Surveys and reports
The Finnish Union of University Professors has conducted its annual salary survey concerning professors’ salaries. The number of full-time (full) professors increased slightly over the year and totalled 1,997 in 2023. According to the employer survey, a professor’s full monthly salary in September 2023 was 7,781 euro on a permanent contract (full) and 7,322 euro…
The material for the Union salary survey for 2022 is comprised of the statistics provided by employers on the salaries paid in September 2022 to full professors, associate professors and assistant professors at universities as well as statistics provided by research institutes concerning the salaries of professors, research professors, those on the tenure track and…
Jari Stenvall’s report examines the significance the university regulations governing university administration have had on professors’ possibilities for influence in terms of management and university democracy. The report is based on interviews with professors from different universities. The report is a continuation of Stenvall’s university regulation report, in which he reviewed the regulations in place…
Aula Research discusses the long-term nature of science policy, the management of science policy and the funding of science. The report maps out Finland’s current situation and seeks out the best practices from other reference countries. Based on these, Aula Research has issued procedural recommendations intended to develop Finland’s science policy.
Jari Stenvall analyses the university regulations governing university administration from the perspectives of professors’ possibilities for influence, management and university democracy. The report is based on written materials.
The Finland Futures Research Centre of the University of Turku has examined the phenomena and factors of change that affect the basic tasks of universities; namely research, higher education and interaction with society at large. The name of the report (Into the Future with Knowledge) refers succinctly to the fact that researched knowledge will hold…
In the first part of their report, Jussi Kivistö, Elias Pekkola and Emmi Kujala review the internal funding models in place at Finnish universities. In the second part of the report, they examine professors’ perceptions regarding the impact of these models on their work.
The report gives an overall picture of how professors were recruited in Finnish universities and research institutes in 2019. The report was written by Elias Pekkola, Taru Siekkinen, Emmi-Niina Kujala and Jari-Pekka Kanniainen.