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
An online book launch event will be held on Monday, December 8, 2025, from 2–4 p.m. The discussion will be led by Emilia Palonen, author of “The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary: The Populist Logic of Polarisation as Hegemony” from the University of Helsinki, as well as Professor Ruzha Smilova, researcher of illiberal political theory from Sofia University, and Professor Mercedes Barros (CONICET, Argentina).
The event will be held in English. Teams-link: https://view.page/tjCQn6
Events
Politiikasta.fi
- Suomessa natsi-Saksan ryöstämää taidetta on toistaiseksi löydetty museoista niukasti. Julkaisu Politiikasta taidetta: Kumousten ja sotien merkitsemät esineet ilmestyi ensimmäisenä Politiikasta.
- Kestämättömän kulutuksen ongelma on tiedostettu Euroopan unionissa jo pitkään. Julkaisu Kestävämpien kulutusvalintojen politiikkaa ja oikeutta Euroopan unionissa ilmestyi ensimmäisenä Politiikasta.
- Vallan jäljillä vie alakouluikäiset kuntavaalien kulisseihin. Julkaisu Kirja-arvio: Matkalla kohti vaikuttamisen perustaitoja ja aktiivista kansalaisuutta ilmestyi ensimmäisenä Politiikasta.
- Dramaattinen muutos unionin ulkopolitiikan lähtökohdissa on ollut pidempään jatkuneen strategisen uudelleenarvioinnin tulos. Julkaisu EU:n ulkopolitiikan strateginen kulttuuri muutoksessa – Osa 2: Muutoskohta ja geopoliittinen käänne ilmestyi ensimmäisenä Politiikasta.
- Yhtenäisen ulkopoliittisen strategian muodostaminen on nähty Euroopan unionissa usein haasteena. Julkaisu EU:n ulkopolitiikan strateginen kulttuuri muutoksessa – Osa 1: Vakiintunut strateginen ajattelu 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 […]