Miriam Tedeschi
Senior Researcher; PI of Research Council of Finland project 'Agency in everyday Datafication' (AgenDa); Westminster Law & Theory Lab Fellow
spatial justice; data justice; non-representational theories; new materialism; critical urban studies
Dr. Miriam Tedeschi is a senior researcher at the Faculty of Law, University of Turku and a fellow at the Westminster Law & Theory Lab, London. She is also docent in Human Geography, with specialisation in non-representational theories, at the Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku.
She defended her doctoral thesis in Regional Planning and Public Policies at University Institute of Architecture in Venice, in 2017. She spent her Ph.D. (2014-2016) between the Department of Design and Planning in Complex Environments of the University Institute of Architecture, Venice and the Law and Theory Lab of the University of Westminster, London. She has published widely, both nationally and internationally, including peer-reviewed articles, scientific monographs, book chapters, conference papers, policy reports, popularized texts. Her multidisciplinary curriculum is completed by an MA in Philosophy, a BSc in Digital Communication, and a specific expertise in the ICTs, where she worked as research-oriented consultant for 15 years prior to her Ph.D.
With Daniela Alaattinoglu, she is the co-founder of the research environment "Law, Space and Justice" at the Faculty of Law.
More about her in the article 'Researcher in Spotlight: Miriam Tedeschi' here: https://www.utu.fi/en/news/news/researcher-in-spotlight-miriam-tedeschi and in the news piece 'Approaching justice through code and space' here: https://www.utu.fi/en/news/news/miriam-tedeschi-approaching-justice-through-code-and-space.
Tedeschi is a legal ethnographer and geographer and has multiple years of experience in carrying out ethnographic work in a variety of spatio-techno-legal contexts: segregated or criminalized spaces (Ph.D. research project, IUAV University & University of Westminster, 2014-2017); migratory spaces (PostDoc research project, Division of Geography, University of Turku, 2018-2019); natural spaces (WP leader, Division of Geography, University of Turku, 2020-2021); blended (physical/digital) spaces (own Research Council of Finland projects, Faculty of Law, University of Turku, 2022-2025; 2025-2029). In her research-based teaching, Tedeschi has been pushing the boundaries of law and, through creative methods (e.g. mixed-media material daily diaries and design methods), co-researching with law and geography students the bodily, everyday effects of multiple, intersecting normativities and legalities on everyday socio-spatio-techno contexts.
She is currently PI of 'Agency in everyday Datafication' (AgenDa), funded by the Research Council of Finland.
- Law and the Urban, 3 ECTS. Responsible teacher (2022 onwards).
- Systemschange.now – Systems Thinking in Global Change Research (Theme Humans and Change in Eco-Social Systems), 5 ECTS. Co-teacher (2020-2021; 2021-2022; 2022-2023; 2023-2024).
- Crossing the tilted lands of urban violence (2025)
- Dialogues in urban research
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - A Danish Blend: The Copenhagen Walkshop (2024) DIS 2024 Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference Resmini, Andrea; Klyn, Dan; Lindenfalk, Bertil; Tedeschi, Miriam; Szuc, Daniel; Wong, Josephine
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - A practical guide to the New European Bauhaus self-assessment method and tool (2024) Gkatzogias, Konstantinos; Lourenço, Paulo B.; Maloutas, Thomas; Romano, Elvira; Santamouris, Matthaios; Negro, Paolo; Widera, Barbara; Ansaloni, Francesca; Balaras, Costas; Katurić, Ivana; Kolokotsa, Dionysia; Rossetto,Tiziana; Senatore, Gennaro; Tomaszewicz, Agnieszka; Medeiros, Eduardo; Pohoryles, Daniel; Acri, Marco; Becerik-Gerber, Burçin; Bisello, Adriano; Campbell, Adrian; Canelas, Patricia; Cimellaro, Gian Paolo; Cotella, Giancarlo; Dimoudi, Argiro; Istrati, Denis; Jokilehto, Jukka Ilmari; Lagaros, Nikos; Manley, Ed; Menteşe, Emin Yahya; Moro, Andrea; Potluka, Oto; Rivera, Felipe; Roupas, Christos; Ruge, Peter; Sadia, Toar; Salihbegović, Amra ; Salwa, Mateusz; Skovgaard Nielsen, Rikke; Stefanakis, Alexandros; Tedeschi, Miriam; Torabi Moghadam, Sara; Tulumello, Simone; van der Zwet, Arno; Vecco, Marilena
(D5 Text book, professional manual or guide or dictionary ) - Co-constructing agency in Human-AI interactions (2024) Adjunct Proceedings of the 2024 Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction Luo, Yi; Tedeschi, Miriam; Gkouskos, Dimitrios; Resmini, Andrea
(Other publication) - Datafication and urban (in)justice: Towards a digital spatial justice (2024)
- Geography Compass
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Editorial: Spatial justice in design research: A transdisciplinary discourse (2024) Proceedings of DRS2024 Boston Tedeschi, Miriam; Rochielle Sievert, Jules
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Envisioning Posthuman Legal Futures Through Code and Space. Book review: Jannice Käll, Posthuman Property and Law: Commodification and Control Through Information, Smart Spaces and Artificial Intelligence, Routledge 2022, pp. 248 (2024)
- Retfaerd: Nordisk Juridisk Tidsskrift
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Posthumanism, challenging the legal truth, and spatial (in)justice: pedagogical experiences reconnecting law to matter (2024)
- The law teacher
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A pervasive information approach to urban geography research: the case of Turku (2023)
- Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Embracing difference: on law, code and space (2023)
- Culture, theory and critique
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Lost in Transduction: From Law and Code’s Intra-actions to the Right to Explanation in the European Data Protection Regulations (2023)
- Law and Critique
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Luonto tukee yhdenvertaisuutta, kotoutumista ja paikkaan kuulumista (2022) Heino Hanna, Tedeschi Miriam, Marttila Meiju, Jämsä Johanna, Jauhiainen Jussi S.
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Negotiating Survival Needs through Ontological In/Visibility: An Exploration of Irregular Migrants’ Lawscapes (2022)
- Geohumanities
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Paperittomien maahanmuuttajien digitaaliset kuilut Suomessa (2022)
- Media ja Viestintä
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The multidimensionality of urban nature: The well-being and integration of immigrants in Finland (2022)
- Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Transnationalism: current debates and new perspectives (2022)
- GeoJournal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - On multiple spacetimes in the everyday lives of irregular migrants in Finland (2021)
- Geographical Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Paperittomat maahanmuuttajat terveydenhuollossa Suomessa (2021)
- Yhteiskuntapolitiikka
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Paperittomien maahanmuuttajien muuttoliike Suomeen, Suomessa ja Suomesta (2021)
- Terra: Maantieteellinen Aikakauskirja
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Undocumented Migrants and their Everyday Lives. The Case of Finland (2021) Jauhiainen Jussi S., Tedeschi Miriam
(C1 Refereed scientific book)