Topic: research

As threats to academic freedom intensify worldwide, The Guild – including the University of Tartu as a member – urges the EU and national governments to take firm steps to safeguard academic freedom and strengthen Europe’s appeal to top researchers.

Kelli Lehto, Associate Professor of Neuropsychiatric Genomics at the University of Tartu, is leading a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) grant project that brings together genetics, psychology, and data science to investigate the causes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults and enhance diagnostic methods.

The Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs, in cooperation with the University of Tartu’s High Performance Computing Centre, have announced a major procurement for the purchase of graphics processors to increase the country’s computing capacity and accelerate the development of AI solutions.

Estonian space education and space technology are entering a new phase. On 22 August, the University of Tartu (UT), Tallinn University of Technology and the Estonian Student Satellite Foundation signed an official cooperation agreement to initiate a joint space programme running for at least three years.

Centres of excellence bring together high-level research teams that work on close research themes to conduct high-level international research and to develop and apply innovative ideas.

There are two European centres of excellence at the University of Tartu, funded by the Teaming for Excellence action under the European Commission’s research and innovation funding programme Horizon Europe.

8. septembril 2025 kell 16.15 kaitseb Marina Bulakhova vene kirjanduse erialal doktoritööd „Генезис русской уголовной прозы 1860–1890 гг“ („1860.–1890. aastate vene kriminaalproosa genees“).

In the genetic study on heart health led by the University of Tartu Estonian Biobank, the required number of participants – just over 2,500 gene donors – have now expressed their willingness to take part. With their help, researchers aim to determine whether heart disease can be more effectively prevented with cholesterol-lowering treatment based on genetic risk assessment.

27. augustil 2025 kell 12.15 kaitseb Virginia Rapún Mombiela doktoritööd „Evolución en el uso del artículo por parte de estudiantes de grado estonias de lengua española. Un estudio longitudinal de corpus de aprendientes con énfasis en la influencia interlingüística“ („Evolution of Article Usage Among Estonian Undergraduate Learners of Spanish: a Longitudinal Learner Corpus Study with an Emphasis on Cross-linguistic Influence“).

The work of University of Tartu intersectoral doctoral researcher Eduardo Brito could reshape how we verify truth in the digital world. His research on a decentralised Proof-of-Location system, recently published in Nature Scientific Reports, offers a new way to cryptographically prove where and when something happened, without compromising privacy or relying on centralised authorities.