Skytte news

Ten students from the MA programme in International Relations and Regional Studies (IRRS) at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies arrived in Pristina, Kosovo on Monday for a week long study trip as part of the course “Practical Field Research in the Conflict Areas.”

Researchers of the University of Tartu participate in a joint project of six countries, which aims to raise the capability of organisations dealing with domestic violence in representing the interests of elderly victims of abuse in the health care system and politics.

On Thursday, 27 April, Mr Keit Kasemets, Head of European Commission Representation in Estonia, will give a talk "Coping with challenging times: perspective of the European Commission". The talk takes place at 10.00 at Lossi 36-214. In his lecture, Mr Kasemets will give insights about the tasks of the European Commission and discuss various contemporary domestic and international issues that require the European Union’s attention.

Students of the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies are organising a gesture in solidarity with Central European University (CEU) on Thursday at 13.45. Everyone wishing to express their support are welcome to attend.

Amartya Sen, Thomas W. Lamont Professor at Harvard University, wins the 23rd Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. Sen is awarded the Prize for his multisided scholarship, “combining insights on the vulnerabilities of humankind with knowledge on the unique capacities of democratic political power to mitigate and diminish this exposure.”

On April 20-22, 2017, Narva College of the University of Tartu holds the annual International Student Research Conference gathering students from Estonia to Azerbaijan. With its seventeen years of tradition, Narva student conference is one of the longest standing student conferences in Estonia. This year for the first time the conference is organised in cooperation with Master’s students of Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies.

On April 12th, the second session in the Series in Master Class Trainings for the International Relations and Regional Studies MA programme took place in Tartu. This session “International Negotiations Processes “ was carried out as a training seminar by Dr Paul Meerts who is a Senior Research Associate at Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations, as well as a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges.

Starting from February 2017, the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies is hosting visiting scholars from Eastern European and Eurasian countries, supported from the OSF Eurasia programme.

On April 4, students interested in the Estonian e-governance experience met with various experts in Tallinn. The main aim of the trip was to introduce students to the institutions and practitioners who are in charge of developing, designing and supervising Estonian e-services.

Students from the MA-level course on Public Governance held a Master Class on policy writing and advocacy in Tallinn on April 6. The aim of the event was to provide students with a practical experience in the field.

On April 4, students interested in the Estonian e-governance experience met with various experts in Tallinn. The main aim of the trip was to introduce students to the institutions and practitioners who are in charge of developing, designing and supervising Estonian e-services.

Henrik Lax, former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) will visit Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies.

The academic community at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, University of Tartu is writing to express solidarity with Central European University and with concern at the proposed legislative changes to CEU’s status in Hungary. These changes would endanger the academic freedom vital for CEU’s continued operation in Budapest and would strike a blow against the academic freedom that enables all universities, including those in Hungary, to flourish.

The University of Tartu (Estonia) announces a call for applications for doctoral candidates and PhD-holding academics in the Social Sciences for a five-month fellowship at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, supported by the Eurasia Programme of the Open Society Foundations.

Three courses from the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies received an Estonian e-course quality label 2017. The recognition is awarded by the The Information Technology Foundation for Education (HITSA).

Students from the Democracy and Governance programme toured the Supreme Court of Estonia on March 14.

The Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies invites you to the next event in our Election Analysis Series: Dutch Elections: the Winner Doesn’t Take it All on Thursday, 16 March at 11:00-12:00, Lossi 36-214

On March 10, the MA-students and staff of the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies visited Ämari airbase.

The Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies invites you to public lectures by the candidates applying for the position of Professor of Asian Politics. It is a remarkable opportunity to listen several lectures by high-level experts within just two days. The Asian professorship seeks to develop new competence in Skytte institute in Asian politics with a special emphasis on People’s Republic of China.