The 2025 Academy Award of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters was awarded 25 April 2025. The award was granted to professor Krista Varantola, a pioneer in linguistics and an influential figure in science.

The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters invites academics and scientists who have distinguished themselves in their own fields to become members. This year, 39 new members were elected.

The History of Science project will host an afternoon seminar on current methodological considerations in the history of science and knowledge on Friday 11 April 2025.

Two invited guests are Prof. Stéphane Van Damme (École Normale Supérieure) and Prof. Johan Östling (University of Lund).

The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters has compiled a joint declaration with signatures from 12 universities, 3 foundations and 10 other scientific actors that seek to create a community of scientists and science supporters to act as pioneers of the sustainability transformation. The undersigned invite all scientific organisations and science funding agencies to work together.