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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Zeeshan Virk
Zeeshan Virk
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)

Restoring the Source-to-Stream Continuum in a Changing World

This research aims to link catchment-scale ecohydrology with river-scale ecohydraulics to support integrated restoration efforts.

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Kimmo Kivivirta
Kimmo Kivivirta
Finnish Food Authority

Next-Generation Sequencing Approaches for Improved Veterinary Viral Diagnostics

Early detection of animal diseases is essential for biosafety, and sustainable agriculture.

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Nirrupama Kamala Ilango
Nirrupama Kamala Ilango
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.

Advances in mineral carbonation

This research focuses on permanent CO₂ storage through mineral carbonation, forming stable carbonate phases from magnesium- and calcium-rich materials.

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Meeri Karvinen
Meeri Karvinen
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

The role of early-career workers in organisational sustainability transformation

I’m interested in how work organisations develop their sustainability competence and allocate resources to capacity building.

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Markus Mattila
Markus Mattila
Finnish Food Authority

Harmful substances in foods for the national food composition database (Fineli).

The main objective is to determine how to implement the information on harmful substances into the national food composition database.

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Ezgi Türkarslan
Ezgi Türkarslan
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)

Assessment and development of companies’ ESG practices through policy guidance

My research focuses on the intersection of environmental and natural resource policy, finance, and corporate sustainability practices.

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Organisations

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

Progress

The second kick-off event brought together postdocs who joined the programme at a later stage.
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