The aim of the Finnish Political Science Association (FPSA) is to promote political science and the public interest for political science in Finland. FPSA is also actively participating in international political science research. The most essential forms of activities of the FPSA are publishing and organizing lectures and discussions. The Early Scholars Network is the Finnish Political Science Association’s platform that connects emerging political scientists from across Finland.
The association was founded in 1935, which makes it one of the oldest associations in its field. FPSA is a member of both the International Political Science Association IPSA and the Nordic Political Science Association NoPSA. The association is active in The Federation of Finnish Learned Societies and the Finnish Association for Scholarly Publishing. It’s also a member of the UN Association of Finland and UN Women.
The FPSA is the responsible publisher of the peer reviewed Politiikka journal and the Politiikasta website as well as the peer reviewed Pro et Contra book series.
FPSA Annual Conference 2026
The main annual scientific event of the Finnish Political Science Association will be held at the Tampere University Wednesday 6th – Friday 8th May 2026. We will publish more detailed information as soon as possible.
News
New book in Pro et Contra series! Emilia Palonen’s The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary; The Populist Logic of Polarisation as Hegemony explores the transformation of Hungary’s political landscape in the post-communist era and demonstrates how political populism and polarisation became mainstream in the country. How did a nation once regarded as a model of democratic transition become an electoral autocracy and an exemplar for populist, illiberal, post-liberal, and radical-right leaders across the globe? See https://doi.org/10.33134/pro-et-contra-4
Events
Politiikasta.fi
- Hallituksia kuvaillaan usein sen mukaan, mitä puolueita sen pääministeri ja muut ministerit edustavat. Julkaisu Politiikasta selkokielellä -sarja: Mitä tarkoittaa oikeistokonservatiivinen enemmistöhallitus? ilmestyi ensimmäisenä Politiikasta.
- Onko vaalikoneita myös muualla kuin Suomessa? Mitä tutkimukset kertovat vaalikoneista? Entä ovatko vaalikoneet tasapuolisia? Julkaisu Politiikasta selkokielellä -sarja: Onko vaalikoneita vain Suomessa ja ovatko vaalikoneet tasapuolisia? ilmestyi ensimmäisenä Politiikasta.
- Kirjastolaitoksen kouluttaman runoilijan teokset saavat innoituksensa tutkitusta tiedosta. Julkaisu Politiikasta taidetta: Mikko Rädystä tuli runoilija ennen kaikkea lukemalla ilmestyi ensimmäisenä Politiikasta.
- Demokratia ei elä ainoastaan instituutioissa ja poliittisessa toiminnassa, vaan myös baareissa, kahviloissa ja verkon keskusteluryhmissä. Julkaisu Elävän demokratian tilat voivat olla arvaamattoman hauraita ilmestyi ensimmäisenä Politiikasta.
- Ekologisessa kestävyyskriisissä virkamiehet ovat merkittävä toimijaryhmä. Julkaisu Voiko virkamies olla kestävyystoimija? ilmestyi ensimmäisenä Politiikasta.
Politiikka journal
- The national history narratives conveyed by history teaching have been quite homogenous. During the last decades, however, they have become more polyphonic in many countries. However, not everyone has agreed about the direction of the development, which has led to the so-called History Wars in multiple places. This article examines how governments have used history […]
- Pääkirjoitus 4/24
- In this article we use the perspectives of agenda-building and issue ownership to study the public agenda preceding elections. By using computational topic modeling we investigate, how the public agenda and the topics covered in candidates’ social media messages are connected. Our data consists of candidates’ social media messages and political news of 20 major […]