New Publication: Authoritarian Regionalism and Democratic Development in the Post-Soviet Region: A Comparative Analysis
The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters has published a new book: Authoritarian Regionalism and Democratic Development in the Post-Soviet Region: A Comparative Analysis, written by Johanna Holm (2025). This dissertation explores why some countries democratize...
The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters funds project that led to significant discovery in Georgia
In the Georgian village of Orozmani, a remarkable discovery has been made: a roughly 1.8-million-year-old jawbone belonging to Homo erectus. Finnish researchers are helping to map the site’s environmental and climatic conditions in a project funded by the Sohlberg...
What Is Reality? Aristotle’s Metaphysics in a New Swedish Edition
What is reality, and how do we understand our place within it? For more than two thousand years, questions like these have been shaped by Aristotle’s Metaphysics, one of the most influential works in the history of philosophy. The title Metaphysics does not come from...
Symposium in Memory of Nils Erik Enkvist on His 100th Birthday
The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, in collaboration with Åbo Akademi University, is organizing a symposium in memory of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Society’s honorary member, Professor Nils-Erik Enkvist. The full-day symposium will take place...
New Publication: Mitt forskarliv
The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters has published a new book: Mitt forskarliv, written by René Gothóni (2025). Mitt forskarliv is a personal retrospective on a creative academic career, incorporating self-analytical elements and presenting unique scientific...