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Tiina Paloniitty is Associate Professor of Environmental and Sustainability Law at the Faculty of Law (Vaasa unit), University of Helsinki. Dr. Paloniitty has a passion for the intersection of science and law, specifically in regards to aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity. Dr. Paloniitty is the Chair of the Board of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, member of Journal of Environmental Law's Editorial Board, and member of the Finnish Nature Panel.

Dr. Paloniitty is currently researching carbon capture and utilization and value chains in EU environmental law in Bio-CCU project (BusinessFinland). Earlier they led a team of researchers and a work package in Circular Economy of Waters in Industrial Processes (CEIWA) consortium, probing the novel water technologies and their regulation, also funded by the innovations funder BusinessFinland.

Dr. Paloniitty has published with leading international journals and anthologies. Their recent works include Law, Ecology and the Management of Complex Systems: The Case of Water Governance (Routledge 2022, Open Access) and co-edited volume EU Environmental Principles and Scientific Uncertainty Before National Courts: the Case of the Habitats Directive (Mariolina Eliantonio, Emma Lees and Tiina Paloniitty (eds) Hart, 2023).

Dr. Paloniitty teaches national environmental law at Faculty of Law's Vaasa unit, sustainability law at both Helsinki and Vaasa units, leads sustainability law research seminar together with Assistant Professor Cambou, and supervises six doctoral researchers.