Contact Us

We’re here to help. Whether you have a problem at work, a question about your membership or want to get involved, this page shows you who to contact.

Who should I contact?

I want to… Contact
Get help with a problem at work Shop stewards
Ask about membership fees, unemployment benefit, parental leave or leaving the union Tieteentekijät member services
Get involved, discuss our advocacy work, or join a working group Michael Pugh
Ask about events, Board meetings or general HYT matters Nea Hakala
Contact the Board Our Board (see below)

Please contact Union for Research Professionals (Tieteentekijät) membership service whenever you:

  • need new reference numbers for paying your membership fees
  • have questions regarding your membership fee
  • become unemployed
  • start or end grant-funded research
  • start parental leave or a sabbatical
  • want to change union or member association
  • want to leave the union

Member services contact information

Our Team

Nea Hakala
Organisation Secretary

Talk to me about: finance, administration, our events, general HYT matters
Languages: Finnish, English, Swedish
Email: hyt(at)tieteentekijat.fi
Phone: +358 400 253898

Meet Nea (video)

 

Michael Pugh
Advocacy and Communications Specialist

Talk to me about: campaigns, advocacy, getting involved in the union, communications
Languages: English, Finnish (basic)
Email: michael.pugh(at)helsinki.fi

Meet Michael (video)

Contact our Board

  • Olli-Pekka Kasurinen, Chair – hyt-puheenjohtaja(at)helsinki.fi
  • Melissa Plath, Vice-Chair – hyt-varapuheenjohtaja(at)helsinki.fi
  • Syed Ashraful Alam, Vice-Chair – hyt-varapuheenjohtaja(at)helsinki.fi
  • Kevin Breitwieser, Treasurer – hyt-taloudenhoitaja(at)helsinki.fi

Meet the full Board →

HYT Board Members 2026

HUART Office

The Helsinki University Association of Researchers and Teachers

Vuorinkatu 5
P. O. Box 53 (Fabianinkatu 28, Room 112)
00014 University of Helsinki

Business ID / Y-tunnus 0222866-6

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