tieteissä

Tieteissä is a Finnish inessive plural form of the noun "tiede" (science), literally meaning "in the sciences" or "within the sciences." The term is used to refer collectively to scientific disciplines, scholarly fields, or the realm of systematic knowledge and research. As a grammatical form, it indicates location or context — for example, discussing phenomena, debates, or developments that occur within various scientific domains.

In usage, tieteissä appears in contexts such as academic writing, media coverage of research, and institutional descriptions to emphasize activities taking place across multiple disciplines. It can denote disciplinary boundaries ("kysymykset tieteissä" — questions in the sciences), interdisciplinary interaction ("tieteissä ja taiteessa" — in the sciences and the arts), or the collective body of scientific inquiry. The word is not a proper noun but a common grammatical construction formed from tieteet (sciences) plus the inessive suffix -ssä.

Etymologically, tieteet derives from Finnish tiete- (root related to knowledge) and shares cognates in other Uralic languages. The concept it represents is central to discussions about research methods, academic norms, funding, and the public role of science. Depending on context, tieteissä may carry neutral descriptive meaning or be used rhetorically to contrast scientific perspectives with those of other domains.