Topic: research

Dr Nikhil Mahant lecture on dogmas of AI doomsayers
On March 3 at 16:15, at Delta building, room 1008 (Narva mnt 18), Dr. Nikhil Mahant will deliver a talk titled “Two Dogmas of AI Doomsayers”. The lecture can also be followed live via Zoom. Dr. Nikhil Mahant is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow at Uppsala University and is currently a resident at Susimetsa Philosophicum.
25. February 2025 cooperationresearchfor 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: Liva Rudzite-Celmina "Creations Involving Artificial Intelligence Under the European Patent Convention: Legal Implications and Potential Solutions“
7. veebruaril kell 10.00 kaitseb Liva Rudzite-Celmina õigusteaduse erialal doktoritööd „Creations Involving Artificial Intelligence Under the European Patent Convention: Legal Implications and Potential Solutions“ („Tehisintellekti kaasav looming ja Euroopa patendikonventsioon: õiguslikud tagajärjed ja võimalikud lahendused“).
21. January 2025 researchfor society
Career conference focuses on the value of PhD in the labour market
On 11 February, the University of Tartu organises the Estonian Doctoral School’s second Career Conference, The Value of a Doctoral Degree in the Job Market, in the university library.
Maaja Vadi and Priit Vahter Received the Mihhail Bronštein Award in Economics
Professor Priit Vahter, Professor of Applied Economics, and Professor Maaja Vadi, Professor of Management, have been awarded the 2024 Mihhail Bronštein Award by the Estonian Academy of Sciences.
Monograph by Skytte Institute’s Professor of Political Theory is awarded several international book prizes
Eva Piirimäe’s monograph “Herder and Enlightenment Politics” has recently received several awards, the most prestigious being the István Hont Book Prize.
23. December 2024 research
Doctoral defence: Usha Dahal “Health and well-being inequalities in industrially contaminated sites: The case of Ida-Viru County in Estonia”
Doctoral defence: Usha Dahal “Health and well-being inequalities in industrially contaminated sites: The case of Ida-Viru County in Estonia”
04. December 2024 researchfor society