Topic: international

On 12 September, the Skytte Institute welcomed a group of students and staff from Stanford University as part of their study trip to the Baltic states. The visit focused on Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and its wider implications for Estonia.

The Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies and the Ukraine Centre of the University of Tartu are participating in the international project RESTART, which aims to enhance the research and innovation capacity of Sumy State University in Ukraine and support its integration into the international research community.

Skytte Institute contributes to institutional capacity-building at universities in the Western Balkans through its participation in an Erasmus+ capacity-building project in higher education entitled "Triggering Resilience in Up-and-coming Security Threats" (TRUST).

The University of Tartu is pleased to announce that the Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education project “EU-MOLDOVA Master's Programme in European Affairs” (INTEGRA) has been selected for funding, marking a significant step in supporting the Republic of Moldova’s European integration through higher education.

You can now watch TEDx University of Tartu talks on TEDx YouTube channel.

EuroConnect online debate series has successfully come to an end, concluding one of the flagship educational activities of the Erasmus+ project Strengthening Civic Competences and EU Democratic Life.

On 15 June 2026, a pilot workshop was held at the Johan Skytte Institute, to test and refine an innovative scenario-based wargame developed within the research project Prioritising Hybrid Threats.