The Head of the Department is Professor Sasu Tarkoma and the Deputy Heads of the Department is Veli Mäkinen (1st Deputy Head) and Valtteri Niemi (2nd Deputy Head).
Department council
The department council comprises three professors, the representatives of the department staff, and three students. The members of the department council are elected every three years. The department council has a secretary who makes sure that the minutes of the meetings are distributed.
- Meeting agendas and protocols of 2010-
- Meeting agendas and protocols from 5/2017 in Riihi
- Meeting agendas and protocols of 2007-2009
- Steering committee archive
Members and their deputies for the department council 1 Jan 2016-31 Dec 2017
Professor Sasu Tarkoma is the chair of the department council as the head of the department.
| Member | Deputy | Presenting officials |
|---|---|---|
| Sasu Tarkoma (chair) | ||
| Jussi Kangasharju | Valtteri Niemi | Kjell Lemström |
| Jyrki Kivinen | Aapo Hyvärinen | |
| Tomi Männistö | Veli Mäkinen | |
| Jani Jaakkola | Secretary of the department council | |
| Tiina Niklander | Antti.Pekka Tuovinen | Pirjo Mulari |
| Ella Peltonen | Pirjo Moen | |
| Tero Keinänen | Vili Hätönen | |
| Henna Warva | Heikki Ahonen | |
| Ville-Veikko Saari | Joel Nummelin |
In 2017, the council will convene on Tuesdays at 14.15 ->:
- 17 Jan
- 7 Feb
- 7 Mar
- 4 Apr
- 2 May
- 13 June
- 29 August
- 3 Oct
- 31 Oct
- 5 Dec
- The department council have e-mail meetings, if needed.