Topic: research

Imagining a future entirely different from today can be the most effective risk adaptation strategy. At the Scientific Advisory Board’s conference “Viirustega tulevikku” (“To the future with viruses”), a panel of top Estonian scientists and officials discussed what resources and decisions future pandemics require and what trends influence how Estonian society will cope with pandemics in the upcoming decades. The panel discussion “Pandemics in a future society” was moderated by Triin Vihalemm, Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Tartu.

On 13 December at 10:15 Laura Helena Kivi will defend her doctoral thesis „Regional labour markets and assimilation of foreign labour force“

The Fair Transition Fund’s consortium of Tallinn University of Technology and the University of Tartu will implement 22 research projects in Ida-Viru County over the next six years to support socioeconomic change in the region and meet the development needs of companies.

On 27 November at 12:30 Iuliia Trabskaia will defend her doctoral thesis „Idea and opportunity identification and implementation within the entrepreneurial process and journey“

On 14 November at 14:15 Mark Kantšukov will defend his doctoral thesis „Valuation of companies under the distributed profit taxation system“

On 16 October, the first cooperation seminar of Tallinn University of Technology and the University of Tartu’s consortium of the Just Transition Fund was held at the Virumaa College of the Tallinn University of Technology. The event brought together 22 research teams whose work will help develop technologies and monitor societal transition in the Ida-Viru region over the next six years.

Research Seminar "Impacts of climate change mitigation measures on the Estonian economy"

The three-minute thesis competition for University of Tartu doctoral students brought together young researchers of many disciplines.

The University of Tartu, in cooperation with the Tallinn University of Technology, have developed a strategy and action plan for developing health technologies and services for 2023–2028. By the end of the decade, the strategy aims to have at least 200 research-intensive companies with international reach operating in this field in Estonia, helping prevent and treat diseases both in Estonia and worldwide.

DeFacto Dialogues, October 5