Programme Steering Group
The AKVA programme is steered by a programme steering group composed of the Academy’s Research Council members and expert members. Other experts may also be invited to the steering group’s meetings.
Composition of the Programme Steering Group:
- Chair: Professor Mari Walls, Research Council for Biosciences and Environment
- Vice Chair: Research Professor Johanna Buchert, Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering
Members:
- Professor Mikael Knip, Research Council for Health
- Professor Erkki K. Laitinen, Research Council for Culture and Society
Expert members:
- Senior Officer Ville Keskisarja, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
- Senior Adviser Tuomas Lehtinen, Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation
- Senior Environmental Adviser Hannele Nyroos, Ministry of the Environment
- Senior Manager Pentti Pekonen, Kemira Oyj
- Research Manager Sanna Sorvari, Finnish Meteorological Institute.
The duties of the Programme Steering Group are:
- to prepare the programme and submit to the programme sub-committee a proposal on projects to be funded
- to make a proposal to Academy Research Councils and other funding bodies on any additional calls and/or additional funding
- to manage and monitor the programme
- to steer and support programme coordination
- to plan and organise the final evaluation of the programme
- to promote the application of the programme’s research results.