About WGSS

The Working Group for Social Sciences (WGSS) in the Finnish-Russian Commission for Scientific and Technological Cooperation is an advisory and expert body on an ongoing basis established under the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Co-operation between RF Government and the Government of the Republic of Finland (Helsinki, 11 July 1992).

WGSS is headed by Finnish and Russian representatives on the bilateral basis:

FINLAND – Prof. RIITTA KOSONEN, CEMAT Director (School of Economics, Aalto University, Finland)

RUSSIA – Academician Prof. ALEXANDER NEKIPELOV, RAS Vice-President (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)

Within WGSS framework, Centre for Markets in Transition (CEMAT) of the School of Economics in Aalto University organised a series of Finnish and Russian seminars in 2005–2010.

For information on past seminars click here: http://cemat.aalto.fi/en/seminars/