Topic: research

From June 10–12, Tartu will host the 10th Annual Conference on East European and Eurasian Studies, where key cultural, social, economic, and political trends affecting Eastern Europe and Eurasia will be discussed. The conference will bring together more than 200 scholars from around the world.

Data collection for the European Social Survey will begin in Estonia in June. The survey has been conducted in Estonia every two years since 2004. This time, in addition to trust, wellbeing, attitudes and values, the survey will focus more closely on people’s attitudes towards immigration..

TEDx University of Tartu brings people together to share “ideas worth spreading” across diverse topics on 2 June at the University of Tartu Delta Centre.

The call for applications for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships is open until 9 September 2026. In April and May, the Estonian Research Council (ETAG) will host info sessions to help prospective applicants prepare their applications.

Speaker application is open until April 1 for TEDxUniversity of Tartu.

23–24 April 2026 Tallinn University, Estonia

On September 3-4, partners of the new “Energy Poverty Nexus” project met in Athens for a kick-off meeting to discuss the cooperation of the next three years.

Over the past month, the Skytte Institute has been working with the academic staff of Moldova State University, to develop the first-ever MOOC to be created and offered by a Moldovan university.

Led by the Dean’s Office of the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Centre for Sustainable Development of the University of Tartu, a guidance material has been developed for researchers on how to conduct interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research.