Visa Kurki
@visakurki.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Helsinki. Animal law, legal philosophy, rights, legal personhood etc. Director, Helsinki Animal Law Centre
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We also enjoyed the first keynote address of our Conference, presented by Dr @visakurki.bsky.social (Associate Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Helsinki).
⭐️ Dr Kurki closed the first day of the Conference with his keynote address "Why Animals Already Hold Rights" (2/2)
#EARLCon2025
⭐️ Dr Kurki closed the first day of the Conference with his keynote address "Why Animals Already Hold Rights" (2/2)
#EARLCon2025
September 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We also enjoyed the first keynote address of our Conference, presented by Dr @visakurki.bsky.social (Associate Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Helsinki).
⭐️ Dr Kurki closed the first day of the Conference with his keynote address "Why Animals Already Hold Rights" (2/2)
#EARLCon2025
⭐️ Dr Kurki closed the first day of the Conference with his keynote address "Why Animals Already Hold Rights" (2/2)
#EARLCon2025
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⭐️ Dr @visakurki.bsky.social Kurki and Dr Saskia Stucki delivered outstanding keynote addresses at this year's Conference.
🎤 Ruud Tombrock, Richard Ryder, and David Bilchitz spoke during our "Past lessons and future prospects" panel on the final day of the Conference. (3/5)
🎤 Ruud Tombrock, Richard Ryder, and David Bilchitz spoke during our "Past lessons and future prospects" panel on the final day of the Conference. (3/5)
September 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
⭐️ Dr @visakurki.bsky.social Kurki and Dr Saskia Stucki delivered outstanding keynote addresses at this year's Conference.
🎤 Ruud Tombrock, Richard Ryder, and David Bilchitz spoke during our "Past lessons and future prospects" panel on the final day of the Conference. (3/5)
🎤 Ruud Tombrock, Richard Ryder, and David Bilchitz spoke during our "Past lessons and future prospects" panel on the final day of the Conference. (3/5)
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This event will also feature two dynamic keynote addresses delivered by @visakurki.bsky.social (Associate Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Helsinki) and Dr Saskia Stucki (ZHAW School of Management and Law). (2/3)
August 4, 2025 at 7:42 AM
This event will also feature two dynamic keynote addresses delivered by @visakurki.bsky.social (Associate Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Helsinki) and Dr Saskia Stucki (ZHAW School of Management and Law). (2/3)
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LEGACY project member publication alert ✨⬇️
New paper just published part of a cross-disciplinary collection on "AI in Society", with Oxford University Press. Special thanks to David Gunkel and Samantha-Kaye Johnston, the section editors for the Personhood thematic unit of which my paper is part!
Here it is: academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Here it is: academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Degrees of AI Personhood | Oxford Intersections: AI in Society | Oxford Academic
academic.oup.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
LEGACY project member publication alert ✨⬇️
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How will Trump’s trade war affect global CO2 emissions and energy? Initial thoughts.
April 9, 2025 at 5:41 AM
How will Trump’s trade war affect global CO2 emissions and energy? Initial thoughts.
Reposted by Visa Kurki
Ensi viikon tiistaina Turussa! Millainen on eläinten asema modernissa kulutusyhteiskunnassa? Miten vallitsevat valtarakenteet muovaavat suhdettamme toisiin lajeihin? Tervetuloa kuulemaan ja keskustelemaan! blogit.utu.fi/kultva/event... @benjaminpitkanen.bsky.social @visakurki.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Ensi viikon tiistaina Turussa! Millainen on eläinten asema modernissa kulutusyhteiskunnassa? Miten vallitsevat valtarakenteet muovaavat suhdettamme toisiin lajeihin? Tervetuloa kuulemaan ja keskustelemaan! blogit.utu.fi/kultva/event... @benjaminpitkanen.bsky.social @visakurki.bsky.social
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My US-based colleagues, FYI:
Finnish Research Council is about to announce a special call to fund researchers abroad to relocate to Finland.
By all means this is not intended to lure you into moving to Finland, it just happens to be planned right now by pure chance.
Finnish Research Council is about to announce a special call to fund researchers abroad to relocate to Finland.
By all means this is not intended to lure you into moving to Finland, it just happens to be planned right now by pure chance.
March 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
My US-based colleagues, FYI:
Finnish Research Council is about to announce a special call to fund researchers abroad to relocate to Finland.
By all means this is not intended to lure you into moving to Finland, it just happens to be planned right now by pure chance.
Finnish Research Council is about to announce a special call to fund researchers abroad to relocate to Finland.
By all means this is not intended to lure you into moving to Finland, it just happens to be planned right now by pure chance.
I've been asked to serve on the dissertation committee of someone doing a PhD at a US university.
I'm a little confused. It seems almost like the role of a supervisor in Finland (or the UK). Yet it's unpaid(?).
Anyone care to explain how this works?
I'm a little confused. It seems almost like the role of a supervisor in Finland (or the UK). Yet it's unpaid(?).
Anyone care to explain how this works?
March 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I've been asked to serve on the dissertation committee of someone doing a PhD at a US university.
I'm a little confused. It seems almost like the role of a supervisor in Finland (or the UK). Yet it's unpaid(?).
Anyone care to explain how this works?
I'm a little confused. It seems almost like the role of a supervisor in Finland (or the UK). Yet it's unpaid(?).
Anyone care to explain how this works?
In this world, rejoicing about paper acceptance seems a little... not-sure-what...
But: our paper, "Toward an Agency Turn in Animal Law", co-authored with Paulina Siemieniec, was just accepted by the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies!
Very pleased!
But: our paper, "Toward an Agency Turn in Animal Law", co-authored with Paulina Siemieniec, was just accepted by the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies!
Very pleased!
March 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
In this world, rejoicing about paper acceptance seems a little... not-sure-what...
But: our paper, "Toward an Agency Turn in Animal Law", co-authored with Paulina Siemieniec, was just accepted by the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies!
Very pleased!
But: our paper, "Toward an Agency Turn in Animal Law", co-authored with Paulina Siemieniec, was just accepted by the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies!
Very pleased!
Just a couple more days to submit an abstract for our conference on agency in August!
Friendly Reminder: Conference: Redefining Agency - Legal and Philosophical Perspectives
Call for Abstracts is open and deadline for submission is rapidly approaching! Deadline for submission is Friday, February 28.
Learn More: shorturl.at/xmZsu
Submit Now!
Call for Abstracts is open and deadline for submission is rapidly approaching! Deadline for submission is Friday, February 28.
Learn More: shorturl.at/xmZsu
Submit Now!
February 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Just a couple more days to submit an abstract for our conference on agency in August!
Facts about the war in Ukraine:
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
February 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Facts about the war in Ukraine:
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
US authorities now demanding Helsinki University to remove words like "climate change" and "equal society" from a Fulbright scholarship call. 🇺🇸🇺🇸
"Amerikanska myndigheter har kontaktat universitetet och krävt att en del termer tas bort ur beskrivningar i stipendieannonser.
– Det handlar om ord som ”klimatförändringen”, ”jämlikt samhälle”, ”ett inkluderande samhälle” och ”kvinnor i samhället”, säger kansler Kaarle Hämeri."
– Det handlar om ord som ”klimatförändringen”, ”jämlikt samhälle”, ”ett inkluderande samhälle” och ”kvinnor i samhället”, säger kansler Kaarle Hämeri."
Alltså va!?
February 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
US authorities now demanding Helsinki University to remove words like "climate change" and "equal society" from a Fulbright scholarship call. 🇺🇸🇺🇸
10+ permanent positions open in Finland, related to AI:
-Machine Learning,
-AI Business Applications
-Law & AI
-Digital Art
Etc.
www.ellisinstitute.fi/PI-recruit
-Machine Learning,
-AI Business Applications
-Law & AI
-Digital Art
Etc.
www.ellisinstitute.fi/PI-recruit
February 8, 2025 at 6:20 AM
10+ permanent positions open in Finland, related to AI:
-Machine Learning,
-AI Business Applications
-Law & AI
-Digital Art
Etc.
www.ellisinstitute.fi/PI-recruit
-Machine Learning,
-AI Business Applications
-Law & AI
-Digital Art
Etc.
www.ellisinstitute.fi/PI-recruit
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En ymmärrä mitä media odottaa.
Monet asiantuntijat puhuvat jo Yhdysvalloissa meneillään olevasta vakavasti otettavasta vallankaappausyrityksestä.
Sen kai pitäisi olla yksi vuosisatamme suurimmista uutisista.
Missä ovat lehtien erikoisnumerot ja etusivun kokoiset otsikot?
Monet asiantuntijat puhuvat jo Yhdysvalloissa meneillään olevasta vakavasti otettavasta vallankaappausyrityksestä.
Sen kai pitäisi olla yksi vuosisatamme suurimmista uutisista.
Missä ovat lehtien erikoisnumerot ja etusivun kokoiset otsikot?
February 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
En ymmärrä mitä media odottaa.
Monet asiantuntijat puhuvat jo Yhdysvalloissa meneillään olevasta vakavasti otettavasta vallankaappausyrityksestä.
Sen kai pitäisi olla yksi vuosisatamme suurimmista uutisista.
Missä ovat lehtien erikoisnumerot ja etusivun kokoiset otsikot?
Monet asiantuntijat puhuvat jo Yhdysvalloissa meneillään olevasta vakavasti otettavasta vallankaappausyrityksestä.
Sen kai pitäisi olla yksi vuosisatamme suurimmista uutisista.
Missä ovat lehtien erikoisnumerot ja etusivun kokoiset otsikot?
Dark thought of today: should European universities get ready to receive US academics soon, like the US did in the 1930s?
February 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Dark thought of today: should European universities get ready to receive US academics soon, like the US did in the 1930s?
Free speech absolutism is back!
Seriously, what's going on in the States is *really* worrisome.
Seriously, what's going on in the States is *really* worrisome.
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Free speech absolutism is back!
Seriously, what's going on in the States is *really* worrisome.
Seriously, what's going on in the States is *really* worrisome.
My review of Raffael Fasel's More Equal Than Others is now out.
It's a great book, and warmly recommended.
My main worry: his Species Membership Approach could legitimize arguments of the type "animals cannot bear duties and therefore should not hold rights".
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It's a great book, and warmly recommended.
My main worry: his Species Membership Approach could legitimize arguments of the type "animals cannot bear duties and therefore should not hold rights".
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
More Equal Than Others: Humans and the Rights of Other Animals
Published in Jurisprudence: An International Journal of Legal and Political Thought (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
My review of Raffael Fasel's More Equal Than Others is now out.
It's a great book, and warmly recommended.
My main worry: his Species Membership Approach could legitimize arguments of the type "animals cannot bear duties and therefore should not hold rights".
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It's a great book, and warmly recommended.
My main worry: his Species Membership Approach could legitimize arguments of the type "animals cannot bear duties and therefore should not hold rights".
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
As part of this online course, I'm teaching a class entitled
"Legal Theory of Animal Rights". I'm now drafting a syllabus, with three categories:
1. Introductory reading (chapter from Animal Rights Law)
2. Core readings
3. Further readings
Any suggestions what to include?
"Legal Theory of Animal Rights". I'm now drafting a syllabus, with three categories:
1. Introductory reading (chapter from Animal Rights Law)
2. Core readings
3. Further readings
Any suggestions what to include?
Contemporary Issues in Animal Rights Law Course — ICARE
www.icare-animals.org
December 30, 2024 at 1:01 PM
As part of this online course, I'm teaching a class entitled
"Legal Theory of Animal Rights". I'm now drafting a syllabus, with three categories:
1. Introductory reading (chapter from Animal Rights Law)
2. Core readings
3. Further readings
Any suggestions what to include?
"Legal Theory of Animal Rights". I'm now drafting a syllabus, with three categories:
1. Introductory reading (chapter from Animal Rights Law)
2. Core readings
3. Further readings
Any suggestions what to include?
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We have an open PhD position in Practical Philosophy here at Stockholm University: www.su.se/english/abou... This is a fully funded position in any area of practical philosophy, which includes PPE and philosophy of economics. Swedish not required #philsky #philsci CC: @ppenetworkeurope.bsky.social
December 19, 2024 at 7:45 AM
We have an open PhD position in Practical Philosophy here at Stockholm University: www.su.se/english/abou... This is a fully funded position in any area of practical philosophy, which includes PPE and philosophy of economics. Swedish not required #philsky #philsci CC: @ppenetworkeurope.bsky.social
1. Write a paper draft
2. Present it at different workshops
3. Receive lots of extremely good feedback
4. Ignore the feedback because you're so fed up with the paper
5. Submit
December 19, 2024 at 11:20 AM
1. Write a paper draft
2. Present it at different workshops
3. Receive lots of extremely good feedback
4. Ignore the feedback because you're so fed up with the paper
5. Submit
Reposted by Visa Kurki
Probably the most consequential animal welfare ruling in the UK's history was handed down by the Court of Appeal yesterday. In essence, it found that farmers who rear fast-growing chickens - virtually all commercially-reared chickens - are acting illegally.
thehumaneleague.org.uk/article/judg...
thehumaneleague.org.uk/article/judg...
thehumaneleague.org.uk
December 14, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Probably the most consequential animal welfare ruling in the UK's history was handed down by the Court of Appeal yesterday. In essence, it found that farmers who rear fast-growing chickens - virtually all commercially-reared chickens - are acting illegally.
thehumaneleague.org.uk/article/judg...
thehumaneleague.org.uk/article/judg...
Our Agency in Law project now has a Bluesky profile, a website - and a forthcoming conference!
If you're interested eg in the agency of children, old people, people with disabilities, animals, AI systems, etc - do follow us!
We also have a monthly online talk series and other interesting stuff. 😊
If you're interested eg in the agency of children, old people, people with disabilities, animals, AI systems, etc - do follow us!
We also have a monthly online talk series and other interesting stuff. 😊
We’re thrilled to announce the 1st Annual LEGACY Project Conference!
Join us as we explore legal agency and tackle the pressing challenges it faces in today’s world.
🗓️August 18-20, 2025
❗️University of Helsinki
➡️https://shorturl.at/lgnmp
Join us as we explore legal agency and tackle the pressing challenges it faces in today’s world.
🗓️August 18-20, 2025
❗️University of Helsinki
➡️https://shorturl.at/lgnmp
December 13, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Our Agency in Law project now has a Bluesky profile, a website - and a forthcoming conference!
If you're interested eg in the agency of children, old people, people with disabilities, animals, AI systems, etc - do follow us!
We also have a monthly online talk series and other interesting stuff. 😊
If you're interested eg in the agency of children, old people, people with disabilities, animals, AI systems, etc - do follow us!
We also have a monthly online talk series and other interesting stuff. 😊
Helsinki Law is hiring:
- five(!) law lecturers, with one specifically earmarked for English-language teaching in private law:
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
-three-year professor in sustainability law:
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
- five(!) law lecturers, with one specifically earmarked for English-language teaching in private law:
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
-three-year professor in sustainability law:
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
University lecturer in law (5 positions)
University lecturer in law (5 positions)
jobs.helsinki.fi
December 13, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Helsinki Law is hiring:
- five(!) law lecturers, with one specifically earmarked for English-language teaching in private law:
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
-three-year professor in sustainability law:
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
- five(!) law lecturers, with one specifically earmarked for English-language teaching in private law:
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
-three-year professor in sustainability law:
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Just a couple more days left to submit abstracts to this fascinating conference.
www.uantwerpen.be/en/conferenc...
www.uantwerpen.be/en/conferenc...
The Legal Distinction between Persons & Things: Changing Perspectives | The Legal Distinction between Persons & Things: Changing Perspectives | University of Antwerp
www.uantwerpen.be
December 10, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Just a couple more days left to submit abstracts to this fascinating conference.
www.uantwerpen.be/en/conferenc...
www.uantwerpen.be/en/conferenc...
What's a good length for a conference abstract?
I think 300 words is usually the sweet spot.
Just trying to draft a 500-word abstract and it feels like a slog.
On the other hand, I tend to be a rather concise writer.
I think 300 words is usually the sweet spot.
Just trying to draft a 500-word abstract and it feels like a slog.
On the other hand, I tend to be a rather concise writer.
December 10, 2024 at 10:54 AM
What's a good length for a conference abstract?
I think 300 words is usually the sweet spot.
Just trying to draft a 500-word abstract and it feels like a slog.
On the other hand, I tend to be a rather concise writer.
I think 300 words is usually the sweet spot.
Just trying to draft a 500-word abstract and it feels like a slog.
On the other hand, I tend to be a rather concise writer.