Producer Responsibility (IPR) • 3/2007 – 3/2011 European Commission, DG Research (FP6) • ASCEE (Assessing the Potential of Various Instruments for Sustainable Consumption and Greening of the Market) • 2/2007 – 12/2008 2.11.0.0 2.11.0.0 2.11.0.0