social sciences

How much time and energy parents give their children matters more than previously thought. Photo credit: Pixabay/ Anastasia Gepp
Head size can show how we grew up, study shows
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Growing influence of social media during COVID-19 crisis
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International study reveals the effects of COVID-19 on the experience of public transport
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Flexible working time as an opportunity to save costs and increase productivity
Around half of the population is retired in Transnistria. A stroll through Tiraspol during lockdown. Photo credit: private collection
Surviving isolation in an isolated place
Understanding vulnerabilities is important to ensure that children will succeed better in influencing their own lives positively. Photo credit: Aron Urb.
Being Aware of Vulnerabilities Help Children to Manage Their Lives Better
The 2016 election won by Donald Trump did not leave anyone indifferent.
Emotion regulation after a lost election
The research team led by Tuvikene is fanning out across Europe to investigate the metros, trams and buses in London, Brussels, Tallinn, Turku, Finland; Dunkirk, France; Leipzig, Germany; Kharkiv, Ukraine; Minsk, Belarus; and Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Photo credit: ERR / Siim Lõvi.
Science|Business: Is there more to public transport than moving people around?
Children are not just allowed to play with iPads in Estonian schools, they are expected to.
Estonians are building the school of tomorrow
Estonian teachers and schools are very open to innovation.
Cooperation contributes to innovation in education
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Estonian university leads an international innovation project
The kind of intervention developed by Prof. Harro and his team could prompt more people to drive within the speed limits or take traffic regulations more seriously. Photo credit: Taaniel Malleus.
Science|Business: Keeping drivers’ impulses in check
Project IKID research seminar at the University of Lausanne with participants from Estonia, Switzerland, Cambodia and Laos. Photo by: Aaro Hazak.
Studying South-East Asian transition economies is a success story of EU-funded research
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Can obesity be compared with addiction?
According to theory, people often use digital technologies to cope with negative emotions . Photo by: unsplash.com.
How excessive smartphone use may take its toll on mental health
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E-residency contributes to the reproduction of digital inequalities
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Every 5th tot under the age of 3 in Estonia uses smartphone daily
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How Estonian Vegan Men Challenge Stereotypes
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University of Tartu professor to develop AI for improving business processes
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Chemists warn against unreasonable wastage upon acquisition of scientific equipment
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Ready for utopia? How Estonians see citizen’s income discussion
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Compared to other European countries, Estonian children experience fewer Internet threats
Nowadays, giftedness is mostly associated with children, which may leave the needs of people in other age groups in the background. Author/source: Alice Achterhof/Unsplash
Giftedness is valued in Estonia but its carriers are left in the shadows
Journalists need to carry out tasks for various mediums – work that used to be carried out by four journalists 20 years ago is now being done by one. Author/source: unsplash.com
Stress and burnout among Estonian journalists is caused by the lack of routine

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