Topic: about the faculty

During the Faculty of Social Sciences Winter Days, the recipients of the Outstanding Societal Contribution Award and the Act of the Year were announced.

Vibe coding enables creating websites and apps without writing code, using AI. A hands-on workshop shows how an idea quickly becomes a working digital solution.

At its meeting on 2 December, the council of the University of Tartu Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics elected Associate Professor of General Linguistics Ann Veismann as the new head of the institute.

As part of a European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant project, archaeologist Mari Tõrv from the University of Tartu will study how hunter-gatherers across the Northern hemisphere achieved significant population growth and social complexity long before agriculture and cattle farming became the dominating way of life. Tõrv’s research team will contribute to the project with material analysis from the Baltic region.

The University of Tartu Pärnu College building has undergone a major renovation. The refurbished building, offering a contemporary, energy-efficient and learning-friendly environment, will soon be opened.

Next academic year, the professorship of liberal arts will be held by poet, children’s author and prosaist Viivi Luik.

Representative team of the University of Tartu School of Law made it to the top 32 in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.

22. aprillil kell 16.00 toimub projekti „Digitekstide uurimiskeskus“ (DigiTS) avasündmus, mille peaesineja on Tartu Ülikooli digihumanitaaria külalisprofessor Maciej Eder.

A day earlier, professor Andresen will be appointed Honorary Doctor in Sociology of the University of Tartu.

In the summer, two large book donations were made to the University of Tartu Library, adding to its existing collection of books on the classical and early modern periods.