Board of the Academy
Board of the Academy 1.1.-31.12.2026
The Academy is governed by the Board, which consists of nine ordinary members of the Academy. The president and the vice president are nominated for two years, alternately from two different sections (Section of Science and Section of the Humanities).
Juhani Knuuti
President
Director, Turku PET Centre InFLAMES Flagship MD, professor, Turku PET Centre Read more
Päivi Pahta
Vice President
Professor of English Philology, Tampere University
paivi.pahta@tuni.fi | +358 50 3181 131
Juha Kinnunen
Secretary of the Section of Science
Professor of mathematics, Aalto University
juha.k.kinnunen@aalto.fi | +358 50 430 5757
Ulla Liukkunen
Secretary of the Section of the Humanities
Professor of Labour law and Private international law, University of Helsinki
Jussi Kukkonen
Annual member
Professor of Ecotoxicology, University of Eastern Finland
jussi.kukkonen@uef.fi
040 148 5410
Marjaana Niemi
Annual member
Professor of International History, University of Tampere
marjaana.niemi@tuni.fi
040 1904 092
Auli Toom
Annual member
Professor of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki
auli.toom@helsinki.fi
050 4154 852