
Dr. Kaisa Huhta is a Senior Researcher and an Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Fellow at the UEF Law School and at the Centre for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law, where her research focuses on EU energy law. Her research in the nexus of EU law and the energy sector has produced publications on State aid law, free movement law, competence and institutional issues in EU law, the regulation of new energy technologies and energy investment, security and consumers in EU law. Her broader research objective is understanding the roles of law in governing the energy sector and the low-carbon energy transition in the EU. Dr. Huhta is the Principal Investigator in the EUJUST project, funded by the Academy of Finland, which studies EU Law as an Instrument for Energy Justice.
Dr. Huhta has published in top level international journals such as the European Law Review, the International and Comparative Law Quarterly and Global Environmental Change. In total, she has published more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, books, book chapters, expert statements and other publications. She has been a visiting researcher at the University of Oxford, the European University Institute (EUI), the University of Tilburg and the University of Iceland.
Dr. Huhta’s lecturing responsibilities at the UEF Law School has covered courses in general EU law as well as energy law. She supervises Master’s theses in energy law and EU law. She also teaches research methodologies to doctoral researchers. Dr. Huhta actively carries out consultancy work in the field of EU and Finnish energy law. In addition to her research and consultancy work, Dr. Huhta frequently speaks at international conferences, seminars and training events.
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Publications
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The contribution of energy law to the energy transition and energy research
Huhta, Kaisa. Global environmental change: human and policy dimensions 73: 102454. 2022 -
The 'Fit for 55'-package in the Context of EU Energy Law and Policy
Kaisa Huhta. Oil, gas and energy law - -: -. 2022 -
A Legal Approach to Sustainable Energy Democracy
Huhta, Kaisa; Reins, Leonie. 2021 2021 -
C-718/18 Commission v. Germany: Critical Reflections on the Independence of National Regulatory Authorities in EU Energy Law
Huhta, Kaisa. European energy and environmental law review 30 6: 255 - 265. 2021 -
The scope of state sovereignty under article 194(2) TFEU and the evolution of EU competences in the energy sector
Huhta, Kaisa. International and comparative law quarterly 70 4: 991-1010. 2021 -
Ilmastovaikutukset ja ympäristölupamenettely
Silvo, Kimmo; Belinskij, Antti; Attila, Mikko; Honkonen, Tuula; Horn, Susanna; Huhta, Kaisa; Romppanen, Seita; Saastamoinen, Uula; Seppälä, Jyri; Soimakallio, Sampo. 2021 2021 -
Ilmastovaikutukset ympäristönsuojelulaissa
Romppanen, Seita; Huhta, Kaisa; Honkonen, Tuula; Belinskij, Antti / Ympäristöpolitiikan ja -oikeuden vuosikirja XIV. 2021. 2021 -
Kiertotalous tarvitsee sujuvaa sopimista
Arras, Nina; Miettinen, Eija; Tammela, Heta; Rautiainen, Ville; Romppanen, Seita; Huhta, Kaisa; Turunen, Topi. 2021 2021 -
Law for Decentralized Electricity Systems Lessons from Complexity Theory
Soininen, Niko; Huhta, Kaisa / Sustainable Energy Democracy and the Law. 2021. 2021 -
Lessons from Law for the Conceptualization of Sustainable Energy Democracy
Fleming, Ruven; Huhta, Kaisa; Reins, Leonie / Sustainable Energy Democracy and the Law. 2021. 2021