Eeva Nykänen works currently as a researcher and teacher at the University of Turku (Finland), where she carries out research and lectures on asylum, migration, and human rights law. She has worked previously as a legal adviser to the Finnish Parliamentary Ombudsman, and as a special adviser at the Immigration Department of the Finnish Ministry of the Interior.

Eeva Nykänen is a member of the Network on Free Movement of EU Workers. 

Her most relevant publications in the field of immigration and asylum law include the following:

• “Luvallista, luvatonta ja jotain siltä väliltä - ulkomaalaislaki ja turvapaikanhakijataustaisten maahanmuuttajien jäsenyys”. In Oikeus, no. 3, 2008. Pp. 345-364. (Lawful, unlawful and something in-between - Finnish Aliens Act and the position of asylum seekers.)
• Country report concerning Finland for in "Study on the single asylum procedure 'one-stop shop' against the background of the common European asylum system and the goal of a common asylum procedure" carried out by Prof. Dr. Kay Hailbronner. Commissioned by the European Commission. 2003.
• “Comparative Legal Study on Subsidiary Protection – Finland”. In Subsidiary Protection of Refugees in the European Union: Complementing the Geneva Convention? Under the supervision of Daphné Bouteillet-Paquet. Bruylant, 2002. S. 397-432.
• Protecting Children? The European Convention on Human Rights and Child Asylum Seekers. In European Journal of Migration and Law, vol 3, iss.3/4 2001. Pp. 315-345.