Management and governance
FINMARI partners are under the administration of five Finnish ministries - Ministry of the Environment (Syke), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Luke), Ministry of Transport and Communications (FMI), Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (GTK), and Ministry of Education (UH, UTU, ÅAU). The governmental institutes are directly managed by their ministries through yearly updated performance agreements.
Syke is the coordinating partner of FINMARI and holds the coordination office (director, consortium manager), which leads the strategic planning, operational activities and communication. It facilitates dialogue between the Management Group, Board, Scientific Advisory Board, the Research Council of Finland, the Ministry of the Environment and other stakeholders including other RIs. UH is the vice coordinator of FINMARI, representing all university partners in the coordination office.
FINMARI is operated as a collaborative effort of the partner institutions by the Management Group (MG). It consists of the PIs and their substitutes from the partner institutes.
Working Groups: Science WG, Data WG, Technology WG and Outreach WG are groups for planning and operations in their fields. These permanent groups consist of researchers and technicians, and report to the MG.
Technical staff of FINMARI is a network, which collaborates across all technological topics and issues, ranging from laboratory analytics to vessel operations and autonomous observation platforms and data flows. The technology network and is linked the core ofto both Data WG and Technology WG working groups. The marine technician network also fosters training of the staff critical for successful RI operations.
Management Group
The MG is responsible for daily operation of the RI, annual planning, networking activities, and facilitating active involvement of the Finnish and international scientific community in the RI development.
Group manager Jukka Seppälä, Syke (Director of FINMARI)
Acting Director, Research Coordinator Joanna Norkko UH Tvärminne Zoological Station (Vice Director of FINMARI)
Associate professorJari Hänninen Archipelago Research Institute UTU
Director Martin Snickars Husö Biological Station ÅAU
Head of Unit Laura Tuomi Marine Research FMI
Research Professor Aarno Kotilainen GTK
Research Professor Laura Uusitalo Luke
MG Deputy Members: Riitta Autio (Syke), Laura Kauppi (UH), Veijo Jormalainen (UTU), Tony Cederberg (ÅAU), Lauri Laakso (FMI), Joonas Virtasalo (GTK), Timo Myllylä (Luke)
Consortium Manager Katri Kuuppo Syke
Board
The Board is responsible for the strategic planning and development of FINMARI, the terms and conditions for open access, as well as budgeting of the infrastructure.
Environment Counsellor Maria Laamanen Ministry of the Environment
Research Director Laura Höijer Ministry of the Environment
Associate Professor Christoffer Boström Åbo Akademi University ÅAU
Professor Petteri Alho University of Turku UTU
Director Jouni Heiskanen, University of Helsinki UH
Head of Science and Innovations Karoliina Koho Geological Survey of Finland GTK
Director Sami Niemelä, Finnish Meteorological Institute FMI
Director Anna-Stiina Heiskanen Finnish Environment Institute Syke
Director Tero Eklin, Finnish Environment Institute Syke
Research Manager Meri Kallasvuo Natural Resources Institute Finland Luke
Group Manager Jukka Seppälä Syke (Raporteur)
Consortium Manager Katri Kuuppo Syke Marine Research Centre (Secretary)
Scientific Advisory Board
The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) consists of internationally acknowledged scientists in the area of marine and environmental sciences. The SAB participates in evaluation of external projects that wish to use the FINMARI infrastructure and provide feedback for developing the research infrastructure.
Dr. Ingrid Puillat, EMSO ERIC, European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Dr. Tatiana Tsagaraki, University of Bergen, Liaison officer of EMBRC Norway
Dr. Ari Asmi, Director, Research Data Alliance (Europe) AISBL
Dr. Matthias Obst, University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences
Dr. Inga Lips, European Global Ocean Observing System - EuroGOOS AISBL
Dr. Dominique Durand, Founder and Executive Director of COVARTEC AS, Norway