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Daniel Acquah is a Senior Lecturer in Law and an Adjunct Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the University of Turku (UTU). He is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Law and Social Justice (SLSJ), University of Liverpool.

Before joining the University of Turku (UTU), Daniel was a Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law at the School of Law and Social Justice (SLSJ) at the University of Liverpool. He also served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies from 2020 to 2022 and was a Senior Research Associate at the Brussels School of Governance between 2018 and 2021. Daniel holds master’s degrees in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the Glasgow Graduate School of Law, as well as a master’s in Law from UTU. He has also obtained double doctoral degrees in Law from both UTU and Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Daniel has collaborated on various projects funded by the Research Council of Finland, including the eCoherence project, the TranSip project, the Constitutional Hedges of Intellectual Property project, and the Digital Disruption of Industry project, which was funded by the Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland. Currently, he is the Principal Investigator for the TACIP project.

Ama Opoku Acquah is currently a Project Researcher on the TACIP project. Her primary task is to assist with the ongoing research and its communications. This includes her conducting empirical research, proofreading and editing, interview transcriptions and coding, project events planning, and communications.

Ama is also a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Eastern Finland Law School. Her research focuses on the ownership of state petroleum resources in Sub-Saharan Africa and the protection of citizens’ rights. She aims to determine how oil-producing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa protect their citizens’ fundamental rights while engaging international partners in their oil and gas production. Ama holds a Master’s Degree in International and Comparative Law (MICL) with a specialization in International Economic and Resources Law from the University of Eastern Finland. She also has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in French & Linguistics from the University of Ghana. Her expertise include project management, events planning and client relations.