Jukka Mähönen
@mahonen.bsky.social
Dean of the Faculty of Law and Professor of Cooperative Law, University of Helsinki
law, cooperatives, companies, accounting, corporate law, governance, finance, sustainability, sustainability law, research, liberalism, rule of law
law, cooperatives, companies, accounting, corporate law, governance, finance, sustainability, sustainability law, research, liberalism, rule of law
Our defence weekend ends with Jenni Tapio's viva at 12 am EET in Porthania. The topic is 'The Role of Non-legally Binding Instruments in Promoting Space Safety and Sustainability'. As opponent Steven Freeland, custos Anette Alén. Live stream and dissertation: tapahtumat.helsinki.fi/en-FI/page/6...
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January 17, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Our defence weekend ends with Jenni Tapio's viva at 12 am EET in Porthania. The topic is 'The Role of Non-legally Binding Instruments in Promoting Space Safety and Sustainability'. As opponent Steven Freeland, custos Anette Alén. Live stream and dissertation: tapahtumat.helsinki.fi/en-FI/page/6...
Today at 12 EET at Helsinki Law! Päivi Hutukka defends their doctoral dissertation 'Law and Regulation of Finance and Intellectual Property in Comparative Context'. Opponent @siems-eui.bsky.social, custos @husajaakko.bsky.social.
Venue, thesis and live stream: tapahtumat.helsinki.fi/en-FI/page/6...
Venue, thesis and live stream: tapahtumat.helsinki.fi/en-FI/page/6...
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January 16, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Today at 12 EET at Helsinki Law! Päivi Hutukka defends their doctoral dissertation 'Law and Regulation of Finance and Intellectual Property in Comparative Context'. Opponent @siems-eui.bsky.social, custos @husajaakko.bsky.social.
Venue, thesis and live stream: tapahtumat.helsinki.fi/en-FI/page/6...
Venue, thesis and live stream: tapahtumat.helsinki.fi/en-FI/page/6...
Whoa! One of these international recruitments is Professor René Urueña who is joining us at Helsinki Law from Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)! René is a brilliant scholar in public international and comparative law, global governance, and international economic law, among other fields. Welcome!
The University of Helsinki is strengthening its research in environmental policy, international law, sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, and zoonotic virology through new international recruitments.
www.helsinki.fi/en/news/univ...
www.helsinki.fi/en/news/univ...
University of Helsinki to recruit top international researchers with €10 million in funding from the Research Council of Finland | University of Helsinki
The University is strengthening its research in environmental policy, international law, sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, and zoonotic virology through new international recruitments.
www.helsinki.fi
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Whoa! One of these international recruitments is Professor René Urueña who is joining us at Helsinki Law from Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)! René is a brilliant scholar in public international and comparative law, global governance, and international economic law, among other fields. Welcome!
Now as the dean at Helsinki Law I am more active with our Faculty news but not forgetting my research. Mostly I hang on in LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/jtmahonen/ but I try to be more active here, too. Social media is tricky and it is hard to anticipate trends.
Jukka Mähönen - University of Helsinki | LinkedIn
I am Professor of Cooperative Law (from 2019) and Dean of the Faculty of Law (from… · Experience: University of Helsinki · Education: University of California, Berkeley - School of Law · Location: Hel...
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January 15, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Now as the dean at Helsinki Law I am more active with our Faculty news but not forgetting my research. Mostly I hang on in LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/jtmahonen/ but I try to be more active here, too. Social media is tricky and it is hard to anticipate trends.
We have three doctoral defences this week at Helsinki Law! We start at 12 EET with Jenna Uusitalo defending their dissertation 'The state’s fundamental and human rights obligations in relation to health care'. Links to the dissertation and live stream:
tapahtumat.helsinki.fi/en-FI/page/6...
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January 15, 2026 at 6:36 AM
We have three doctoral defences this week at Helsinki Law! We start at 12 EET with Jenna Uusitalo defending their dissertation 'The state’s fundamental and human rights obligations in relation to health care'. Links to the dissertation and live stream:
tapahtumat.helsinki.fi/en-FI/page/6...
tapahtumat.helsinki.fi/en-FI/page/6...
Happy news at the end of the year: Our Assistant Professor of Sustainability Science (Sustainable Law, Governance and Regulation) Dorothée Cambou is advancing to her 2d stage of her tenure track on 1 January. Congratulations, Associate Professor Dorothée!
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Dorothee Cambou
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December 20, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Happy news at the end of the year: Our Assistant Professor of Sustainability Science (Sustainable Law, Governance and Regulation) Dorothée Cambou is advancing to her 2d stage of her tenure track on 1 January. Congratulations, Associate Professor Dorothée!
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researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/d...
Great personnel news at @helsinki.fi Faculty of Law! Our Rector has appointed @visakurki.bsky.social as Full Professor of Jurisprudence as of 1 January 2026.
Congratulations, Visa!
www.helsinki.fi/fi/tutustu-m...
Congratulations, Visa!
www.helsinki.fi/fi/tutustu-m...
Visa Anton Julius Kurki | Henkilöhaku | Helsingin yliopisto
apulaisprofessori, toinen kausi | Oikeustieteellinen tiedekunta
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December 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Great personnel news at @helsinki.fi Faculty of Law! Our Rector has appointed @visakurki.bsky.social as Full Professor of Jurisprudence as of 1 January 2026.
Congratulations, Visa!
www.helsinki.fi/fi/tutustu-m...
Congratulations, Visa!
www.helsinki.fi/fi/tutustu-m...
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Suomalainen eläinlääketiede täyttää 80 vuotta 🐕🦺
Maanantaina 3. marraskuuta Tiedekulmassa tutustutaan usean tieteenalan asiantuntijan voimin eläinlääketieteen historiaan ja eläinten hoidon tulevaisuuteen, sekä pohditaan eläinten asemaa yhteiskunnassa👇
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Maanantaina 3. marraskuuta Tiedekulmassa tutustutaan usean tieteenalan asiantuntijan voimin eläinlääketieteen historiaan ja eläinten hoidon tulevaisuuteen, sekä pohditaan eläinten asemaa yhteiskunnassa👇
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Eläinlääketiede Suomessa ennen, nyt ja tulevaisuudessa | Eläinlääketieteellinen tiedekunta | Helsingin yliopisto
Tervetuloa tutustumaan eläinlääketieteen historiaan, pohtimaan eläinten asemaa yhteiskunnassa ja miettimään mitä eläinten hoito ja eläinlääkärin työ on tulevaisuudessa. Juhlistamme suomalaisen eläinlä...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Suomalainen eläinlääketiede täyttää 80 vuotta 🐕🦺
Maanantaina 3. marraskuuta Tiedekulmassa tutustutaan usean tieteenalan asiantuntijan voimin eläinlääketieteen historiaan ja eläinten hoidon tulevaisuuteen, sekä pohditaan eläinten asemaa yhteiskunnassa👇
www.helsinki.fi/fi/elainlaak...
Maanantaina 3. marraskuuta Tiedekulmassa tutustutaan usean tieteenalan asiantuntijan voimin eläinlääketieteen historiaan ja eläinten hoidon tulevaisuuteen, sekä pohditaan eläinten asemaa yhteiskunnassa👇
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📢 Global Tipping Points Report 2025 is out now
💡 The report provides knowledge on how to govern Earth system tipping points, the risks they pose, and the opportunities presented by understanding and acting on positive tipping points.
Our university professor Sirkku Juhola is one of the authors.
💡 The report provides knowledge on how to govern Earth system tipping points, the risks they pose, and the opportunities presented by understanding and acting on positive tipping points.
Our university professor Sirkku Juhola is one of the authors.
Global Tipping Points | understanding risks & their potential impact
Harmful tipping points in the natural world threaten humanity by disrupting life support systems and societal stability.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
📢 Global Tipping Points Report 2025 is out now
💡 The report provides knowledge on how to govern Earth system tipping points, the risks they pose, and the opportunities presented by understanding and acting on positive tipping points.
Our university professor Sirkku Juhola is one of the authors.
💡 The report provides knowledge on how to govern Earth system tipping points, the risks they pose, and the opportunities presented by understanding and acting on positive tipping points.
Our university professor Sirkku Juhola is one of the authors.
Returned from Sustainable Development, Technology and Legal Regulation seminar in Beijing organised by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Law and Finnish China Law Center. presented paper Does Corporate Form Matter? (Un)sustainability of Non Company Business Forms w/ @taopu.bsky.social.
September 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Returned from Sustainable Development, Technology and Legal Regulation seminar in Beijing organised by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Law and Finnish China Law Center. presented paper Does Corporate Form Matter? (Un)sustainability of Non Company Business Forms w/ @taopu.bsky.social.
Returned last night from Beijing. While traveling, got the great news that I was elected as the next dean of the Law Faculty at @helsinki.fi. A big for the trust the faculty has with me!
Starting 1 January but receiving already calendar invitations cannot refuse…
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Starting 1 January but receiving already calendar invitations cannot refuse…
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Professor Jukka Mähönen appointed dean of Faculty of Law | Faculty of Law | University of Helsinki
Professor of Cooperative Law Jukka Mähönen has been appointed the new dean of the University of Helsinki Faculty of Law. His term will begin on 1 January 2026.
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September 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Returned last night from Beijing. While traveling, got the great news that I was elected as the next dean of the Law Faculty at @helsinki.fi. A big for the trust the faculty has with me!
Starting 1 January but receiving already calendar invitations cannot refuse…
www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-l...
Starting 1 January but receiving already calendar invitations cannot refuse…
www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-l...
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Corporate Boards under the Omnibus Proposals. #BloggingforSustainability
Thanks to editors @charlottevilliers.bsky.social and @mahonen.bsky.social for insightful comments!
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Thanks to editors @charlottevilliers.bsky.social and @mahonen.bsky.social for insightful comments!
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Corporate Boards under the Omnibus proposal
- The Faculty of Law
Beate Sjåfjell, 04 June 2025
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June 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Corporate Boards under the Omnibus Proposals. #BloggingforSustainability
Thanks to editors @charlottevilliers.bsky.social and @mahonen.bsky.social for insightful comments!
www.jus.uio.no/english/rese...
Thanks to editors @charlottevilliers.bsky.social and @mahonen.bsky.social for insightful comments!
www.jus.uio.no/english/rese...
The new Centre for Global Sustainability at @uio.no is now open!
Happy to see @beatesjafjell.bsky.social as a member in the Centre! Great that sustainability law has through her an important role at the Centre.
www.globe.uio.no/english/
Happy to see @beatesjafjell.bsky.social as a member in the Centre! Great that sustainability law has through her an important role at the Centre.
www.globe.uio.no/english/
Frontpage - Centre for Global Sustainability
Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.
www.globe.uio.no
June 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
The new Centre for Global Sustainability at @uio.no is now open!
Happy to see @beatesjafjell.bsky.social as a member in the Centre! Great that sustainability law has through her an important role at the Centre.
www.globe.uio.no/english/
Happy to see @beatesjafjell.bsky.social as a member in the Centre! Great that sustainability law has through her an important role at the Centre.
www.globe.uio.no/english/
Great fun to write with @beatesjafjell.bsky.social of a serious and important topic, 'Sustainable corporate governance for boards and their lawyers', included in the launch of @oxfordacademic.bsky.social new online publication Expert Essentials!
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Sustainable corporate governance for boards and their lawyers | Expert Essentials | Oxford Law Pro | Oxford Academic
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June 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Great fun to write with @beatesjafjell.bsky.social of a serious and important topic, 'Sustainable corporate governance for boards and their lawyers', included in the launch of @oxfordacademic.bsky.social new online publication Expert Essentials!
academic.oup.com/oxford-law-p...
academic.oup.com/oxford-law-p...
Suomen Lakimiesliitto on päättänyt muuttaa suomenkielisen nimensä Juristiliitoksi. Hyvä.
Ei aiheuta puoleltani toimenpiteitä, en kuulu liittoon.
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Ei aiheuta puoleltani toimenpiteitä, en kuulu liittoon.
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Valtuuskunta päätti liiton virallisen nimen muuttamisesta - Juristiliitto
Juristiliiton valtuuskunta kokoontui seminaariin ja kevätkokoukseen Helsingissä 19.5. Kokouksessa valtuuskunta päätti muun muassa liiton virallisen nimen muuttamisesta. Liiton uusi virallinen nimi on...
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May 20, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Suomen Lakimiesliitto on päättänyt muuttaa suomenkielisen nimensä Juristiliitoksi. Hyvä.
Ei aiheuta puoleltani toimenpiteitä, en kuulu liittoon.
juristiliitto.fi/valtuuskunta...
Ei aiheuta puoleltani toimenpiteitä, en kuulu liittoon.
juristiliitto.fi/valtuuskunta...
In 'Reimagining Corporate Purpose for a Safe and Just World', a new piece of research from the marvelous @beatesjafjell.bsky.social and myself, we elaborate our approach to corporate purpose for a safe and just world.
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Reimagining Corporate Purpose for a Safe and Just World
<p><span>After decades of a rather instrumental and narrow focus on business, with the dominant view identifying the corporation with its shareholders, we are s
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May 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
In 'Reimagining Corporate Purpose for a Safe and Just World', a new piece of research from the marvelous @beatesjafjell.bsky.social and myself, we elaborate our approach to corporate purpose for a safe and just world.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Interesting opening at University of Helsinki Faculty of Law
#WeAreHelsinkiUni #HelsinkiLaw
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#WeAreHelsinkiUni #HelsinkiLaw
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Dean, Faculty of Law
Dean, Faculty of Law
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May 2, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Interesting opening at University of Helsinki Faculty of Law
#WeAreHelsinkiUni #HelsinkiLaw
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#WeAreHelsinkiUni #HelsinkiLaw
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Our new paper with @taopu.bsky.social (1st author) on asset lock on social enterprise governance
#assetlock #socialenterprise #governance
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#assetlock #socialenterprise #governance
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The Asset Lock: Its Role in the Governance of Social Enterprises
The asset lock is one of the most important organisational mechanisms for social enterprises to fulfil their social purpose and enable them to maintain a balanc
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March 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Our new paper with @taopu.bsky.social (1st author) on asset lock on social enterprise governance
#assetlock #socialenterprise #governance
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#assetlock #socialenterprise #governance
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Voitaisiin miettiä HUS:n lopettamista kokonaan yhdistämällä Helsinki ja Uudenmaan hyvinvointialueet uudeksi Uudenmaan hyvinvointialueeksi. #Sanoma #vaalikone 17/33
March 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Voitaisiin miettiä HUS:n lopettamista kokonaan yhdistämällä Helsinki ja Uudenmaan hyvinvointialueet uudeksi Uudenmaan hyvinvointialueeksi. #Sanoma #vaalikone 17/33
Join @uio.no #SustainabilityLaw research group's seminar today at 4:00 pm CET. Under leadership of @beatesjafjell.bsky.social the group discusses the #Omnibus proposal, with introduction from Klaas Eller and Jaakko Salminen!
#Omnibus: a proposal to change EU legislation does not in itself change rules. And legislation does not exist in a vacuum. If changes are adopted, this may lead to an increase in lawsuits and other risks of unsustainability.
Join the discussion 13 March, 4-5 pm CET!
www.jus.uio.no/english/rese...
Join the discussion 13 March, 4-5 pm CET!
www.jus.uio.no/english/rese...
The EU Omnibus Proposal: Initial Reflections on Legal and Policy Implications
- The Faculty of Law
Join the discussion with Dr. Klaas H. Eller (University of Amsterdam) and Dr. Jaakko Salminen (Lund University) as they present their initial reflections on the EU Omnibus Proposal.
www.jus.uio.no
March 13, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Join @uio.no #SustainabilityLaw research group's seminar today at 4:00 pm CET. Under leadership of @beatesjafjell.bsky.social the group discusses the #Omnibus proposal, with introduction from Klaas Eller and Jaakko Salminen!
February 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Buori sámi álbmotbeaivvi buohkaide!
Pyeri säämi aalmugpeivi puohháid!
Šiõǥǥ saaʹmi meersažpeeiʹv pukid!
Hyvää saamelaisten kansallispäivää!
Glad samernas nationaldag!
Happy Sámi National Day!
Pyeri säämi aalmugpeivi puohháid!
Šiõǥǥ saaʹmi meersažpeeiʹv pukid!
Hyvää saamelaisten kansallispäivää!
Glad samernas nationaldag!
Happy Sámi National Day!
February 6, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Buori sámi álbmotbeaivvi buohkaide!
Pyeri säämi aalmugpeivi puohháid!
Šiõǥǥ saaʹmi meersažpeeiʹv pukid!
Hyvää saamelaisten kansallispäivää!
Glad samernas nationaldag!
Happy Sámi National Day!
Pyeri säämi aalmugpeivi puohháid!
Šiõǥǥ saaʹmi meersažpeeiʹv pukid!
Hyvää saamelaisten kansallispäivää!
Glad samernas nationaldag!
Happy Sámi National Day!
Thank you for the great event and lively discussion! I was enjoying every moment and we had a lot of take-home ideas.
We are now planning the next phases in our Una Europa online community event series, firstly on research collaboration opportunities in sustainability at Una Europa network.
We are now planning the next phases in our Una Europa online community event series, firstly on research collaboration opportunities in sustainability at Una Europa network.
Interested in the innovative higher education educational formats in sustainability we have at the Una Europa university alliance, and how to implement them further and scale up in your own teaching?
First Una Europa online community event on 29 January:
www.una-europa.eu/calendar/una...
First Una Europa online community event on 29 January:
www.una-europa.eu/calendar/una...
Una Europa online community event | Innovative education formats for sustainability | Una Europa
Eleven European research universities have come together to create a unique alliance – Una Europa. Our universities have been educating Europe for almost 1,000 years. Together, we teach more than 400,...
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January 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Thank you for the great event and lively discussion! I was enjoying every moment and we had a lot of take-home ideas.
We are now planning the next phases in our Una Europa online community event series, firstly on research collaboration opportunities in sustainability at Una Europa network.
We are now planning the next phases in our Una Europa online community event series, firstly on research collaboration opportunities in sustainability at Una Europa network.
