News and media releases
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Best wishes for a happy holiday season!
The Office of the Finnish Union of University Professors is closed for Christmas on December 24–26. We are not taking calls during the days between Christmas and the New Year, but we do read our email.
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Meeting of the Board of the Union on 12 December 2025
The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 12 December 2025 and, among other things, discussed the Union’s objectives for the Government Programme.
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The Union Council approved the new strategy for 2026–2030
The meeting of the Union Council was held on 28 November in Helsinki. At its meeting, the Council approved a new strategy for the Union, ‘Advocacy for science and professors’.
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Meeting of the Union Council on 28 November 2025
The autumn meeting of the Council of the Finnish Union of University Professors was held in Helsinki on 28 November 2025.
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Communicatio Academica: Statements from the Scientific Core
Date and Time: Thursday, 15 January 2026, from 2 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.
Place: Cultural Centre Valve, Oulu
Free entry. Please note that the language of the event will be Finnish. Welcome!
Professors’ blog
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Social media harassment and the freedom of science
There have always been attempts to restrict the freedom of science. Science and the results of individual researchers have always met with opposition, for example from politicians. Concern about the state of researchers’ freedom of expression is common and internationally recognised. Harassment is the most common and recognised phen…
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The fiend that lies like truth
Most of us in the world of scientific publishing agree that the integrity and reliability of the literature is under threat from many directions. One of the most perfidious is generative AI. As it improves, it will soon be capable not just of writing a paper based around ‘real’ experimental data. It will become able…
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Varying Akava membership benefits
Member+ offers the latest benefits to Akava union members and their family members.
Acatiimi
Acatiimi is the member and stakeholder magazine for the Finnish Union of University Professors, the Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers (FUURT) and the Union for University Teachers and Researchers in Finland (YLL).