Mika Viljanen
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mivevi@utu.fi +358 29 450 3143 +358 50 471 8122 Caloniankuja 3 Turku : 3013 |
Regulation of artificial intelligence, private law theory, torts, contracts, contracting, financial regulation, banking regulation
I am a legal scholar with a background in private law. Currently, I concentrate on studying law, artificial intelligence and regulatory theory.
I work as a professor of private law at the Faculty.
My work mixes legal theory, socio-legal studies approaches, and doctrinal work. In 2008, I defended my dissertation on quantifying damages in torts and for breach of contract. Since that I've retained an interest in traditional private law themes, including contract and torts, but migrated through financial regulation to regulatory theory and artificial intelligence.
I have been active in numerous research projects. Current projects include ETAROS and FLAIG.
Most of my teaching focuses on private law. I'm responsible for the compulsory study module on the law of obligations, a specialization field study module on contract and torts, the advanced studies on the law of obligations, and a number of elective courses. I also coach the Faculty Willem C. Vis Moot Court team.
- Legal Compliance and the Open Texture of Law (2025)
- Journal of the Association for Information Systems
- A Horizontal Meta-effect? Theorising Human Rights in the AI Act and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (2024) YSEC Yearbook of Socio-Economic Constitutions 2023 : Law and the Governance of Artificial Intelligence Viljanen, Mika
- Functional Contracting: Re-Conceptualizing Business Contracts in the Face of New Forms of ProductionGreenhouse gas emissions in global value chains: governance, regulation and liability2024
- Georgia journal of international and comparative law
- (2024) Corporate Accountability and Liability for Climate Change Salminen, Jaakko; Rajavuori, Mikko; Viljanen, Mika
- (2024)
- AI and Society
- Horisontaalivaikutuksen uudet kuteet? Tekoälysäädöksen ja yritysvastuuvelvollisuusdirektiivin ihmisoikeus- ja perusoikeusvaikutuksien jäljillä (2023) Yritys, kirjanpito, kestävyys - Juhlajulkaisu Jukka Mähönen Viljanen Mika
- How to Ensure Safe Navigation: Navigation Safety Regulation in MASS (2023) Autonomous Vessels in Maritime Affairs: Law and Governance Implications Viljanen Mika
- 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
- Menikö juna jo? Tekoälyn sääntelemisen mahdollisuuksista (2023)
- Lakimies
- Strateginen resilienssi ja ylikansalliset arvoketjut: kohti uutta talousoikeutta (2023)
- Lakimies



