Contact Us
Membership service and counselling
Any membership-related issues you may have can be handled via FUURT’s e-service.
In our e-service, you can send us messages using a secure connection. Simply log in to access all of FUURT’s experts.
The e-service also contains information about your membership benefits and enables you to easily update membership details and pay membership fees.
The secure connection can also be used whenever you need to send us attachments containing personal information.
You can also contact us by phone:
You can contact us by phone on Monday–Thursday 9 a.m.–12 noon tel. +358 (0)207 589 619
Contact us by email: jasenpalvelu(at)tieteentekijat.fi
Legal counselling
Telephone service is available on Tuesdays at 9 a.m. – noon and Thursdays at noon – 4 p.m., tel. +358 (0)207 589 621.
Please note: Telephone service for legal counseling is on summer break from July 22 to August 4, 2024, and from August 12 to August 18, 2024.
At other times please contact via e-services.
Read more about the legal counselling for members.
Unemployment security
The Unemployment Fund for Education and Science helps in matters concerning earnings-related unemployment benefits.
Address
Emails are form: firstname.lastname(at)fuurt.fi or firstname.lastname(at)tieteentekijat.fi
Address: The Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers (FUURT)
Rautatieläisenkatu 6, 00520 Helsinki
Union board and shop stewards
Personnel
Executive Director
Nina Hahtela, PhD
tel. 0207 589 616
Executive Assistant
Elisa Rantoharju, MA
tel. 0207 589 624
- Support to the Executive Director and the President of the Union
- Event and meeting planning
Membership Service Specialist
Marsa Nyqvist-Hämäläinen
tel. 0207 589 614
Senior Adviser
Miia Ijäs-Idrobo, PhD
tel. 0207 589 622
- Science and higher education policy
- Promotion of interests: early career researchers, grant researchers and mobility issues
- Salary counselling
- International cooperation
- Coordination of FUURT surveys
Please contact primarily via email (miia.ijas@tieteentekijat.fi).
Chief Negotiator
Reetta Kuosmanen
tel. 0207 589 610
Lawyer
Veera Keski-Säntti, LLM
tel. 0207 589 621
Telephone service is available on Tuesdays at 9 a.m. – noon and Thursdays at noon – 4 p.m. At other times please contact Veera via e-services.
Financial Manager
Janna Taipale, M.Sc
tel. 0207 589 613
- Financial planning and monitoring
- HR management
Head of Communications
Siiri Hiidenvuori, M.Sc
tel. 0207 589 617
- Overall planning of communications
- Media connections and partnerships
Communications Designer
Meri Vainiomäki
tel. 0207 589 625
- Online communication
- Visual communication
- Coordination of internal communication
Head of Communications
Eevastiina Aho, M.Sc
On leave of absence until 1/2025.
Communications Designer
Milla Talassalo
On parental leave until 9/2025.
Financial Manager
Sanna Hoikka, MBA
On parental leave until 2/2025.
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