Topic: research

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.
ERC grant to explore how excessive confidence in science and technology is blocking the deep sustainability turn
European Research Council has awarded a Consolidator Grant to Laur Kanger, Associate Professor of Technology Research at the University of Tartu, to investigate why future technologies can aggravate environmental problems rather than solve them.
04. December 2024 sustainabilityresearch
Maarja Öpik to become Editor-in-Chief of scientific journal New Phytologist
Maarja Öpik, Professor of Molecular Ecology and Director of the Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences of the University of Tartu, will take up the position of Editor-in-Chief of New Phytologist, a scientific journal of plant biology, for five years from January 2025.
19. November 2024 research
IAREP 2025: Behavioural Insights in Research and Policymaking
Call for papers and sessions! Apply by February 2nd and participate in the IAREP Conference on June 17-20th. The event will feature distinguished keynote speakers Anu Realo, Liam Delaney, Elisabeth Costa and Jaan Aru.
19. November 2024 cooperationresearch
Industrial snow: Factories trigger local snowfall by freezing clouds
Anthropogenic aerosols, tiny solid and liquid air pollution particles, have masked a fraction of global warming caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gases.
27. November 2024 research
Funding Nudge 2025: Discover your research funding opportunities
Grant Office invites university researchers to the first info day on research funding at the university library on 12 February 2025.
25. November 2024 research
Mari Tõrv, Kadri-Ann Pankratov and Marju Himma awarded with the Baltic Women in Science fellowships
All three women received the fellowships of €7,000 in recognition of their research so far and to support further research in their scientific fields.
05. November 2024 researchrecognition 
Personality profiles of hundreds of professions published in new study by University of Tartu researchers
Journalists often possess neurotic qualities, while psychologists consider themselves skilled influencers. A study by researchers at the University of Tartu and the University of Edinburgh described which personality traits are common among people in certain jobs.
The newly published book explores children's vulnerability in various relational environments
Vulnerability arises and becomes ingrained through interactions in which both the child and the adult play a role.
Andreas Ventsel speaks at the inaugural lecture on the semiotics of deterrence and Estonian security
13 November Andreas Ventsel will give his inaugural lecture "The semiotics of deterrence and strategic communication in the field of security" in the White Hall of the University of Tartu Museum.
06. November 2024 research