{"id":4340,"date":"2025-08-01T14:42:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T11:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/?page_id=4340"},"modified":"2026-03-27T08:35:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T06:35:42","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n<section class=\"hero site-banner banner-bg-image section-default left alignfull image\">\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"site-banner-bg section-bg-image \" >\r\n\r\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kuva4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536\u00d71536 size-1536\u00d71536\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kuva4.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kuva4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kuva4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kuva4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kuva4-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\r\n        \r\n            <div class=\"site-banner-content container\">\r\n                <div class=\"row w-100\">\r\n                    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\r\n\r\n                        <h1 class=\"hero-title\">The Free Science Institute of Finland<\/h1><div class=\"inner-content\">\r\n                            <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p class=\"photo-credit has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7d8f28410af7e36b268ec085686f94ab\">Photo: Marika Tervahartiala<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fdcfc74e wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/en\/contact-us\/\">Contact us<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        \r\n        <\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-default is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The Free Science Institute of Finland is a scientific research institute established and run by independent researchers. The institute is guided by the principle of academic freedom, including the possibility to choose research topics, methods and publication channels freely without strategic guidance from universities, private companies or the state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"image-and-text wp-block has-media-on-the-right\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 image-col\">\r\n\r\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kuva2-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kuva2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kuva2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kuva2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kuva2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><div class=\"photo-credit\"><p>Photo: Milla Vikstr\u00f6m.<\/p>\n<\/div>    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 text-col\"><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>The institute values the silence, freedom, slow science and community spirit required by basic research that is not aimed at profit and benefit. The institute will initially operate as a research residence and event organizer, with the goal of expanding into an independent center for free, top-level research similar to the IAS (Institute for Advanced Studies) institutes.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"image-and-text wp-block has-media-on-the-left\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 image-col\">\r\n\r\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stockfors-ilmakuva-1-scaled-1-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stockfors-ilmakuva-1-scaled-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stockfors-ilmakuva-1-scaled-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stockfors-ilmakuva-1-scaled-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stockfors-ilmakuva-1-scaled-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stockfors-ilmakuva-1-scaled-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><div class=\"photo-credit\"><p>Photo: Copyright \u00a9 <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stockforsvillage.fi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stockfors Village<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 text-col\"><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>The institute\u2019s events are organized in Pyht\u00e4\u00e4 (approximately 110 kilometers east of Helsinki), in the culturally and historically significant Stockfors factory area. The institute also organizes events elsewhere in Finland.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-white-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-default is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns nosto-kuva-ja-teksti is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kuva4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4284\" 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class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><em>Photo<\/em>: <em>Milla Vikstr\u00f6<\/em><\/em>m<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Events<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/en\/events\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kuva3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4287\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0075;width:202px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kuva3.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kuva3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kuva3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kuva3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><em>Photo<\/em>: <em>Marika Tervahartiala<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Membership<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/suomenvapaatiedeinstituutti.fi\/en\/membership\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"946\" 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