The CODATA member organisation for Finland is The Council of Finnish Academies.
The Council of Finnish Academies
Pohjoinen Makasiinikatu 7 A
FI-00130 Helsinki Finland
E-mail: info@academies.fi
Webpage: http://www.academies.fi/en/
The principal contact at the Council of Finnish Academies is:
Arto Miettinen
Academy Secretary
E-mail: arto.miettinen@academies.fi
Finnish Committee for Research Data
The Finnish National Committee for Research Data was officially established on 28 May 2015.
Chair of the National Committee:
Leo Lahti, Professor of Data Science, University of Turku
Email: leo.lahti@utu.fi
CODATA national delegate and ExComm member:
Leo Lahti, Professor of Data Science, University of Turku
Contact page: datascience.utu.fi
Members
- Päivi Happonen, Director General, Finnish National Archives
- Leo Lahti, Associate Professor, University of Turku
- Petri Myllymäki, Director, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT)
- Susanna Nykyri, Head of unit, University of Tampere
- Sanna Sorvari Sundet, Vice President, Natural Resources Institute Finland
Recent activities (2023-2025)
• Participation in CODATA Executive Committee work
• Participation in CODATA Data Ethics Task Group (DETG)
• Participation in International Data Policy Committee IDPC
• Cooperation with Open Knowledge Finland (OKFI) NGO
• Invited open science workshop in Munin-conference, Tromsø, Norway, in 2024
Planned activities (2025-2026)
• Continued attendance in ExComm, DETG, IDPC, and OKFI activities
• Presentation at the International Data Week (Brisbane, 2025)
• Strengthening of the national CODATA network
• Reorganisation of the administrative procedures
• In-person networking event
For more information, see the homepage of the CODATA national node in Finland:
https://www.okf.fi/finnish-com
Last updated: 2025-06-03.