Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Tuomas Ojanen is Professor of Constitutional Law and Director for the Doctoral Programme in Law (2022-2025).
He is also Member of the Venice Commission, Council of Europe (2022-9 May 2026); and Member of the Management Board of the European Agency for Fundamental Rights (July 2020-June 2025).
His main areas of research and expertise include Finnish constitutional law, comparative constitutional law, EU law and international human rights law. He has a track record of over 20 years in directing and participating in multiple research projects and networks that include partners from several European countries.
Education/Academic qualification
oikeustiede, oikeustieteen tohtori, University of Helsinki
Award Date: 16 Mar 1999
External positions
Member, The European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission), Council of Europe, Venice Commission (European Commission for Democracy through Law)
1 Jul 2022 → 30 Jun 2026
Member of the Management Board, Fundamental Rights Agency, European Union
1 Jul 2020 → 30 Jun 2025
Chair, Yhdenvertaisuus- ja tasa-arvolautakunta
1 Aug 2019 → 31 Jul 2023
Ad hoc judge of Finland of the European Court of Human Rights for the years 2017-2018
1 Jan 2017 → 31 Dec 2020
Fields of Science
- 513 Law
- Constitutional law
- Fundamental and Human Rights
- EU law
- European constitutionalism
- comparative constitutional law
- International Human Rights Law
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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Yhdenvertaisuuslaki kommentein
Ojanen, T. & Anttila, O. (Editor), 1 Feb 2025, 2. uud. p. 2025 ed. Helsinki: Alma Insights. 626 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific
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Equality and Non-discrimination in Human Rights Treaties and Nordic Constitutions
Ojanen, T., 2022, In: Scandinavian studies in law. 68, p. 91-118 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Human Rights in Nordic Constitutions and the Impact of International Obligations
Ojanen, M.M.-T., 23 Aug 2018, The Nordic Constitutions: A Comparative and Contextual Study . Krunke, H. & Thorarensen, B. (eds.). Hart publishing, 30 p. (Hart Studies in Comparative Public Law).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Fundamental Rights Protection Online: The Future Regulation of Intermediaries
Ojanen, M.M.-T. (Editor) & Petkova, B. (Editor), 1 Dec 2020, Edward Elgar. 320 p.Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review
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Yhdenvertaisuus ja syrjinnän kielto perus- ja ihmisoikeuksina
Ojanen, T., 1 Feb 2025, Yhdenvertaisuuslaki kommentein. Ojanen, T. & Anttila, O. (eds.). 2 ed. Helsinki: Alma Insights, p. 3-54 49 p. 1Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific
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(POP): Is This Public or Private? – A Study of the Philosophical Foundations of European Privacy Regulation
Sankari, S. (Principal Investigator), Maroni, M. (Participant), Lindroos-Hovinheimo, S. (Participant), Neuvonen, R. (Participant), Soirila, U. (Other), Ojanen, T. (Other), Kremer, J. (Other), Honkasalo, T. (Participant) & Koivukari, K. (Participant)
01/09/2019 → 31/08/2023
Project: Research project
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CONNOR 2030: CONNOR 2030 - Constitutionalism in the Nordics
Ojanen, T. (Project manager)
01/01/2020 → 31/12/2021
Project: Other project
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Laws of Security and Surveillance: Constitutional Limits, Legislative Discourses and Transnational Influences
Pírková, E. (Participant), Ojanen, T. (Project manager) & Kremer, J. (Participant)
01/01/2015 → 31/12/2018
Project: Research project
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The Choice for Europe since Maastricht: Member States' Preferences for Economic and Fiscal Integration/Legal Team
Ojanen, T. (Participant)
01/07/2015 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
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Yliopiston profilointi 8 - DIVSOL - Humt
Airavaara, M. (Project manager), Eronen, J. T. (Project manager), Hietakangas, V. (Project manager), Huiskonen, J. (Project manager), Kaartinen, T. (Project manager), Kangasharju, J. (Project manager), Kouvonen, P. J. (Project manager), Martikainen, P. (Project manager), Mäkelä, J. (Project manager), Niemi, M. (Project manager), Ojanen, T. (Project manager), Pönkä, V. (Project manager), Ripatti, S. (Project manager), Räsänen, A. (Project manager), Simojoki, H. (Project manager), Sinnemäki, K. (Project manager), Suomalainen Wartiovaara, A. (Project manager), Toivonen, R. (Project manager), Toom, A. (Project manager), Enkavi, G. (Participant), Fogelholm, M. (Participant), Heinonen, M. (Participant), Jahnukainen, M. (Participant), Jeltsch, M. (Participant), Korhonen, K. (Participant), Laaksonen, T. (Participant), Lindh, I. (Participant), McWilliams, T. (Participant), Paavilainen, V. (Participant), Pajari, A.-M. (Participant), Pitkänen, E. (Participant), Repo, H. D. (Participant), Rubinacci, S. (Participant) & Sandell, M. (Participant)
Academy of Finland, Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus, Suomen Akatemia Talous/Paula Pesola
01/01/2025 → 31/12/2030
Project: Research Council of Finland: Strengthening university research profiles (PROFI)
Prizes
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Thesis prize by European Group of Public Law, 2000, for the PhD thesis ” The European Way. The Structure of National Court Obligation under EC Law” (Saarijärvi, 1998)
Ojanen, T. (Recipient), 18 Sept 2000
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun I luokan ritarimerkki
Ojanen, T. (Recipient), 6 Dec 2015
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
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Nordic PhD workshop
Ojanen, T. (Chair)
10 Jun 2019 → 11 Jun 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Enforcing constitutional limits to populism through courts: substantive judicial re-view of (un)constitutional amendments?
Ojanen, T. (Speaker)
22 Nov 2019 → 23 Nov 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Perustuslaki kansainvälistymisen ja eurooppalaistumisen kohteena ja välittäjänä
Ojanen, T. (Speaker)
13 Sept 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Fundamental Rights at the Frontiers of the European Union: "The evolving relationship between EU law and the Nordic systems for the protection of fundamental and human rights"
Ojanen, T. (Speaker)
25 Apr 2019 → 26 May 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Platform Regulation/DCPD Data Protection and Democracy Conference
Ojanen, T. (Speaker: Chair)
30 Jan 2019 → 1 Feb 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Press/Media
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Painaako perustuslaki riittävästi eduskunnan työssä?
13/02/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Valtiosääntöoikeuden professori pitää sinisten avausta karkottamisperusteista vakavana ylilyöntinä
17/01/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Ympäristövalvonta kärsii maakuntauudistuksesta
28/05/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Lukuisia haastatteluja perustuslakia, EU-oikeutta ja kv. ihmisoikeuksia koskevista kysymyksiä 25-30 kotimaisissa sanoma- ja aikakauslehdissä, tv:ssä ja radiossa
01/01/2018
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media