Project: FIN-CLARIAH
Grant agreement: Research Council of Finland no. 367751
Start date: 01-01-2026
Duration: 24 months
WP 2.4: Report on terminology collection
Date of reporting: 30-09-2026
Report authors: Harri Kettunen (UHEL)
Contributors: Terhi Ainiala (UHEL)
Deliverable location: The Helsinki Term Bank for the Arts and Sciences – Tieteen termipankki
Keywords for the deliverable page: –
Since the last report in November 2025, 1,804 new concept pages have been created at the Helsinki Term Bank for the Arts and Sciences (HTB) in the following 37 fields:
Anthropology, Archaeology, Art History, Automation and Control Engineering, Biology, Biosensing and Bioelectronics, Biotechnology, Bioproduct Technology, Botany, Business & Economics, Chemical Engineering, Classical Studies, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Geology, History, Integration of science, Law, Linguistics, Literary Studies, Materials Science, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Media and communication studies, Mesoamerican Studies, Nutrition Science, Open Science, Philosophy, Photonics and Nanotechnology, Physics, Political science, Product Development, Sensory Science, Spatial Planning and Transportation Engineering, Sustainability Science, Theology, and Translation Studies. Furthermore, numerous updates have been made to the database on each field. In addition, the fields of Arctic Research, Geography, and Psychology are working offline until there is a critical mass of terminology to be published at the HTB.
The total amount of concept pages as of September 30, 2026, is 48 160.
HTB has also been working in close cooperation with the Institute for the Languages of Finland (Kotus) on the names of languages of the world. The work continues in 2026 with the aim to cement names of 7900 languages of the world in Finnish.
In 2026 we also continue developing semi-automated processes for detecting terms and their relevant definition contexts, a project that started in 2024.
Since January 2025, Aalto University has had a directive in which all doctoral students must ensure that the key terminology of their doctoral thesis is also available in Finnish and/or Swedish. This terminology work is now being implemented at the HTB, adding to the growing number of new fields in the database.
In 2026, HTB has had presentations and other activities at the following conferences, seminars, and other events: Aalto University; Arktikum, University of Lapland; Finnish Conference of Linguistics (Kielitieteen päivät), University of Eastern Finland; HTB steering group; and HTB subject field coordinators’ meeting.
In November 2025, HTB conducted two surveys: one targeting users and another aimed at content experts. Both surveys closed on 21 November. We received 436 responses to the user survey and 53 responses to the expert survey. The results will be disclosed in an article to be published in the journal Virittäjä.
The HTB has external funding left for the 2026–2027 academic year from the grant “Tieteen termipankin monitieteinen termityöhanke” (Tieteen tiedotus ry) to promote the following fields at HTB: Anthropology, Arctic Research, Geography, Indigenous studies, and Mathematics.
On November 5–6, the HTB will organize a two-day conference (Tieteen termipankin 15-vuotisjuhlakonferenssi) at the University of Helsinki.
The new Director or HTB from August 2026 onwards is Prof. Terhi Ainiala.
FIN-CLARIAH project has received funding from the European Union – NextGenerationEU instrument and is funded by the Research Council of Finland under grant number 367751.
Last modified on 2026-11-06
