Lecture by Prof. Niko Besnier (Uni of Amsterdam) on global sport industry and talent search in the Global South, March 9

  March 9, at 12:15–13:45 Ülikooli 16–214 Lecture “The Sport Industries in the Neoliberal Age and the Reconfiguration of the Future in the Global South” Abstract In recent decades, the global sports industries have undergone radical transformations, as many professional sports have bec...

UT doctoral student developing gelatine scaffolds for skin cells

The University of Tartu Foundation granted the first Valda and Bernard Õun scholarship of 5000 euros to the research of doctoral student of the Faculty of Science and Technology Kaido Siimon who is developing gelatine–based scaffolds for skin cells that can be used for transplants. Kaid...

Publications from the Institute of Psychology

Every year, people affiliated with the Institute of Psychology of the University of Tartu publish more than 50 works in the world's leading scientific journals. Thanks in large part to these works, psychiatry / psychology at the University of Tartu is one of the 1% most widely used in th...

Student Union handed out award money to students

On Wednesday, 15 March, the University of Tartu Student Union distributed to students the 4,000 euros they received as the contribution to society award, aiming to draw attention to the low rates of student allowances and stipends. The money was handed out in 20-euro notes upon presentat...

Translation as Transfer of Cultural Images

Tuesday, 11 May 2021 (14:00-18:00) Organized by the Department of Translation Studies Luc van Doorslaer, luc.vandoorslaer@ut.ee Irina Siseykina, irina.siseykina@ut.ee This colloquium is the fifth workshop of the Cultural Transfer Research Group of the Enlight University Network.

Recent study: third vaccine dose ensures longer protection against coronavirus

In anticipation of the new wave of Covid-19, Estonia has started to administer the fourth vaccine dose, but many people have not received the third dose yet. A recent study shows that after the third vaccination, the antibody count in the body persists at a higher level than after the se...

Estonian

Autumn semester courses of the academic year 2023/2024 Click on the course to see the timetables, course descriptions, requirements etc in the study information system. You can find the course timetable by clicking on the “Event” button under the course name. Language courses: FLLC...

Doctoral theses defended in the Faculty of Medicine

The following doctoral theses have been defended in the Faculty of Medicine since year 2016 (ie since the establishment of the Institute of Clinical Medicine) and they were (co)supervised by the scientists of the Institute of Clinical Medicine:

Does personality influence body weight or vice versa?

Many personality traits are associated with health indicators, such as body mass index. Although personality traits are often believed to affect body mass index, there is little concrete evidence to that effect. Researchers who began to study such associations have come to quite unexpect...

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