Niko Soininen
Professor
Environmental Law & Water Law
Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Law School
niko.soininen@uef.fi | +358 50 437 6342
Main research interests:
1) The role of law in adaptive governance; especially regulation of cumulative human impact on waters with a well-functioning science/policy linkage
2) Water and marine environmental law; especially blue renewables (incl. hydropower & offshore windpower) and aquaculture with environmental permitting and marine spatial planning
3) Scientific knowledge in legal interpretive methodology
4) Sustainability law; the role of law in societal sustainability transformation
Research groups
Publications
78 items-
Kestävyystieteen muutosteoriat
Soininen, Niko; Juhola, Sirkku; Kahiluoto, Helena; Korhonen-Kurki, Kaisa; Salomaa, Anna. Teoksessa: Halonen, Tarja; Korhonen-Kurki; Kaisa; Niemelä, Jari; Pietikäinen, Janna, 2022. Kestävyyden avaimet: kestävyystieteen keinoin ihmisen ja luonnon yhteiseloon. s. 107-131. Gaudeamus A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
Kriteereistä selkeyttä uusien hankkeiden ympäristövaikutusten mallintamiseen
Puntila-Dodd, Riikka; Kotamäki, Niina; Juntunen, Janne; Tolkkinen, Mikko; Kuosa, Harri; Varjopuro, Riku; Lauri, Hannu; Vähänen, Kaisa; Suominen, Fanny; Airaksinen, Jussi; Saario, Mari; Soininen, Niko; Puharinen, Suvi-Tuuli; Belinskij, Antti. 2022. Valtioneuvoston selvitys- ja tutkimustoiminnan julkaisusarja. . Valtioneuvoston kanslia D4 Published development or research report or study -
Mallinnukset vesistövaikutusten arvioinnissa - kriteerejä selvennettävä
Puntila-Dodd, Riikka; Kotamäki, Niina; Juntunen, Janne; Tolkkinen, Mikko; Kuosa, Harri; Varjopuro, Riku; Lauri, Hannu; Vähänen, Kaisa; Suominen, Fanny; Airaksinen, Jussi; Saario, Mari; Soininen, Niko; Puharinen, Suvi-Tuuli; Belinskij, Antti. 2022. Policy brief. : 1-11 D1 Article in a trade journal -
Rivers under pressure: Interdisciplinary feasibility analysis of sustainable hydropower
Iho, Antti; Soininen, Niko; Vehviläinen, Iivo; Koljonen, Saija; Artell, Janne; Belinskij, Antti. 2022. Environmental policy and governance. [First published: 24 June 2022]: 1-15 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
The relative normativity of international environmental law
Soininen, Niko; Romppanen, Seita. Teoksessa: Fisher, Douglas, 2022. Research Handbook on Fundamental Concepts of Environmental Law. s. 205-227. Edward Elgar A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
A Brake or an Accelerator? The Role of Law in Sustainability Transitions
Soininen, Niko; Romppanen, Seita; Huhta, Kaisa; Belinskij, Antti. 2021. Environmental innovation and societal transitions. 41: 71-73 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Bridge over troubled water: managing compatibility and conflict among thought collectives in sustainability science
Soininen, Niko; Raymond, Christopher M; Tuomisto, Hanna; Ruotsalainen, Laura; Thorén, Henrik; Horcea-Milcu, Andra-Ioana; Stojanovic, Milutin; Lehtinen, Sanna; Mazac, Rachel; Lamuela, Carlos; Korpelainen, Noora; Vainio, Annukka; Toivanen, Reetta; McPhearson, Timon; Nagatsu, Michiru. 2021. Sustainability science. 2022; 17: 27-44 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Finding Feasible Action Toward Urban Transformations
Patterson, James; Soininen, Niko; Collier, Marcus; Raymond, Christopher. 2021. npj urban sustainability. 1: 28 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Governance
Pascucci, Elisa; Soininen, Niko. Teoksessa: Krieg, C. Parker; Toivanen, Reetta, 2021. Situating Sustainability: A Handbook of Contexts and Concepts. s. 153-162. Helsinki University Press A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
Governing complexity: Integrating science, governance, and law to manage accelerating change in the globalized commons
Cosens, Barbara; Ruhl, JB; Soininen, Niko; Gunderson, Lance; Belinskij, Antti; Blenckner, Thorsten; Camacho, Alejandro E; Chaffin, Brian C; Craig, Robin Kundis; Doremus, Holly; Glicksman; Robert; Heiskanen, Anna-Stiina; Larson, Rhett; Similä, Jukka. 2021. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118: e2102798118 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research