Working Group for Social Sciences under the Finnish-Russian Commission for Scientific and Technological Cooperation

Working Group for Social Sciences of the Finnish-Russian Commission for Scientific and Technological cooperation was established roughly 45 years ago during the Soviet era. Nowadays, the mission of the Working Group is to promote research on social sciences pertaining to Russia conducted in Finland. The Working Group aims to increase the cooperation and information exchange of Russia related research conducted by universities, research institutes and governmental organisations between Finnish organisations as well as between Finnish and Russian scientific organisations and specialists. Moreover, the Working Group strives to enhance and refine the research in order to meet the needs of the Finnish economic life. Therefore, in addition to academic objectives the functioning of the Working Group serves also political as well as economic interests.