Topic: research

The Estonian Research Council (ETAG) invites students to participate in the 2026 National Contest for University Students. The last day for submissions is 15 September. This year, the total prize fund exceeds €200,000.

On August 24 at 12:00 Merilin Jürjo will defend her thesis “A Psychological Reception Model of Theatre Performance” (“Teatrietenduse psühholoogiline vastuvõtumudel”).

Doctoral Defence: Tenno Teidearu“Crystals as Significant Materials in New Spirituality: Materiality, Embodiment, and Commerce”

On May 6-8, the Center for Digital Text Studies (DigiTS), in cooperation with the Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures, will organize a 3-day workshop on network analysis in the humanities.

The UNESCO Chair on Applied Studies of Intangible Cultural Heritage has started a new international research project in cooperation with the Södertörn University from Stockholm, Sweden. Combining theories of membership and security, the project proposes the concept of ‘ambivalent securitization’ to describe situations where migrants are viewed as deserving of membership for economic, humanitarian or other reasons, yet simultaneously perceived as a potential threat.

Deadline for submissions: 15 November 2025

Seminarid toimuvad kolmapäeviti algusega kell 14.15.

23–24 April 2026 Tallinn University, Estonia