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Staff of the Institute for Human Rights, August 2026

Staff

Staff and affiliated researchers at the Institute for Human Rights

e-mail: firstname.lastname@abo.fi

Director

Elina Pirjatanniemi
Professor of Constitutional Law and Public International Law, Director of the Institute for Human Rights, Academic Director of the Master’s Degree Programme in International Law and Human Rights

Deputy Director

Catarina Krause
Deputy Director of the Institute for Human Rights, Programme Director of the Master’s Degree Programme in International Law and Human Rights

Staff and affiliated researchers

Frida Bergenwall
PhD Researcher

Angelica Conti
PhD Researcher

Viljam Engström
Senior University Lecturer in Public International Law

Katarina Frostell
Project Manager

Adrian Gjoshi
PhD Researcher

Lisa Grans
Researcher (MOPO)

Catharina Groop
Project Researcher (FACT-TURKU)

Raija Hanski
Editor

Mikaela Heikkilä
Senior University Lecturer in Public International Law

Isabell Junkkari
PhD Researcher

Dionysia Kang
PhD Researcher

Linda Karvonen
Project Coordinator (Mobile Futures)

Magdalena Kmak
Professor of Public International law (migration and minority research)

Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso
Researcher (MOPO)

Stephen Phillips
Researcher

Michel Rouleau-Dick
Researcher

Elina Sagne-Ollikainen
PhD Researcher

Yasmin Samaletdin
Project Coordinator (Mobile Futures)

Karla Schröter
PhD Researcher

Meiraf Tesfaye
PhD Researcher

Kristiina Vainio
Project Researcher (FRANET)

Riku Virtanen
PhD Researcher