Administration
General Meeting
The Union’s General Meeting is held every second year. The Board of Directors will convene the General Meeting by invitation sent to each member. Every regular member has the right to vote at the General Meeting. The Union’s General Meeting discusses the annual reports prepared by the Board of Directors and elects the Chair and Vice Chair of the Union Council as well as appoints the regular members and alternate members of the Union’s Council. The Union calls an Extraordinary General Meeting upon the proposal of the Board of Directors as well as when requested in writing by at least 1/10 of the Union’s regular members or at least 1/10 of all members.
Union Council
Council members are elected so that each chapter of the Union is represented by one regular member and two personal alternate members per each beginning hundred (100) Union members of the chapter in question. The Union chapters nominate their own representatives.
Union Board
The Union’s Board of Directors consists of the Chair and 1–2 Vice Chairs as well as at least six (6) and at most eight (8) other regular members and their personal alternate members, all of whom are elected to serve a two-year term.
The Chair and Vice Chair / Vice Chairs and the other regular members and alternate members of the Board of Directors are elected by the Council’s autumn meeting.
Working groups in 2025
Union Board Working Committee
The Union Board Working Committee consists of Teija Laitinen (Union Chair), Johanna Kujala and Markku Vieru (Vice Chairs), Tarja Niemelä (Executive Director) and Raija Pyykkö (Head of Union Affairs).
Union Council Working Committee
The Union Council Working Committee consists of Jukka Pellinen (Council Chair), Anne Juppo (Council Vice Chair), Tarja Niemelä (Executive Director) and Raija Pyykkö (Head of Union Affairs).
Investment Committee
The Investment Committee consists of Teija Laitinen (Union Chair), Markku Vieru (Vice Chair) and Tarja Niemelä (Executive Director). Anne Lehto, Financial Controller, serves as secretary. Professors Luis Alvarez and Timo Rothovius act as expert members regarding Union investment activities.
Editorial Committee for the Professor blog
The Editorial Committee for the Professor blog is comprised of Teija Laitinen (Union Chair), Tarja Niemelä (Executive Director) and Leena Kurkinen (Communications Manager).
Copyright Working Group
The Chair of the Union’s Copyright Working Group is Johanna Kujala (Union Vice Chair). Head of Employment Relationship Affairs for the Union, Leevi Mentula, serves as secretary.
Strategy Working Group
The Strategy Working Group consists of Teija Laitinen (Union Chair), Johanna Kujala and Markku Vieru (Vice Chairs), Mika Lähteenmäki (member of the board), Tarja Niemelä (Executive Director) and Raija Pyykkö (Head of Union Affairs).