Research output per year
Research output per year
Associate professor (social and legal implications of AI), Director (University of Helsinki Legal Tech Lab)
PL 4 (Yliopistonkatu 3)
00014
Finland
Research activity per year
Since february 2023, I’m associate professor (Social and Legal Implications of AI) at the faculties of Social Sciences and Law at the University of Helsinki. I’m also the director of University of Helsinki Legal Tech Lab (www.legaltechlab.fi), an interdisciplinary research hub specialised in law, technology, and society and a member organisation of Network of Centers (Noc). Affiliated researcher of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) in Berlin, Germany. In 2025, I’m also an academic visitor at Oxford University.
I’m a socio-legal scholar of law, technology, and society. In my doctoral dissertation (2016) I combined procedural law and legal theory to discuss socio-technical change of conflict management. Nowadays, I combine doctrinal and theoretical legal analysis with empirical research, mostly from public law perspective. I’m fascinated by the interconnections between law, technology, and society, trying to understand law’s role in shaping and being shaped by our digitalised societies. My recent work includes various forms and power dynamics of digital public administration, AI policy and regulation alongside European technology regulation, the impact of digital technologies on legal decision-making inside and outside the courts, among other things. I’m currently working on human oversight and interface design.
I welcome inquiries from aspiring doctoral researchers interested in similar topics.
law, OTT, University of Helsinki
Award Date: 17 Nov 2016
Title of docent (digitalisation of law), Univ Lapland, University of Lapland, Fac Law
2020 → …
Affiliated researcher, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin
2019 → …
Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
Koulu, R. (Project manager), Heikkonen, S. K. (Participant), Sankari, S. (Participant), Schütte, B. (Participant) & Soininvaara, H. A. (Participant)
Lunds Universitet Etnologiska Institutionen
25/11/2022 → 31/08/2026
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
Koulu, R. (Project manager), Hakkarainen, J. M. (Participant) & Soininvaara, H. A. (Participant)
Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus
01/10/2022 → 30/09/2025
Project: Research Council of Finland: Strategic Research Council funding (SRC)
van Gerven, M.M.-L. (Co-Principal Investigator), Ruckenstein, M. (Principal Investigator), Mäkelä, P. (Co-Principal Investigator), Koulu, R. (Co-Principal Investigator), Blomqvist, K.-M. (Co-Principal Investigator), Lehtonen, T.-K. (Co-Principal Investigator), Mikkonen, J. (Project manager) & Koskinen, V. K. (Project manager)
01/09/2022 → 30/09/2025
Project: Research Council of Finland: Strategic Research Council funding (SRC)
Koulu, R. (Co-Principal Investigator), Larsson, S. (Principal Investigator) & Sankari, S. (Project manager)
04/04/2022 → 31/03/2026
Project: Research project
Koulu, R. (Project manager), Esko, T. (Participant), Haapiainen, E. A. (Participant), Ikuesan, A. E. O. (Participant), Laamanen, H. H. P. (Participant) & Soininvaara, H. A. (Participant)
Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus
01/09/2021 → 30/06/2026
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Project
Koulu, R. (Speaker: Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Koulu, R. (Speaker: Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Koulu, R. (Speaker: Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Koulu, R. (Attendee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Talks
Koulu, R. (Visiting researcher)
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution