Aulis Aarnio#
| Membership Number: | 1814 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LAW |
| Elected: | 1998 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.kolumbus.fi/aulis.aarnio/eng/index.htm |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1996 - 2002 Professor, Director of the Research Institute for Social Sciences, University of Tampere
- 1991 - 1996 Director of the Research Institute for Social Sciences, University of Tampere
- 1974 - 1982 Research Professor, Academy of Finland,
- 1970 - 1996 Professor of Civil Law, University of Helsinki
- 1968 - 1970 Acting Professor of Family Law and the Law of Inheritance, University of Helsinki
- 1966 - 1968 Acting Associate Professor of Civil Law, University of Helsinki
Fields of Scholarship
- Civil law
- Theory and philosophy of law
Honours and Awards
International Awards
- 1989 Copernicus Medal, Polish Academy of Sciences
- 1997 Honorary doctorate of the University of Lund (Sweden)
- 1997 Alexander von Humboldt Prize (Germany)
- 2003 Honorary President of the IVR – International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy
National Awards
- 1988 First Finnish Lawyers Association Reward
- 1995 Finnish Cultural Foundation Reward,
- 1997 Order of K.J. Ståhlberg, Association of Finnish Lawyers (the national union of lawyers)
- 1999 Honorary doctorate of the University of Lapland (Finland)
Invited Memberships of International and National Scientific Associations
- 1975 Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
- 1983 Science Society in Lund, Sweden, Foreign Member
- 1995 Russian Academy of Sciences, Full Member
- 1998 Member of the European Academy
