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Research interests
My research interests lie in international human rights, EU fundamental rights, and critical legal theory, with a particular focus on gender and sexuality, post-structural theory, and governmentality. I have also worked extensively on Sámi cultural heritage and Indigenous research ethics. I have published my work in leading cultural studies, law and the humanities and critical legal journals, such as Law & Critique, Law, Culture and the Humanities and Gender, Place and Culture.
I currently work as a postdoctoral fellow and project coordinator in the project Sámi Democratic Engagement in the Energy Transition: Advancing Justice, Legitimacy and Participatory Governance (SápmiDem), where my research addresses energy transition in Sápmi, Sámi democratic participation and the interplay of rights and politics in free, prior and informed consent.
Field of science
- Law
Keywords
- sexual minorities
- human rights
- Indigenous Studies
- Indigenous Rights
- legal theory
- legal philosophy
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SAPMIDEM: Sámi democratic engagement in the energy transition: advancing justice, legitimacy and participatory governance: Nordforsk
Kuokkanen, R. (Principal Investigator) & Tuominen, I. H. (Collaborative Investigator)
01.10.2024 → 30.09.2028
Project: Co-funded project
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Digitisation of cultural heritage of minority communities for equity and renewed engagement EU
Ballardini, R. (Principal Investigator), Urueña, R. (Collaborative Investigator), Girardi, D. (Collaborative Investigator), Dermawan, A. (Collaborative Investigator), Cadillo Chandler, D. (Collaborative Investigator), Linkola-Aikio, I.-A. (Collaborative Investigator), Tuominen, I. H. (Collaborative Investigator) & Qureshi, A. (Collaborative Investigator)
EUROOPANKOMISSIO, European Union
01.02.2024 → 31.01.2027
Project: Co-funded project
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TRUST: PromoTing Sustainable PRactices for Digitalizing IndigenoUS CulTural Heritage - Global North and South Juxtaposed (TRUST)
Ballardini, R. (Principal Investigator), Keskitalo, P. (Principal Investigator), Sarantou, M. (Principal Investigator), Girardi, D. (Collaborative Investigator), Tuominen, I. H. (Collaborative Investigator), Turunen, T. (Collaborative Investigator), Miettinen, S. (Collaborative Investigator), Qureshi, A. (Collaborative Investigator) & Linkola-Aikio, I.-A. (Collaborative Investigator)
01.09.2022 → 31.12.2024
Project: Other
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INCLUSION: Indigenous Cultures in Evolution: Governing Rights and Responsibilities through Sustainable Law and Ethics
Ballardini, R. (Principal Investigator), Hossain, K. (Collaborative Investigator), Reyes Tagle, Y. (Collaborative Investigator), Cambou, D. (Collaborative Investigator), Virtanen, P. (Collaborative Investigator), Tuominen, I. H. (Other), Girardi, D. (Other), Huttunen, M. T. (Other) & Urueña, R. (Other)
Finnish National Agency for Education
01.08.2022 → 31.12.2024
Project: Co-funded project
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Digital access to the Sámi heritage arch
Häkkilä, J. (Principal Investigator), Mäkikalli, M. (Collaborative Investigator) & Tuominen, I. H. (Collaborative Investigator)
01.07.2018 → 31.12.2021
Project: Co-funded project
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Binarytech in Motion: Intersex Persons in the Binary Lawscape
Aalto, J. & Tuominen, I. H., 6 Sept 2025, In: Law and Critique. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Confession, death and disbelief: interrogating the asylum cases of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Tuominen, I., 30 Mar 2025, In: Social Identities. 31, 5, p. 567-583 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Digital cultural heritage of minorities and indigenous peoples: towards a more participatory governance framework for decision-making
Ballardini, R., Urueña, R., Qureshi, A., Girardi, D. & Tuominen, I. H., 7 Jan 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Culture Unbound : Journal of Current Cultural Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Digital Indigenous Cultural Heritage: Reconciling Intellectual Property Rights, Human Rights and Indigenous Worldviews through Proactive Approaches and Engagement
Ballardini, R., Tuominen, I. & Girardi, D., 10 Mar 2025, Business, Human Rights and Sustainable Development. Hossain Bhuiyan, J. & Islam, M. R. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 406-431 26 p. (International studies in human rights; No. 146).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Indigenous Peoples and Ethical Guidelines: Are Law and Ethics in Conflict in the Age of Digitalisation?
Tuominen, I. H., 26 Jan 2025, Digital Indigenous Cultural Heritage. Linkola-Aikio, I.-A., Keskitalo, P., Ballardini, R. & Sarantou, M. (eds.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 145-168 24 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Prizes
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Suomen oikeusfilosofisen yhdistyksen opiskelijapalkinto
Kestilä, I. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Activities
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Indigenous people knowledge and rights and the role of society, business, and government: Facing challenges and building protection
Ballardini, R. (Organiser), Hossain, K. (Organiser), Kestilä, I. (Member of programme committee) & Girardi, D. (Member of programme committee)
9 May 2023Activity: Participating in or organisation of an event › Membership of a scientific or program committee of a conference or seminar
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Panel 2: Ethics of Digitization
Kestilä, I. (Speaker)
2023Activity: Presentation › Conference presentation
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Protecting, Accessing and Developing Indigenous Cultural Heritage: Building a Responsible Framework with IPRs
Ballardini, R. (Speaker) & Kestilä, I. (Speaker)
7 Apr 2022Activity: Presentation › Conference presentation
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Ethical guidelines in Nuohtti
Kestilä, I. (Speaker)
19 Oct 2021Activity: Presentation › Conference presentation
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Law, power and intimacy: A study on the encounters of law and knowledge-based power in a question of sexuality
Kestilä, I. (Speaker)
1 Oct 2021Activity: Other activity or merit (incl. title of docent) › Other activity