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Research supporting the Government's decision-making Research activities supporting the Government's decision-making, known as VN Tutkiva, ensure that there is a strong cross-government knowledge base to serve societal decision-making. The ministr...

Government plan for analysis, assessment and research The objective of the Government plan for analysis, assessment and research that underpins decision making is to ensure that there is a strong and horizontal knowledge base to support decision m...

Good decisions are based on well-researched information The Government's research activities provide information for government decision-making and policy formulation. Read more about what we do Current issues 29.1.2026 | 9:00 Study: Russia’s infl...

Good decisions are based on well-researched information The Government's research activities provide information for government decision-making and policy formulation. Read more about what we do Current issues 29.1.2026 | 9:00 Study: Russia’s infl...

Good decisions are based on well-researched information The Government's research activities provide information for government decision-making and policy formulation. Read more about what we do Current issues 29.1.2026 | 9:00 Study: Russia’s infl...

Good decisions are based on well-researched information The Government's research activities provide information for government decision-making and policy formulation. Read more about what we do Current issues 29.1.2026 | 9:00 Study: Russia’s infl...

Good decisions are based on well-researched information The Government's research activities provide information for government decision-making and policy formulation. Read more about what we do Current issues 29.1.2026 | 9:00 Study: Russia’s infl...

Good decisions are based on well-researched information The Government's research activities provide information for government decision-making and policy formulation. Read more about what we do Current issues 29.1.2026 | 9:00 Study: Russia’s infl...

Good decisions are based on well-researched information The Government's research activities provide information for government decision-making and policy formulation. Read more about what we do Current issues 29.1.2026 | 9:00 Study: Russia’s infl...

Good decisions are based on well-researched information The Government's research activities provide information for government decision-making and policy formulation. Read more about what we do Current issues 29.1.2026 | 9:00 Study: Russia’s infl...

Good decisions are based on well-researched information The Government's research activities provide information for government decision-making and policy formulation. Read more about what we do Current issues 29.1.2026 | 9:00 Study: Russia’s infl...

Good decisions are based on well-researched information The Government's research activities provide information for government decision-making and policy formulation. Read more about what we do Current issues 29.1.2026 | 9:00 Study: Russia’s infl...

Good decisions are based on well-researched information The Government's research activities provide information for government decision-making and policy formulation. Read more about what we do Current issues 29.1.2026 | 9:00 Study: Russia’s infl...

Commissioning research projects To commission the studies serving the Government's decision-making, open calls for proposals are held based on the Government's annual research plan. The calls for proposals are open to higher education institutions...

Research plans The Prime Minister's Office asks the ministries to identify their information needs and submit them for inclusion in an annual research plan. The information needs must meet the criteria for government research and development . As ...

Working group for the coordination of the Government's research activities The working group for the coordination of the Government’s research activities is a body that facilitates cooperation and exchange of information between the ministries. Th...

Data protection Contact information Controller Prime Minister’s Office, PO Box 23, FI-00023 Government, Finland Registry: kirjaamo.vnk(at)gov.fi and Prime Minister’s Office, Government Strategy Department: [email protected] The Data Protection Omb...

30.4.2026 | POLICY BRIEF 2026:2 Perspectives into topical issues in society and ways to support political decision-making. The producers of the information are responsible for its content, and it does not necessarily represent the views of the Government. Tow...

29.1.2026 | A study carried out by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs together with the University of Helsinki and the Tampere University examined Russia’s full-spectrum influence activities directed at Finland since the 2000s and their effects on Finnish society and decision-making.

13.11.2020 | For the government to formulate policies that address the most pressing questions of the 21st century, it must first address the structural and cultural problems of its policy-making processes. Solving wicked problems requires policy-making that moves away from the illusion of top-down steering into a networked model. The review ’Humble Government’ describes how a humble approach to policy-making can help the Government in building truly long-term policy-making when dealing with wicked problems.