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Statement by the Finnish Union Of University Professors on the amendment of the Act on Research and Development Funding
Union has issued a statement on R&D funding and proposes that the review period specified in the Act on Research and Development Funding should not be shortened from two years to one, as has been proposed. According to the Union, the primary purpose of the Act is to improve the predictability and long-term stability of…
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Freedom of Research Has Declined in Finland – The Parliamentary Elections Will Shape Its Future
A broad coalition of organizations across the research community are calling on political parties and candidates to explain how they will safeguard the conditions for freedom and independence of research.
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Media releases
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Freedom of Research Has Declined in Finland – The Parliamentary Elections Will Shape Its Future
A broad coalition of organizations across the research community are calling on political parties and candidates to explain how they will safeguard the conditions for freedom and independence of research.
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Commitment to Science and Experts – Finnish Union of University Professors’ Objectives for the Government Programme 2027–2031
A high quality of life, renewal and competitiveness stem from basic research and a skilled workforce, underlines the Finnish Union of University Professors in its objectives for the Government Programme. Finland must ensure science-based wellbeing and growth as well as high-quality education for experts. Science-based wellbeing and growth…
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Professors’ blog
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Audio killed the video star
The world of media has been in constant flux for over a century, with print successively supplanted by radio, broadcast TV, cable, DVDs, streaming, internet-based video and, most recently, podcasts. These are essentially the same as radio once was, though delivered by different means and available on demand rather than dictated by someone…
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Not just an academic matter
I have always opposed blanket boycotts of countries whose governments implement policies contrary to basic human rights and dignity, or that conduct military operations in violation of international law [1]. The civil population of such countries – usually ruled by unelected regimes – are little more than innocent bystanders in such actio…
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