Dr Heli Askola

Senior Lecturer
LLB, LLM, PhD,

Professional Profile

Dr Heli Askola has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in law from the University of Turku, Finland and a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence. Before joining Monash she was Lecturer in Law at Cardiff Law School in the UK and she has done consulting work for the IOM and the European Commission. Her main areas of teaching and research interest are criminal law, EU law (especially Justice and Home Affairs), migration law, international human rights law and feminist legal theory.

Areas of Expertise

European Law
International Human Rights Law
Gender and Law
Criminal Law
Trafficking and Migration Law

Teaching Commitments

Criminal Law and Procedure A (LAW3301)
Criminal Law B (LAW3302)
European Union Law and Policy (LAW7019)