Topic: for society

Construction of a new University of Tartu academic and research building will begin next year in Maarjavälja, next to the University of Tartu Physicum. Anyone interested is invited to dig up plants they would like to keep and give them a new home.

On Thursday, 1 October, the second lecture “How strong is our will to defend?” was held in the lecture series by the University of Tartu’s first Professor of Resilient Futures, Martin Herem. The topic was explored by guest lecturer Kairi Kasearu, Professor of Empirical Sociology.

The University of Tartu and The Guild of research-intensive universities, together with the Estonian Academy of Sciences and Universities Estonia, call on the Estonian government to oppose cuts to research and innovation funding in the ongoing negotiations over the European Union’s next long-term budget in the European Council.

The University of Tartu is looking for two students to represent the university and Estonia at ConSIMium 2027, a simulation of the EU decision-making process.

The University of Tartu, together with seven leading European university networks and research organisations are calling on EU policymakers to increase investment in research and innovation in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).

A recently completed study on conspiracy theories, the most extensive one ever conducted in Europe, found that narratives circulating across national borders adapt to local history, cultural memory and social tensions. A book presenting the study’s findings has now been published, co-edited by Mari-Liis Madisson, Associate Professor of Semiotics at the University of Tartu.

On 31 August, Prime Minister Kristen Michal convened a government advisory board of digital safety experts, including five researchers from the University of Tartu, who advocate evidence-based solutions.

Nominations for the Estonian Science Communication Awards can be submitted to the Estonian Research Council (ETAG) until 15 September. The competition aims to recognise outstanding and active science communicators as well as innovative initiatives that promote science to wider audiences.

The professorship of resilient futures aims to bring recognised thinkers and practitioners with significant societal influence to the University of Tartu to reflect on the future of Estonia, democracy and the free world. The first Professor of Resilient Futures, in the 2026/2027 academic year, is General Martin Herem.