Representatives in Other Organizations

The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters has representatives in many institutions and organizations both at home and abroad.

Alfred Kordelin Foundation

  • Two representatives on the Board of the Alfred Kordelin Foundation
  • Two representatives in the Foundation’s section for science
  • One representative in the section for public education
  • One representative in the section for literature
  • One representative in the Arts Section

National LUMA Advisory Board

  • Representative from the Academy

The Scientific Councils of the Research Council of Finland

  • The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters submits its own proposals for the committee members

The Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board

  • Two representatives

The Finnish Foundations’ Post Doc Pool

  • Representative from the Academy

The Council of Finnish Academies (CoFA)

  • Two representatives appointed by the Academy
  • CoFA’s International Affairs Committee (IAC): two representatives

The Federation of the Finnish Learned Societies (TSV)

  • The Board: Two members appointed by the Academy, one of whom traditionally serves as the chair of the board
  • The Steering Group of the Publication Forum: Representative from the Academy
  • The Science Forum: One representative at the Programme Committee and one in its steering group

The Board of Directors of the Finnish Research Impact Foundation

  • Representative from the Academy

Foundation for Foreign Policy Research

  • Representative from the Academy

Representatives of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters in National Committees of ICSU (International Council for Science)

  • International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS)
  • International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA)
  • Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)
  • Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR, IASC)
  • International Union of Radio Science (URSI)
  • International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM)
  • International Astronomical Union (IAU)

Through the Council of Finnish Academies (CoFA), members of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters hold positions of trust in several international organisations:

  • EASAC (European Academies Science Advisory Council)
  • ISC (International Science Council)
  • UAI (Union Académique Internationale)
  • International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies
  • ALLEA (All European Academies)
  • SAPEA (Science Advice for Policy by European Academies)
  • IAP (The InterAcademy Partnership)