L.J.M. (Leevi) Saari
PhD Candidate
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group: Political Economy and Transnational Governance
Area of expertise: Political economy, Artificial intelligence, Technology politics, European public policy, European governance
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
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Postbus 15578
1001 NB Amsterdam
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Profile
Leevi Saari is a PhD Candidate researching political economy of artificial intelligence in the European Union.
Before his PhD, he served as a policy advisor in European Parliament and in various supporting research capacities in University of Helsinki, University of Tampere and Oxford University.Research expertise
- Political economy
- Artificial intelligence
- European public policy
- European governance
- Platform economy
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Research
Current research
Researching the evolution of EU's AI political economy
RPA
- PETGOV
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Publications
2024
Saari, L. (2024). Algoritmit, infrastruktuurit ja etiikan rajat: näkökulmia tekoälyn poliittiseen talouteen vuonna 2024. Poliittinen Talous / Finnish Review of Political Economy, 12(1), 44-67. https://doi.org/10.51810/pt.142284 [details]- Ylönen, M., Jaakkola, J., & Saari, L. J. M. (2024). Conceptualizing epistemic power: The changing relationship between economic policy paradigms and academic disciplines. Accounting, Economics, and Law: A Convivium, 14(1), 39-65. https://doi.org/10.1515/ael-2021-0048
2023
- Jaakkola, J., Ylönen, M., & Saari, L. (2023). Imaginary capital migration and the competitive politics of corporate taxation. New Political Economy, 28(1), 13-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2022.2054967 [details]
2020
- Ylönen, M., & Saari, L. J. M. (2020). Yhtiövalta ja sen tulevaisuus. FutuRA, 39(2).
- Ylönen, M., Jaakkola, J., Saari, L. J. M., & Hiilamo, H. (2020). Näyttöperusteisuus ja yritysten verotus: ekonomismin nousu suomalaisen yhteisöveropolitiikan tiedontuotannossa. Poliittinen Talous / Finnish Review of Political Economy, 8(1), 27-69. https://journal.fi/poliittinentalous/article/view/96159
2025
- Saari, L. J. M. (2025). The Rise and Fall of Nvidia’s Geopolitical Strategy. Web publication or website, Tech Policy Press.
- Saari, L. J. M. (2025). The big tech playbook. Web publication or website, International Politics and Society. https://www.ips-journal.eu/work-and-digitalisation/the-big-tech-playbook-8681/
- Saari, L. J. M., & Mügge, D. K. (2025). The EU AI Policy Pivot: Adaptation or Capitulation?. Web publication or website, Tech Policy Press. https://www.techpolicy.press/the-eu-ai-policy-pivot-adaptation-or-capitulation/
2024
- Kaltheuner, F. (Ed.), Saari, L. (Ed.), Kak, A., & Myers West, S. (Ed.) (2024). Redirecting Europe’s AI Industrial Policy: From Competitiveness to Public Interest. AI Now Institute. https://ainowinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AI-Now_EU-AI-Industrial-Policy_Oct.-2024.pdf [details]
- Kaltheuner, F., & Saari, L. (2024). Public Interest AI for Europe? Shaping Europe’s Nascent Industrial Policy. Web publication or website, AI Now Institute. https://ainowinstitute.org/general/public-interest-ai-for-europe-shaping-europes-nascent-industrial-policy [details]
- Kaltheuner, F., Saari, L., Kak, A., & Myers West, S. (2024). Reorienting European AI and Innovation Policy. In F. Kaltheuner, L. Saari, A. Kak, & S. Myers West (Eds.), Redirecting Europe’s AI Industrial Policy: From Competitiveness to Public Interest (pp. 7-26). AI Now Institute. https://ainowinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AI-Now_EU-AI-Industrial-Policy_Oct.-2024.pdf [details]
- Saari, L. (2024). Competition policy and large-scale AI markets in Europe. In G. R. Oosterwijk, M. Hasdenteufel, & J. Nogarede (Eds.), Time to build an European digital ecosystem: Recommendations for the EU’s digital policy (pp. 44-51). Foundation for European Progressive Studies. https://feps-europe.eu/publication/time-to-build-a-european-digital-ecosystem-2/ [details]
- Saari, L. (2024). Tekoälyhaaveista tekoälyrealismiin: Mitä Eurooppa tekee Draghin raportin jälkeen?. Web publication or website, Kalevi Sorsa Foundation. https://sorsafoundation.fi/tekoalyhaaveista-tekoalyrealismiin-mita-eurooppa-tekee-draghin-raportin-jalkeen/ [details]
2024
- Saari, L. J. M. (2024). I Pressed the Damn Button but the Screen Stayed Black: Finalist for the 2024 Science Fiction and Information Law Competition. Web publication or website, IViR. https://digi-con.org/i-pressed-the-damn-button-but-the-screen-stayed-black/
2023
- Saari, L. J. M. (2023). Euroopan tulevaisuuden materiaaliset juuret. Web publication or website, The Ulkopolitist. https://ulkopolitist.fi/2023/05/21/euroopan-tulevaisuuden-materiaaliset-juuret/
2022
- Saari, L. J. M. (2022). Eurooppalaista tekoälyunelmaa etsimässä: Maailman ensimmäinen tekoälylaki ja mitä se yrittää saavuttaa. Web publication or website, The Ulkopolitist. https://ulkopolitist.fi/2022/12/18/eurooppalaista-tekoalyunelmaa-etsimassa/
Media appearance
- Saari, L. (03-12-2025). I looked into CoreWeave and the abyss gazed back The Verge. I looked into CoreWeave and the abyss gazed back. https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/822011/coreweave-debt-data-center-ai
- Saari, L. (09-10-2025). Too big to fail: wordt de AI-toekomst ons opgedrongen? De Correspondent. Too big to fail: wordt de AI-toekomst ons opgedrongen?.
- Saari, L. (12-09-2025). ASML-Mistral AI: It's the Geopolitics, Stupid Bloomberg. ASML-Mistral AI: It's the Geopolitics, Stupid. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-12/asml-mistral-ai-it-s-the-geopolitics-stupid
- Saari, L. (09-09-2025). Euroopan tekoälyala sai suuren voiton Helsingin Sanomat. Euroopan tekoälyala sai suuren voiton. https://www.hs.fi/visio/art-2000011481486.html
- Saari, L. (09-09-2025). ASML-Mistral is Europe’s dream tech tie-up. Can it deliver? POLITICO. ASML-Mistral is Europe’s dream tech tie-up. Can it deliver?. https://www.politico.eu/article/asml-tech-mistral-open-ai-france-calara-chappaz-digital-affairs/
- Saari, L. (08-07-2025). Liikkuva maali: EU:n tekoälyasetus halutaan purkaa jo ennen kuin se on valmis. [Web] Uusi Juttu. Liikkuva maali: EU:n tekoälyasetus halutaan purkaa jo ennen kuin se on valmis.. https://www.uusijuttu.fi/juttu/sYWX0Am3-apMDzPPQ-edbdd
- Saari, L. (18-06-2025). Nvidia’s ‘Sovereign’ AI Could Win a Prize for Irony Bloomberg. Nvidia’s ‘Sovereign’ AI Could Win a Prize for Irony. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-18/nvidia-s-sovereign-ai-could-win-a-prize-for-irony
- Saari, L. (12-02-2025). Xavier Niel’s Not Ready to Throw in the Towel on AI Bloomberg. Xavier Niel’s Not Ready to Throw in the Towel on AI. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-02-12/xavier-niel-s-not-ready-to-throw-in-the-towel-on-ai
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Saari, L. (2024). Algoritmit, infrastruktuurit ja etiikan rajat: näkökulmia tekoälyn poliittiseen talouteen vuonna 2024. Poliittinen Talous / Finnish Review of Political Economy, 12(1), 44-67.