Topic: research

12th INTECOL Wetlands Conference
12th INTECOL Wetlands Conference from June 29 to July 4, 2025
12. February 2025 internationalresearch
Doctoral defence: Piret Upser "Eesti hädaabikõned: tüübid, teemad ja suhtlusprobleemid"
On 21 March at 14:15 Piret Upser will defend her doctoral thesis "Eesti hädaabikõned: tüübid, teemad ja suhtlusprobleemid" ("Estonian emergency calls: types, topics, and interactional problems").
12. February 2025 research
Doctoral defence: Eleonora Beccari "Mapping and exploring trait spaces across the tree of life"
On February 21 at 10:15 Eleonora Beccari will defend her doctoral thesis "Mapping and exploring trait spaces across the tree of life" for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
11. February 2025 researchfor society
Doctoral defence: Lona Päll "Bridging the Disconnections: An Ecosemiotic Approach to Place-Lore in Environmental Conflict Communication"
On 31 March at 10:15 Lona Päll will defend her doctoral thesis "Bridging the Disconnections: An Ecosemiotic Approach to Place-Lore in Environmental Conflict Communication" for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Semiotics and Culture Studies).
10. February 2025 researchfor society
Doctoral defence: Jack Royd Hall "Dissolved organic carbon dynamics of Baltic Sea macroalgae: production, bioavailability and ecosystem effects"
On 21 February at 14:15 Jack Royd Hall will defend his doctoral thesis "Dissolved organic carbon dynamics of Baltic Sea macroalgae: production, bioavailability and ecosystem effects" for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Hydrobiology and Fisheries).
06. February 2025 researchfor society
Professor of Gas Fermentation Kaspar Valgepea gives his inaugural lecture on recycling carbon oxides in waste
On 25 February at 16:15, Kaspar Valgepea will give his inaugural lecture entitled “How to recycle carbon oxides in waste using bacteria?” at the university assembly hall.
19. February 2025 research
Doctoral defence: Rauno Sedrik “Synthesis and investigation of polymers from different cyclic bio-based monomers”
On 19 February at 13.15 Rauno Sedrik will defend his doctoral thesis “Synthesis and investigation of polymers from different cyclic bio-based monomers”.
04. February 2025 researchfor society
Guidelines for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research have been published
Led by the Dean’s Office of the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Centre for Sustainable Development of the University of Tartu, a guidance material has been developed for researchers on how to conduct interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research. 
31. January 2025 cooperationresearch
Doctoral defence: Irina Khrustaleva "Architecture of the 5th and 4th millennia BC in the northwestern part of the East European Plain"
Doctoral defence: Irina Khrustaleva "Architecture of the 5th and 4th millennia BC in the northwestern part of the East European Plain"
31. January 2025 researchfor society
Doctoral defence: Alejandra Duque Torres "Classifying, Constraining and Ranking Metamorphic Relations"
On 6 February at 10:15 Alejandra Duque Torres will defend her thesis "Classifying, Constraining and Ranking Metamorphic Relations“.
29. January 2025 research