Skytte news
Skytte Institute Supports Moldova State University in Creating the Country’s First MOOC
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.
Mark your calendar: three-minute thesis competition for doctoral students will be held on 22 October
We invite engaging presentations from all fields of research, delivered in clear language, in Estonian or English.
Quality label awarded to four Skytte e-courses
Four e-courses created by the staff of Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies received an e-course quality label in the competition "Estonian E-course Quality Label 2025", organised by the e-learning quality working group of the Estonian Quality Agency for Education.
GoGREEN Tuesdays Webinar Series Kicks Off with Focus on Local Climate and Energy Planning
LOCAL GoGREEN project is launching a new webinar series titled “GoGREEN Tuesdays: Ideas in Action” to help in the development and implementation of Integrated Climate and Energy Plans (ICEPs).
Representatives of Romanian royal family visited University of Tartu
On Tuesday, 20 May, representatives of the Romanian royal family – Her Majesty Margareta and her husband Prince Radu – visited the University of Tartu. In the university’s senate hall, Prince Radu delivered a public presentation about the security of the EU’s and NATO’s Eastern border.
Public lecture and book discussion
Monday, 19 May 2025 at 4:15-6:00pm in the rotunda at the Old Anatomical Theatre, 10 Uppsala Street (Dome Hill) Isaac Nakhimovsky (Yale University) will be in discussion with Eva Piirimäe, Pärtel Piirimäe and Hent Kalmo (University of Tartu)
President Toomas Hendrik Ilves' public lectures in May
President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Visiting Professor of Democracy in the Digital Age at the
University of Tartu, will deliver two public lectures in May.
Estonian universities and Estonian Research Council call to act on injustice
All Estonian public universities will celebrate Diversity Week from 5–11 May for the second year. This year’s focus is on encouraging people to notice and to act.
Tartu Student Days Spring Festival features more than one hundred diverse events
Most of the events taking place during the Tartu Student Days Spring Festival from 25 April to 3 May are organised by student organisations from Tartu’s higher education institutions.
Abstract submission for the international student conference "Bridges in the Baltics" has started
Undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students from universities in the Baltic countries, including the University of Tartu, are invited to an international student conference ”Bridges in the Baltics“, held at the University of Latvia in Riga from 9 to 10 October 2025. Conference abstracts can be sent until 30 June 2025.
Doctoral Defence: Eoin Micheál McNamara “The Risk Society’s Stabilisation Failure? An Analysis of NATO and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan”
On 9 May at 13:00 Eoin Micheál McNamara will defend his doctoral dissertation "The Risk Society’s Stabilisation Failure? An Analysis of NATO and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan".
Apply for the University of Tartu Asia Centre scholarship
Apply for the University of Tartu Asia Centre scholarship
Call for Applications: 2nd Skytte REPAIR Graduate Conference
The Skytte REPAIR Graduate Conference 2025. The event is particularly recommended to students who plan to defend their thesis in the Spring semester.
Strengthening Democratic Resilience: Skytte Institute Engages in Discussions on Disinformation in France and Belgium
Over the past week, Stefano Braghiroli took part in a series of high-level discussions on disinformation and democratic resilience in France and Belgium.
Applications to international bachelor’s studies and integrated studies in Medicine can be submitted until 15 April
The University of Tartu invites international students interested in English-taught curricula to submit their applications in DreamApply.
Skytte Institute receives funding for the new ESTDEV project - CONNECT4MORE
Project aims to strengthen Moldovan higher education by enhancing teaching competencies, boosting students' understanding of European Studies, and bringing together Estonian and Moldovan students.
Professor of Political Theory Eva Piirimäe gives her inaugural lecture on the history of self-determination of peoples
On 10 April, Eva Piirimäe, Professor of Political Theory at the University of Tartu, gives her inaugural lecture (in Estonian) on the self-determination of peoples in historical perspective.
UT students' interest in studying at ENLIGHT partner universities has increased
The call for the Erasmus+ intra-European mobility application for the 2025/2026 academic year closed in March, revealing increased interest among students in studying at ENLIGHT universities.
Romanian EDGE Institute Delegation Visits Johan Skytte Institute to Explore Digital Innovation and Future Partnerships
On March 26, the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies at the University of Tartu had the honour of welcoming a high-level delegation from Romania’s recently launched EDGE Institute.
Doctoral Defence: Sanshiro Hosaka “Nothing but Politics? Explaining the Reproduction of Russian Narratives About the Events in Ukraine Among Japanese Scholars and Intellectuals 2014–2019”
On 11 April Sanshiro Hosaka will defend his doctoral dissertation “Nothing but Politics? Explaining the Reproduction of Russian Narratives About the Events in Ukraine Among Japanese Scholars and Intellectuals 2014–2019” for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Political Science).
