Research In Estonia

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According to Arumäe, conventional sociological studies can also provide insight into people's attitudes regarding vaccination

Personality traits can predict willingness to vaccinate

Alma Tomingas with colleagues in the laboratory. Source: ÜAM F 231:163 F, Tartu University museum.

Estonia’s first female doctorates were educators and physicians

Parents often discuss screen time for children, but what about the elderly? Screen time could benefit them. Credit: Anete Toming

Research links internet surfing to healthy aging

The role of human beings does not disappear from the administration of justice and legal work, but it is amplified with the help of technologies. Credit: Jelena Rudi

Professor: Legal Professionals Must Invest in Digital Education and Technology to Stay Competitive

Managerial positions can be occupied by individuals with both suitable and unsuitable values for leadership, depending on the specific country and the value under consideration. Photo credit: Rasmus Jurkatam

Ambitious and creative people are more likely to become leaders

This year, seven researchers from Estonian universities made it to the top of the science world. Photo credit: Patrik Tamm

Here’s advice from the top talent in the science world

What is the role of the teacher? A designerly way of thinking brings big questions to classrooms. Photo credit: Pixabay

An Estonian island school is designing education

One of the key questions in the special issue is who is vulnerable in a crisis. Photo credit: Mat Napo/ Unsplash

What makes individuals fall through the safety nets during disasters?

Companies are exploiting the e-residency program. Matti Ylönen from the University of Helsinki concluded in his study that international organisations should pay more attention to upcoming virtual entrepreneurship programs. Photo credit: Pixabay

Study: virtual citizenship falls into a grey area businessmen can exploit

The study of the digital outdoor learning app revealed that teachers pose too many simple recall questions to their students. Picture credit: Priidu Saart

Educators ask too few open-ended, complex questions

The research team and the funder meeting at the Skytte Institute on 11 May 2023. From the left: Adele Atkinson, Rauno Pello, Boris Marte, Leonore Riitsalu, Marianne Schlögl and Marcel Lukas. Photo credit: Kristiina Tõnnisson.

How an Estonian university and an Austrian foundation are improving the world together

“The change can begin at school by cultivating a culture of appreciation and acceptance of difference, which is in the power of teachers,” said Triin Ulla, Tallinn University researcher. Photo credit: Mikhail Nilov/Pexels

Having special kids in ordinary schools sounds fantastic, in theory

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Scientists created an intervention to fight drugs

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Estonian companies have actively grown their businesses. They are now investing abroad more than companies in Central and Eastern Europe. Photo credit: Pixabay

Study: where do Estonian companies invest?

Giving a helping hand or sharing a kind word may be small acts, but they can change lives. Photo credit: Pixabay

One in every fifth child can’t rely on support when bullied at school

Leonore Riitsalu, a research fellow at Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, University of Tartu. Photo credit: Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies

Financial well-being can be achieved anywhere

China isn't a big economic player in Estonia, but it has other interests in this small European country. Photo credit: iStock

Estonia prepares for China’s growing influence

The conference organizers Pia Tikka and Elen Lotman on the stage of Maximus auditorium, Tallinn University. Photo credit: Piret Räni

Baltic conference on neurocinematics is the first of its kind

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Self-discipline differentiates a media pause from pausemedia

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Facebook supports diversity of the Estonian music landscape

In 2018 Bolt became one of Estonia's “unicorns”, a startup company with a value of over $1 billion. Photo credit: Bolt

Why Estonian entrepreneurs are so successful – study explains

Estonian Defense Forces testing Milrem Robotics' unmanned ground vehicle in operation in Mali. Photo credit: Estonian Defense Forces

Most people yet to accept driverless military robots, study shows

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Participation in adult learning requires multilevel support

Most children don't receive the mental health support they need, Estonian researcher Karin Streimann found in her PhD dissertation. Photo credit: Depositphotos

Teachers and parents disagree on children’s well-being, study found

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