During the administrative period 2022–2025, the Faculty has three vice-deans, whose primary responsibility areas encompass research, teaching and community relations.
The Faculty Council is a multi-member administrative body at the Faculty level. Under the direction of the dean, the Faculty Council enhances the Faculty’s overall operations in accordance with the University’s operational and financial objectives, the Strategic Plan of the University of Helsinki as well as the Faculty’s implementation plan.
The Faculty Council is chaired by the dean. In addition to the dean, the Faculty Council includes 8 professors, 5 members selected from among other teachers and researchers and other staff and 5 student representatives.
The agendas and minutes of the Faculty Council are posted in Finnish on the University's intranet Flamma for students and staff of the University. A list of Faculty Council members can be found on the same page. To use Flamma, you must log in with your University username and password. If you cannot access Flamma, please contact admin-viikki@helsinki.fi
All meetings start at 12.15.
Meetings start at 12.15 (except 25.06. the email meeting will start at 9.00!).
All meetings start at 12.15.
The agendas and minutes of the Faculty Council are posted in Finnish on the University's intranet Flamma for students and staff of the University. A list of Faculty Council members can be found on the same page. To use Flamma, you must log in with your University username and password. If you cannot access Flamma, please contact admin-viikki@helsinki.fi
Executive assistant: Soile Saloranta
Vice-Dean Primmer is in charge of the Faculty’s research affairs, international engagement, the development of doctoral education, as well as research infrastructures.
“I am very excited to get started in my new role as vice-dean for research in 2022. It is both a challenge and an opportunity to continue the great work of the previous vice-dean, and to start some new initiatives. It is a challenging time to be commencing, but I strongly believe that we are in a good position to not only remain as the top place for biological and environmental research in Finland, but also to be among the best in Europe and the world. Unlike many other universities, we have filled many new positions at the Faculty during the pandemic.
I am excited to learn from both the new and longer-term Faculty members so we can grow together. In terms of new initiatives, after the successful establishment of three research programmes in 2018, I think now is a good time to be strengthening research interactions between the research programmes. I am also keen to utilise the vast experience and expertise we have in the Faculty to provide researchers with peer feedback and support for preparing research grant applications."
Vice-dean Helena Åström is in charge of educational affairs and bilingual affairs.
Vice-dean Atte Korhola is in charge of societal interactions.