Dr. Kaisa Huhta is an Associate professor of European law, especially energy law at the UEF Law School and at the Centre for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law. She also holds a part-time professorship at the European University Institute’s Florence School of Regulation. Her research focuses on EU energy law. She 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 (2021-2024), funded by the Academy of Finland, which studies EU law as an instrument for energy justice. She is also a work package leader in the RELIEF project (2023-2026), funded by the Strategic Research Council, which studies the role of law in sustainability transformations.
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 70 peer-reviewed journal articles, books, book chapters, expert statements and other publications. Previously, she has been a visiting researcher at the University of Oxford, the European University Institute (EUI), the University of Tilburg, the University of Iceland and the University of Waikato.
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. She is available to supervise doctoral candidates in the field of energy law.
Dr. Huhta is an expert member of the Finnish Market Court and 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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The disciplinary foundations of energy law
Huhta, Kaisa. Teoksessa: Talus, Kim(toim.) , 2024. A Research Agenda for International Energy Law. s. 7-24. Edward Elgar -
The ecological sustainability of the energy transition in EU law: pro et contra hydropower
Huhta, Kaisa; Soininen, Niko; Vesa, Seita. 2024. Journal of energy and natural resources law. [Epub ahead of print 18 April 2024]: 1-17 -
Case T-295/20 Aquind: Clarifying the Division of Powers in the EU Energy Sector
Huhta, Kaisa. 2023. European energy and environmental law review. 32: 155-162 -
Comparing Legal Disciplines as an Approach to Understanding the Role of Law in Decarbonizing Societies
Huhta, Kaisa; Romppanen, Seita. 2023. Transnational environmental law. 12: 649-670 -
Conceptualising Energy Justice in the Context of Human Rights Law
Huhta, Kaisa. 2023. Nordic journal of human rights. 41: 378-392 -
EU:n toimivallan reunaehdot puhtaan energian siirtymälle
Huhta, Kaisa. 2023. Ympäristöjuridiikka. 43: 7-24 -
Solidarity in European Union Law and Its Application in the Energy Sector
Huhta, Kaisa; Reins, Leonie. 2023. International and comparative law quarterly. 72: 771-791 -
The Evolution of the Public Security Defence in EU Free Movement Law: Lessons from the Energy Sector
Huhta, Kaisa. 2023. Cambridge yearbook of European legal studies. [First view 29 Aug 2023]: 1-22 -
The interface between EU climate and energy law
Romppanen, Seita; Huhta, Kaisa. 2023. Maastricht journal of european and comparative law. 30: 45-62 -
The interface between support schemes for renewable energy and security of supply: Reviewing capacity mechanisms and support schemes for renewable energy in Europe
Kozlova, Mariia; Huhta, Kaisa; Lohrmann, Alena. 2023. Energy policy. 181: . 113707