Riikka Koulu

assistant professor (law and digitalisation)

Assistant Professor, Institute of Criminology and Legal Policy
Supervisor for doctoral programme, Doctoral Programme in Law

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1298-2406

Phone+358294123543, +358504482743
Emailriikka.koulu@helsinki.fi

PL 4 (Yliopistonkatu 3)
00014
Finland

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Personal profile

Description of research and teaching

Assistant professor on Law and Digitalization and the director of University of Helsinki Legal Tech Lab. Affiliated researcher of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) in Berlin, Germany, of the Helsinki Centre for Digital Humanities (HELDIG), and of research consortium Autonomy through Cyberjustice Technologies (ACT) directed by the Cyberjustice Laboratory, University of Montreal, Canada.

I have conducted research on law, technology and dispute resolution since 2009, first drawn to the field by my interest in digitalisation of court procedures. I defended my doctoral dissertation "Dispute Resolution and Technology - Revisiting the Justification of Conflict Management" in September 2016. Combining procedural law, law, tehnology and society research, and legal theory, my dissertation focused on the implications of technological change on conflict management. My current research interests continue my earlier work on technological change, including technological governance and public policy making, computational methods for empirical legal research, legal conceptulisations of algorithmic decision-making particularly in the context of public administration, conflict management in digital environments, and automation of legal practices.

My earlier publications cover a broad area of different aspects of technological change in law, for an updated list see publications on this page.

For more information about the University of Helsinki Legal Tech Lab, see: www.legaltechlab.fi.

My international mobility includes research exchange at HIIG, Cyberjustice Laboratory of Montreal and University of Barcelona.

Education/Academic qualification

law, OTT, University of Helsinki

Award Date: 17 Nov 2016

Fields of Science

513 Law
518 Media and communications

Publications

48 Chapter
21 Article
5 Commissioned report
3 Book
4 More

Law, Technology and Dispute Resolution: The Privatisation of Coercion

Koulu, A. R., Nov 2018, Routledge. 220 p. (Law, Science and Society)

Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access

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Digitalisaatio ja algoritmit - oikeustiede hukassa?

Koulu, A. R., 19 Dec 2018, In : Lakimies. 116, 7-8, p. 840-867 28 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Konfliktinhallinta alustataloudessa

Koulu, R. & Hakkarainen, J. M., Oct 2019, Jakamistalousjuridiikan käsikirja. Päläs, J. & Määttä, K. (eds.). Helsinki: Alma Talent, 25 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

Conflict Management for Regulation-Averse Blockchains?

Koulu, R. & Markkanen, K. A., Sep 2019, Regulating Industrial Internet through IPR, Data Protection and Competition Law. Ballardini, R., Pitkänen, O. & Kuoppamäki, P. (eds.). Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, p. 381-408 28 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review