Postdoctoral Programme for Research Institutes

The Postdoctoral Programme for Research Institutes aims to boost research, development, and innovation (RDI) in key areas for society and business.  The Programme fosters cross-sector collaboration and promotes the national and international mobility of postdoctoral researchers. The long-term goal is to accelerate sustainable economic growth and increase productivity in Finland.

The program will hire 85 postdoctoral researchers to 12 Finnish government research institutes between 2025 and 2028. Postdoctoral researchers will drive impactful, high-level research bridging science, industry, and administration.

The programme is supported by Finland’s long-term R&D funding. The purpose of State’s R&D funding, together with R&D investments from the businesses sector, is to raise Finland’s R&D expenditure to 4% of GDP by 2030.

Postdoctoral researchers

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Veera Tahvanainen
Veera Tahvanainen
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)

Decision-making processes and decision support for multifunctional forests

The main objective is to study the forest owners’ decision-making processes and decision support to understand the factors behind the behavior that leads to or hinders the forest management solutions that aim for multifunctionality of forests.

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Anton Rusanen
Anton Rusanen
Finnish Meteorological Institute

Use of artificial intelligence in urban air-quality modelling

I aim to use artificial intelligence combined with traditional model data to get more accurate air quality predictions in urban areas.

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Antti Kukkurainen
Antti Kukkurainen
Finnish Meteorological Institute

AI methods in satellite remote sensing of solar-induced fluorescence

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) is the most significant greenhouse gas driving climate change.

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Marika Viertola
Marika Viertola
VATT Institute for Economic Research

The Effects of Taxation and Regulation on Firm Behavior

The main research objective is to examine how firms respond to corporate taxation, R&D tax incentives, and disclosure requirements, and to evaluate the effectiveness of these policy instruments in shaping firm behavior and improving economic outcomes.

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Arya Thenapparambil
Arya Thenapparambil
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.

Energy efficient tunable RF front-ends using ferroelectric materials

Wireless communication systems, from IoT devices to future 6G networks, are becoming increasingly complex and energy‑hungry.

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Annika Lehmus-Sun
Annika Lehmus-Sun
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Human-Guided, AI-Assisted Research and Policy Analysis

This research develops a human-guided approach to using artificial intelligence in research and policy analysis.

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Programme

Find out the research institutes that implement the Programme and where to find open positions.

Progress

Great start for the Programme! The first 36 postdoctoral researchers have been recruited and started their work. Half of them relocated to Finland from abroad.
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