Skytte news

Ten students from the MA programme in International Relations and Regional Studies (IRRS) at the University of Tartu’s Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies have been selected to participate in a study trip to Israel-Palestine. The trip will take place within the framework of the course “Practical Field Research in the Conflict Areas” from April 9 – April 17 2016.

On 16-20 March, a delegation from Lviv Ivan Franko State University paid an official visit to the University of Tartu. The representatives of Lviv Ivan Franko State University participated in the Eastern Platform Seminar "Post-soviet space between the EU and Russia. The state of the crisis: winding down or going global?" that took place on 19-20 March 2016 in Tartu, Estonia.

As of 2016, the European College and the Institute of Government and Politics joined forces and merged into the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies. We are therefore especially pleased to announce the creation of the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies Alumni Network and invite you to the opening event which takes place on the 30th April in Tartu at Vilde Kohvik (Vallikraavi 4).

On Monday, 4 April at 14.15, HE Chris Holtby, British Ambassador to Estonia, is meeting students and staff at Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies to discuss British-EU relations and British domestic politics ahead of the UK’s EU referendum in June.

“E-voting in Estonia: Technological Diffusion and Other Developments Over Ten Years (2005–2015)”, a book published in cooperation of the University of Tartu and the Estonian National Electoral Committee, is one of a kind and analyses the changes in participation in e-elections during a ten-year period, the behavioural aspects of e-voting and its social and political impact.

The Center of IT Impact Studies (CITIS) is the only institution in Estonia which does quantitative assessment and modelling of the impact of public e-services and technology. CITIS trains e-state developers, but they also use the data from the e-state to develop new services.

On March 17, Jan Mulder – former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) – will participate to a roundtable discussion with students on the topic “Europe under stress. Which way out of the cris(e)s”?

Professor Stefan Hedlund from the University of Uppsala, Sweden, will give a public lecture entitled: "STRATEGY 2030: A Roadmap to Nowhere for Russia’s Economy"

Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies invites you to a public lecture entitled “The Baltic Sea Region in the World Economy – Challenges and Opportunities” by Pär Nuder, former Minister for Finance of Sweden. 16 March 2016, 10.15-11.45 at Lossi 36-104, Tartu

Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies invites you to a public lecture entitled “The Baltic Sea Region in the World Economy – Challenges and Opportunities” by Pär Nuder, former Minister for Finance of Sweden. 16 March 2016, 10.15-11.45 at Lossi 36-104, Tartu

On February 29, the e-classes offered by the online course “EU-Russia Relations: Between the Vilnius and Riga Eastern Partnership Summits” will officially start.

A new study by researchers at the University of Tartu found that 32 percent of Estonian children and young people experience sexual abuse, but that only a small percentage of them ever turn to a specialist with the problem. Postimees reported that the study also found that slightly more than half of the children and young people affected tell someone about it, but they usually tell a friend, and later on perhaps their mother or a brother or sister, but not the authorities, a social pedagogue, a teacher or a therapist.

This spring semester, Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies will host two Fulbright Scholars from the US, giving lectures on the US and Latin American politics, international trade, economics and social justice.

We are glad to announce that the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies will host, on March 18-19, a two-day seminar entitled “Post-soviet space between the EU and Russia. The state of the crisis: winding down or going global?” The event is jointly organized by the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies of the University of Tartu and the University College London, in cooperation with "Eastern Platform-Platform Ukraine", a multidisciplinary project based at the School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies (SSEES).

Jean Monnet Network „Developing European Studies in the Caucasus” (DESCNet) Call for participation: Winter School Pyatigorsk 2016 „European Integration and the Future of Civil Society in the Caucasus” 13 – 19 March 2016, Pyatigorsk (Russian Federation)

On July 10-13, 2016 European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Graduate Student Conference will take place in Tartu. ECPR conference is the biggest graduate student conference in the field of Political and Social Sciences in Europe and a good opportunity to attend an international conference in Estonia.

Starting on 1 January 2016, the Institute of Government and Politics and the European College of the University of Tartu merged and formed the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies. The new Institute will be remarkable in its integration of advanced teaching and research methods in both Estonian and English.

Starting from 4 January, the UT Library in cooperation with the UT Student Council is open three hours longer from Monday to Thursday during three weeks. The library is open from 9:00 to 01:00. Children of library users are again welcome in the playroom Nimmik-Nummik.

Please join us for the opening events of the academic year! The Opening Cermony of the University of Tartu for the 2015/2016 academic year takes place on Monday, August 31 at 10 am at St. John's Church, Tartu. The Opening Cermony of the Faculty of Law will be held on Monday, August 31 at 2 pm in the White Hall of the Museum of the University of Tartu (Lossi St.