Visiting Speaker: Tuija Brax on Safeguarding the Rule of Law in the Digital Age: Disinformation, Data, and Democracy

The audience will be taken on a data‑driven “world tour,” highlighting key global trends, with closer attention to developments in China, Russia, and the United States, followed by an overview of Europe and EU candidate countries.

The lecture then focuses on evidence‑based policymaking, fake news, and disinformation and misinformation — issues of particular relevance today. It concludes by reflecting on the European Union’s and Finland’s dependencies in a rapidly changing global environment, and on emerging security policy challenges related to technology, including associated risks.

The event is moderated by Marja Matinmikko-Blue, Research Director in Infotech and Director of Sustainability and regulation in 6G Flagship.

About the speaker
Tuija Brax is a former Minister of Justice and member of the parliament. As the Minister of Justice, she was responsible, for example, for the drafting of the current Constitution of Finland, the Act on a Candidate’s Election Funding and the Emergency Powers Act. As a member of parliament, she served as the chair of the Legal Affairs Committee and the Audit Committee of the Parliament of Finland and, for three terms, as a member of the Constitutional Law Committee. She is currently the Director of the Rule of Law Center, University of Helsinki. She has extensive knowledge of how knowledge-based decision-making works, and how to strengthen it.

The lecture is organised by the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering.