Suvi-Tuuli Puharinen
Senior Researcher
Law School, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
[email protected] | +358 50 449 4701
My research focuses on themes related to water, marine environment and biodiversity law. The leading theme of my research is understanding the influence of the broader legal and economic systems on the effectiveness of water, marine environment and biodiversity protection law, particularly how their current organisation, institutional structures and underpinning notions impede addressing the widescale environmental crises such as biodiversity loss and pollution. My background is on EU law, but my research moves between levels of international, EU and national law.
Research groups
Publications
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Greening the EU and the rule of law: reflections on opportunities and limits of the EU’s legal powers
Eliantonio, Mariolina; Kulovesi, Kati; Peeters, Marjan; Puharinen, Suvi-Tuuli; Savaresi, Annalisa, 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, 301-333. A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
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 -
Adapting Hydropower to European Union Water Law: Flexible Governance versus Legal Effectiveness in Sweden and Finland
Puharinen, Suvi-Tuuli; Belinskij, Antti; Soininen, Niko, 2024, Transnational environmental law, 13, 1, 160-189. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Climate change adaptation in water law: International, EU and Finnish perspectives
Belinskij, Antti; Soininen, Niko; Puharinen, Suvi-Tuuli; Veijalainen, Noora, 2024, Review of European, comparative & international environmental law, 33, 1, 80-92. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Normative Environmental Quality as a Regulatory Strategy in EU Environmental Law: Legal Implications of Water Status Objectives
Puharinen, Suvi-Tuuli, 2024, Publications of the University of Eastern Finland : dissertations in social sciences and business studies. G5 Doctoral dissertation (article) -
Vesienhoidon toimenpiteiden vaikutukset säätövoimaan
Kopsakangas-Savolainen, Maria; Vehviläinen, Iivo; Belinskij, Antti; Huuki, Hannu; Turunen, Jarno; Iho, Antti; Koljonen, Saija; Puharinen, Suvi-Tuuli; Louhi, Pauliina; Heikkilä, Elina; Ruotsalainen, Anton; Saari-Kontkanen, Janni, 2024, Valtioneuvoston kanslia. D4 Published development or research report or study -
Achieving good marine environmental status in the EU – Implications of the marine strategy framework directive for member states and blue economic activities
Puharinen, Suvi-Tuuli, 2023, Marine policy, 155, 105712. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Adaptive governance, law and regulation
Soininen, Niko; Cosens, Barbara; Ruhl, J B; Puharinen, Suvi-Tuuli, 2023, Juhola, Sirkku, Handbook on Adaptive Governance, 35-53. A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
Influence of the EU on Regional Environmental Governance: Application of the Marine Directives in the Baltic Sea
Puharinen, Suvi-Tuuli; Belinskij, Antti, 2023, Rosas, Allan; Ringbom, Henrik, The EU and the Baltic Sea Area, 195-219. B2 Book section -
Uncharted Interplay and Troubled Implementation: Managing Hydropower's Environmental Impacts under the EU Water Framework and Environmental Liability Directives
Pihalehto, Mari; Puharinen, Suvi-Tuuli, 2023, Journal of environmental law, 36, 1, 43-66. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research