Topic: research

Europe’s innovation gap cannot be closed overnight yet needs urgent action
Although several measures have been put in place to close the innovation gap between the old and the new EU member states, the gap continues to increase.
Doctoral defence: Rahul Goel “Mining social well-being using mobile data”
Rahul Goel kaitseb doktoritööd „Mining Social Well-being Using Mobile Data“
13. June 2023 researchfor society
Doctoral defence: Heidi Ann Erbsen “The making of ‘Imagined global communities’: the ‘orientation’ and ‘orientalization’ of Russian speaking audiences“
Doctoral defence: Heidi Ann Erbsen "The making of ‘Imagined Global Communities’: the ‘orientation’ and ‘orientalization’ of Russian speaking audiences".
13. June 2023 researchfor society
Doctoral defence: Maarjaliis Paavo “Short-wavelength and near-infrared autofluorescence imaging in recessive stargardt disease, choroideremia, PROM1-macular dystrophy and ocular albinism”
19. juunil kell 14.00 kaitseb Maarjaliis Paavo doktoritööd „Short-Wavelength and Near-Infrared Autofluorescence Imaging in Recessive Stargardt Disease, Choroideremia, PROM1-Macular Dystrophy and Ocular Albinism“.
12. June 2023 researchfor society
Doctoral defence: Sirje Sammul “Prevalence and risk factors of arterial hypertension and cardiovascular mortality: 13-year longitudinal study among 35- and 55-year-old adults in Estonia and Sweden”
On 14 June at 14:00 Sirje Sammul will defend her doctoral thesis “Prevalence and risk factors of arterial hypertension and cardiovascular mortality: 13-year longitudinal study among 35- and 55-year-old adults in Estonia and Sweden”.
12. June 2023 researchfor society
Doctoral defence: Nino Kokashvili “Public sector evolution under conditions of political business cycle – theory and empirical evidence“
On 21 June at 11:00 Nino Kokashvili will defend her doctoral thesis “Public sector evolution under conditions of political business cycle – theory and empirical evidence” for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Economics).
09. June 2023 research
Researchers from more than 30 countries across the world will gather in Tartu to discuss the past, present, and future of Eastern Europe and Eurasia
The Seventh Annual Tartu Conference on East European and Eurasian Studies on 11–13 June 2023 will bring more than 200 researchers from 33 countries to Tartu
08. June 2023 cooperationresearch
Anniversary conference on the study of emotions brings top philosophers to Tartu
Conference of the European Philosophical Association for the Study of Emotions will bring together top philosophers from Estonia and around the world to discuss the topic of emotions.
07. June 2023 research
ENLIGHT invites to online lecture on smart systems and robotics
ENLIGHT invites participants to an online lecture on 14 June at 16:00 where three experts discuss modern smart systems and the developments of robotics.  
Doctoral defence: Meeli Arujõe-Sado “Structural effects in aza-peptide bond formation reaction”
On 22 June at 13:15 Meeli Arujõe-Sado will defend her doctoral thesis “Structural effects in aza-peptide bond formation reaction” for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Chemistry).
06. June 2023 researchfor society