new article in @europeanlawopen.bsky.social on the concept of systemic risks in the DSA. what does it mean that we think of all kinds of social issues linked to online platforms as 'risks' to be managed? find out this way: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Yey, including also my latest piece on exploring the legal making of European digital economy 🌟

Many congratulations to @miikkamh.bsky.social and Päivi Leino-Sandberg for being awarded the prize for the 'best referee article published in Lakimies in 2024' for on 'The four regulatory frameworks of online targeted political advertising in European law', based on the Norface Indigo project.

Thank you all for joining the book launch of 'The Dynamics of Powers in the European Union' co-edited by Päivi L-S, Christina Eckes and Anna Wallerman. And thanks to the great discussants @jekantol.bsky.social , @pekkapohjankoski.bsky.social, @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu, Joni Heliskoski.

Last Friday, I successfully defended my doctoral thesis on migration management and refugee struggles at the EU external borders! My heartfelt gratitude to my opponent @myrmek.bsky.social who raised important and critical questions & my supervisors @panuminkkinen.bsky.social and Dr Päivi Neuvonen.

Oh what a super interesting article just dropped on First View @europeanlawopen.bsky.social by @dionkramer.bsky.social on rental housing platforms and European internal market/integration! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Montako uutista olette nähneet nostettavan BlueSky- tai Mastodon-postauksista? Suomalainen media kannustaa käymään yhteiskunnallista keskustelua erityisesti X:ssä ja Metan alustoilla, ja se on ongelma. www.suomenmaa.fi/uutiset/vihr...

I spent a year observing the quantum technologies standardisation landscape (so you don't have to) and next week (Tuesday 14th Jan) I will be sharing some of my findings and experience. Register here in case of interest: www.ivir.nl/events/where...

Speaking of which: as @petroster.bsky.social puts it, 'Digital Constitutionalism falsely implies the absence of law rather than its presence – or indeed irrelevance – as major causes of this ‘constitutional crisis’. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

My new paper on the legal making of the European digital economy is out today on First View in the always insightful European Law Open! 💫 What a wonderful way to close this personally fulfilling and eventful year 😊 (even though, globally, the year's been very bleak...)

I just know this is going to be great 🔥

Now I made it! The starter pack you've been looking for: Critical legal scholars, broadly understood - Marxist, LPE, postcolonial, TWAIL, feminist, queer approaches, etc., to law. I'll keep adding names, so feel free to tell me if you (or others) should be there (or shouldn't). go.bsky.app/Jm6c1nb

I wrote a brief op-ed on whether Europe should aim for its own digital corporate "champions," and it's now out in the always insightful Internet Policy Review. 💫 policyreview.info/articles/new...

A bit of something in Finnish as well. Kirjoitin kautensa päättävän komission ihmiskeskeisen digitalisaation projektista Johanna Kantolan ja Anna Elomäen toimittamaan EU-vaalit ja unionin suunta -juttusarjaan Politiikasta-lehdessä. politiikasta.fi/eu-vaalit-ja...

EU-komission ja -parlamentin kausien tullessa päätökseen kävin juttelemassa unionin digisääntelyn tavoitteista ja keinoista @mattiylonen.bsky.social kanssa Alustojen valta -podcastissa. Käykääpä kuuntelemassa! open.spotify.com/episode/2nbH...

Many governments want to install 'backdoors' into encrypted messenger services like WhatsApp, Signal, or Telegram. The ECtHR now ruled against such backdoors. ERIK TUCHTFELD with an analysis: verfassungsblog.de/no-backdoor-...

Just FYI: at the top of my upcoming book list right now www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Today we open an investigation into TikTok over suspected breach of transparency & obligations to protect minors: 📱Addictive design & screen time limits 🕳️ Rabbit hole effect 🔞 Age verification 🔐 Default privacy settings Enforcing DSA for safer Internet for youngsters

Been there ....

🌍Join us for Jan Klabbers' presentation on "The Business of International Organizations" 📚 🗓️ November 30 🕒 15:30 - 17:30 📍 Faculty of Law, Maastricht Uni, Room C0.308 / Zoom For more info and to register, visit➡️https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/lecture-business-international-organizations

new paper just dropped 🥳🥳 I am incredibly excited to share this, it's probably my favourite thing that I've written doi.org/10.26116/tec...

🔥🔥 call for papers 🔥 🔥 calling all ECRs working on tech law & related topics: sciences po law & tech group is hosting the next Junges Digitales Recht conference on the 6-7 June 2024 and it promises to be unmissable details here! 👉 www.sciencespo.fr/ecole-droit/... reposts much appreciated 🙏

Just so that my profile is not blank, my PhD research investigates the EU's efforts to "rein in Big Tech" through law. I'm interested in digital policy and regulation, political economy, and inequalities among others. Posting mostly to share my research activities.