Katja Creutz is Programme Director of the Global Security and Governance research programme at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA). She is also an Affiliated Research Fellow with the Erik Castrén Institute at the University of Helsinki. Her main field of expertise is international law and especially issues of responsibility, human rights and global governance. Dr Creutz holds a Doctor of Laws degree (2015) and a Master of Laws programme degree from the University of Helsinki (2004) and a Master of Political Science from Åbo Akademi University (2000).

Creutz has previously worked as Research Fellow at the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights of the University of Helsinki. She is the former Executive Editor of the Finnish Yearbook of International Law. She has published extensively on responsibility in international law, non-state actors, human rights and Nordic issues.

The latest academic publications by Creutz include: The Law of International Responsibility Situated: From Halcyon Days to a Fragmented Global Order, Multilateral Development Banks as Agents of Connectivity: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB); The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and Rights Protection: Revisionist or Just Another Kid on the Block? and Nordic Experiences in the UN Human Rights Council: A Tour d’Horizon of 2019 with Iceland and Denmark. She is also the author of the monograph State Responsibility in the International Legal Order: A Critical Appraisal (CUP, 2020).