Finnish Physical Society Membership Survey

Finnish Physical Society (FPS) has been active for more than 70 years and we are one of the most active national physics societies in Europe. In recent years the number of our members has shown a declining trend and the changes in society reflect also to operation of FPS. In the board we have been discussing how to develop FPS and guarantee that it will keep flourishing and benefit a wide range of physicists and society at large. Your input will be extremely valuable to us. The results will be gathered together, a summary will be shared to all members and they will be discussed at the Annual Meeting at the next Physics Days that will be organized in Kuopio 17-19.3.2020. Note also that FPS has new webpages: https://www.fyysikkoseura.fi/.

Please fill the following e-form by 21st February, 2020. Your responses are anonymous.

Finnish Physical Society

What do you find the most important reason for you belong to FPS? (select one)

Discount on Physics Days participation fee

Arkhimedes magazine

Networking

Belonging to a community of physicists

Supporting FPS work to promote physics research, education and awareness in Finland

It is important that FPS is a member society of European Physical Society (EPS) which represents the European physics community, providing independent input into science policy issues in Europe

Something else (please specify below)

Most important reason for me to belong to FPS is

How valuable do you find the following current FPS activities/member benefits? (use scale 1- 5, with 5 being most valuable to you and 1 being least valuable to you)

	1	2	3	4	5
Physics Days
Arkhimedes magazine
European Physical Society’s journal Europhysics News
Public lectures (e.g., nobelists, Great Physicists in history series)
Awards for young physicists (e.g., Master’s thesis award)
Grants to advance public awareness in physics
Blog at FPS webpage
FPS Twitter account
FPS Facebook account
Finnish Young Minds
Local sections
Divisions
Women in Physics working group (FinWiP)

What types of events/activities would you like to see more from us in the future? (use scale 1-5, with 5 meaning very important for you to have and 1 being the least important)

	1	2	3	4	5
Public physics-themed seminars and events
Events to promote networking among physicists in Finland
Activities for young researchers
Activities towards equal opportunities in science (Project Juno, Athena Swan,..)?
Activities promoting interactions with companies and industry
Regular information of physics research/education/politics in Finland through social media*
Regular information of physics research/education/politics in Europe through social media
Monthly electronic newsletter summarising highlights related to physics research/education/politics in Finland/Europe and FPS news
Activities arranged by local sections
Activities arranged by divisions

What do you currently like most about FPS?

What our current benefits/activities you find least valuable?

What do you find the primary function of FPS?

What is your opinion about the FPS membership fee (65 EUR regular, 20 EUR young member)

Fee is too high

Fee is high, but I’m happy to pay that to support FPS work

Fee could be at the level as it is now, but I would like to see more activities and benefits from FPS

Fee is reasonable

Fee is too low

Any further comments about the membership fee:

Any other thoughts related to FPS?

Arkhimedes

How interesting are these sections in Arkhimedes (use scale 1- 5, with 5 being most interesting to you and 1 being least interesting to you)

	1	2	3	4	5
News
Scientific articles
Magazine type articles
Reports from conferences/events
Articles about ERC, Centre of Excellence, Flagship etc. projects
Columns

From what themes would you like to read from Arkhimedes

Would you like to have your Arkhimedes

in paper delivered to your home/office

electronically (web)

electronically (pdf via email)

Other ideas for the future of Arkhimedes:

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