Global partnerships
The Academy of Finland has numerous bilateral partnership agreements with research funding bodies both within and outside the EU. Depending on the terms of the agreement, this cooperation can involve either project or mobility funding and, in some cases, also assistance for co-hosting researchers’ seminars.
We also contribute to the work of a few international research funding organisations (IIASA, OECD) as well as bodies that coordinate Finland’s global research and higher education partnerships on a national level (UNESCO, Team Finland Knowledge -network).
Bilateral international partnerships
Contributing to the work of international organisations
IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an international, interdisciplinary research institute located in Laxenburg in Austria, which also facilitates intergovernmental dialogue through science and scientists. It produces information to support international and national decision-making and to promote trade.
The institute studies global problems that are either too widespread or too complex for a single country or scientific discipline to solve – problems that have a global dimension (such as global warming) and problems that are shared by a large number of countries in the world (such as energy security). The IIASA compiles and maintains a large number of databases and develops modelling tools for using them effectively.
The Academy of Finland sponsors the participation of Finnish students and students enrolled in Finnish universities and research centres in the IIASA’s Young Scientists Summer Programme (YSSP) and certain other events hosted by the IIASA. The Academy represents Finland’s interests in the IIASA.
More information
- IIASA’s website
- Finland’s IIASA team
- IIASA’s postdoc opportunities
- IIASA’s vacancies
- Jaana Roos, Senior Science Adviser, tel. +358 295 335 151
Our email addresses are in the format firstname.lastname(at)aka.fi.
OECD - Global Science Forum
The mission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to promote sustainable economic development, employment and the wellbeing of people around the world. The OECD provides a global reference point for economic and social policy makers.
The Academy of Finland acts as Finland’s representative on the OECD’s Global Science Forum (GSF). The GSF is tasked with expanding the potential for international cooperation in the field of scientific research. The GSF also issues recommendations to the OECD’s members based on surveys and reports. The GSF identifies and studies, among other things, emerging fields of research cooperation and investigates the necessity, viability and implementation of projects that require major investments.
More information
- OECD: Global Science Forum
- Juha Latikka, Senior Science Adviser, tel. +358 295 335 058
Our email addresses are in the format firstname.lastname(at)aka.fi.
UNESCO’s international science programmes
UNESCO stands for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. It acts as a global laboratory of ideas and a catalyst for international cooperation in the fields of education, science, culture and communications. It develops normative instruments and helps its members to strengthen their capacity through technical assistance, political advice and a wide range of international and regional programmes. UNESCO is also an active publicist and statistician.
UNESCO’s intragovernmental science programmes promote the organisation’s objectives and strategies. The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture has a team dedicated to coordinating UNESCO’s science programmes (IBSP, IGCP, IHP, IOC, MAB and MOST) of which the Academy of Finland is a member. The team’s secretariat is based at the Council of Finnish Academies.
More information about UNESCO’s science programmes
- Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP)
- International Basic Sciences Programme (IBSP)
- International Geoscience Programme (IGCP)
- Man and the Biosphere (MAB)
- Management of Social Transformations (MOST)
- Science for a Sustainable Future
- Social and Human Sciences
- Jaana Roos, Senior Science Adviser, tel. +358 295 335 151
- Päivi Tikka, Director, Division of Strategic Research, tel. +358 295 335 007
Our email addresses are in the format firstname.lastname(at)aka.fi.
Global cooperation networks
Team Finland Knowledge (TFK)
Team Finland Knowledge is a network set up to implement the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture’s international affairs policy (2017–2025). Its mission is to support and increase Finnish universities’ and research centres’ international partnerships.
The network is made up of eight higher education and science advisers based in Abu Dhabi, Buenos Aires, Moscow, New Delhi, Beijing, Pretoria, Singapore and Washington. The advisers in Abu Dhabi, Buenos Aires, Pretoria and Singapore are experts in their respective regions.
The Academy of Finland works in close cooperation with the network. The Academy is represented in the steering group of the network by Vice President for Research Riitta Maijala (or, in her absence, Johanna Hakala).
More information