New publication: Survivability of Territorial Autonomy
The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters has published Survivability of Territorial Autonomy: A Study of Contributory Factors that Explain the Preservation and Secession of Autonomous Territories by Richard Eveli. The book examines why some autonomous territories...
The Society’s Grants and Research Funding 2026
The application period for the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters' grants and research funding runs from 1 to 31 January 2026. Applications are submitted via the electronic application system. The application deadline is 31 January at 23:59 (Finnish time)....
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...