Arto Mustajoki, professor emeritus at the University of Helsinki and academician of IEAS, is awarded “in recognition of extensive and meritorious production of information works” by the Finnish Association of Popular Science Literature at the Virtual Book Fair on 24 Oct 2020. Mustajoki has been working as professor of Russian language at the University of Helsinki for over 30 years and an all-rounder in the academic world. As influential scholar in the field of science policy, he is a contributor to many debates and master of promoting science topics. He has also done television programs and educational materials that are in high demand. For half a century, he has been paving the way for Finns to learn more about Russia, its culture and Russian language. One of the main goals of his work is the wish to help people better understand each other.

The first electronic version of the Academicians Directory with information about IEAS European Center members is published.

Finnish Ecumenical Council in collaboration with the University of Helsinki, INAR, The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra (SITRA) and Cultural Centre Sofia organized Sofia Forum Suomi (Finland) - climate forum on 9.-10.Dec.2019. The Forum report was published on 21.9.2020 and contributes the IEAS Europe / PEEX science diplomacy activities. Read the report (only in Finnish).

The IEAS-EUROPE Centre, hosted by INAR Univ.Helsinki, is in close collaboration with PEEX. The IEAS-Europe Center involves 69 actual members and goes on growing. Recently the IEAS-Europe Center has approved 5 new candidatures: Prof. Desheng Dash Wu at Stockholm Univ. / Univ. of Toronto, Prof. Jaana Bäck at INAR, Prof. Yong Xue at the Univ. of Derby, Dr. Sci. Steffen M. Noe at the Estonian Univ. of Life Sciences, Inst.of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Dr. Sci. Vladimir Kutcherov at the Royal Inst. of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm.