Prof. Dr. Harri Kalimo is a Senior Research Fellow at the IES. He is the Director of the post-graduate LL.M. Programme on International and European Law, and holds professorships at the faculty of law as well as the faculty of economic, political and social sciences. He has master’s degrees in economics and in law, and a doctoral degree in law.

Harri lectures currently on EU economic and environmental law and policy, EU and U.S. interstate trade law, and interest representation. He has practiced, researched and taught in a wide range of law and policy, including IT and media, intellectual property rights, trade, environment, government affairs, contracts, legal theory and constitutional law. Harri has managed research projects (e.g. EU’s FP7 (CORPUS -- Online Knowledge Brokerage); FP6 (ASCEE -- Innovative Policy Tools); INSEAD (Extended Producer Responsibility)), also in the private sector.

Harri has academic and non-academic working experience from multiple disciplines, fields of work and geographic locations. He is currently an Associate Professor at Turku University and has held numerous visiting positions in, e.g., the Harvard Law School, Institut d’Études Européennes (Université Libre de Bruxelles), New York University School of Law and Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Prior to turning full time to academic life in 2006, he has held non-academic posts in Nokia Corporation, varying from managerial duties in global product marketing projects to legal counseling and European Union governmental affairs.

Harri’s hobbies include various kinds of sports, and he is a trainer in the Finnish children’s sports group “the Flying Finns” and the under 12 year olds’ team in the ice hockey club “Leuven Chiefs”.