Bruno Mölder
Head of Institute
Dr. phil. (Philosophy)
Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics
Jakobi 2, III korrus, ruumid 302-337
51005 Tartu linn,
Tartu linn, Tartumaa
EST
51005 Tartu linn,
Tartu linn, Tartumaa
EST
+372 737 5314
E-mail of the Institute: filosoofia.semiootika@ut.ee
Bruno Mölder
Head of Department
Dr. phil. (Philosophy)
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Topics of research and supervision
Philosophy of mind in general and in particular:
- Interpretivism in philosophy of mind
- Mental fictionalism
- Folk psychology and scientific study of the mind
- Experience of time and the metaphysics of time
- Understanding other people
- Free will
Chair of History of Philosophy
Roomet Jakapi
Head of Chair, Associate Professor of History of Philosophy
PhD (Philosophy)
Jakobi 2–325
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Topics of research and supervision
- Early Modern Metaphysics and Epistemology
- Natural Philosophy and Theology in Early Modern Britain
- Epistemology of Religion
- Religious Pluralism
Riin Sirkel
Associate Professor of Ancient Philosophy
PhD (Philosophy)
Jakobi 2–325
Andrus Tool
Lecturer in History of Philosophy 0.75 p
PhD (Philosophy)
Jakobi 2-324
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Topics of research and supervision
- History of Philosophy
- Hermeneutics
Toomas Lott
Research Fellow in History of Philosophy 0.2 p
PhD (Philosophy)
Jakobi 2–325
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Topics of research and supervision
- History of Philosophy (Ancient)
- Epistemology
Gareth Hugh Paterson
Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy
MPhil (Philosophy)
Jakobi 2–325
Chair of Intellectual History
Pärtel Piirimäe
Head of Chair, Professor of Intellectual History
PhD (History)
Jakobi 2-324
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Topics of research and supervision
- European and Estonian intellectual history
- Early modern political thought and international thought
- History of early modern international law
- History of early modern natural law and moral philosophy
- History of early modern propaganda
- History of historiography
Meelis Friedenthal
Associate Professor of Intellectual History 0.5 p
dr. theol.
Jakobi 2-324
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Topics of research and supervision
- History of European and Estonian intellectual history
- History of theology and philosophy
- History of universities, history of books, disputations, digital humanities
Eduard Parhomenko
Junior Lecturer in History of Philosophy
MA (Philosophy)
Jakobi 2-324
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Topics of research and supervision
- Kant and German Idealism
- Phenomenology
- Aesthetics and Phenomenological Approach to Art
- Estonian Intellectual History and Philosophy
- Soviet Philosophy
Timo Aava
Visiting Research Fellow
Dr. phil.
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Topics of research and supervision
- Phenomenology
- Philosophy of History
Jaanus Sooväli
Research Fellow in Intellectual History
PhD (Philosophy)
Jakobi 2-325
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Topics of research and supervision
- History of Philosophy
- History of Estonian Thought
- 20th-Century Philosophy
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Topics of research and supervision
- Martin Heidegger’s early philosophy
- Phenomenology
- Existentialism
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Topics of research and supervision
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Student disputations
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History of Academia Gustaviana
Chair of Practical Philosophy
Kadri Simm
Head of Chair, Associate Professor of Practical Philosophy
PhD (Philosophy)
Jakobi 2-328
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Topics of research and supervision
- Moral philosophy
- Practical ethics, esp bioethics, medical ethics, ethical aspects of AI
- Research ethics/integrity
- Political philosophy, esp justice, feminist theories
Margit Sutrop
Professor of Practical Philosophy 0.5 p
Dr. phil. (Philosophy)
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Topics of research and supervision
- Ethics
- Aesthetics
- Philosophy of education
Siobhan Kattago
Associate Professor of Practical Philosophy
PhD (Sociology)
Jakobi 2–320
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Topics of research and supervision
- Modernity and its discontents
- History of political thought
- Political philosophy of Hannah Arendt
- Memory, history and tradition
- Critical theory of the Frankfurt school
- Political and social philosophy
- Politics of memory
- Representation and responsibility
Francesco Orsi
Associate Professor of Theoretical Ethics, Programme Director for Philosophy (MA)
PhD (Philosophy)
Jakobi 2-326
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Topics of research and supervision
- Ethics (utilitarianism, deontology etc)
- Metaethics
- History of ethics
- Practical ethics
- Ethics and philosophy of sexuality
- Philosophy of action
Mats Volberg
Lecturer in Practical Philosophy 0.2 p
PhD (Philosophy)
Jakobi 2–326
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Topics of research and supervision
- Political Philosophy
- Ethics
- Philosophy of Education
Andrey Gavrilin
Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy
MA (Philosophy)
Jakobi 2-326
Chair of Theoretical Philosophy
Bruno Mölder
Head of Chair, Professor of Philosophy of Mind
Dr. phil. (Philosophy)
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Topics of research and supervision
Philosophy of mind in general and in particular:
- Interpretivism in philosophy of mind
- Mental fictionalism
- Folk psychology and scientific study of the mind
- Experience of time and the metaphysics of time
- Understanding other people
- Free will
Alexander Stewart Davies
Associate Professor of Philosophy Language, Programme Director for Philosophy
PhD (Philosophy)
Jakobi 2-319
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Topics of research and supervision
- Philosophy of Language (e.g. applied, Estonian-related, social and political
- Epistemology of Testimony (especially miscommunication)
Uku Tooming
Research Fellow in Theoretical Philosophy, Programme Director
PhD (Philosophy)
Jakobi 2–321
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Topics of research and supervision
- Imagination
- Desires
- Epistemology of imagination and memory
- Self-knowledge
- Aesthetic normativity
- Aesthetic experience
- Pleasure
Vivian Puusepp
Research Fellow in Theoretical Philosophy
PhD (Philosophy)
Jakobi 2–328
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Topics of research and supervision
- Philosophy of mind
- Phenomenology
- Social cognition
Miriana Maio
Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy
mag (Language and mind: linguistics and cognitive studies)
Jakobi 2–321
Nikolai Shurakov
Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy 0.5 p
MA (Philosophy)
Jakobi 2–321
Sadaf Ghaffari Zaki
Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy
MPhil (Philosophy)
Jakobi 2–321
Chair of Philosophy of Science
Edit Talpsepp
Acting Head of Chair, Research Fellow in Philosophy of Science
PhD
Jakobi 2-323
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Topics of research and supervision
Philosophy of Science (Biology)
Endla Lõhkivi
Associate Professor of Philosophy of Science
PhD (Philosophy)
Jakobi 2-323
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Topics of research and supervision
- Empirically informed philosophy of science
- Values in science
- Cultures of scientific research
- Objectivity of science
- Disciplinary and interdisciplinary research practices
Ave Mets
Research Fellow in Philosophy of Science 0.4 p
PhD (Philosophy)
Jakobi 2–323
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Topics of research and supervision
- Philosophy and History of Science and Technology
- Epistemology
- Philosophy of Law
Jaana Eigi-Watkin
Research Fellow in Philosophy of Science (employment contract suspended)
PhD (Philosophy)
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Topics of research and supervision
- Social factors in science
- Epistemic/inductive risk
- Science in democratic society
- Participation of non-scientists in science
- Empirically informed philosophy of science
- Objectivity
Tiit Remm
Head of Department, Research Fellow in Semiotics
PhD (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
Jakobi 2-302
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Topics of research and supervision
- Semiotics of space
- Semiotics of the city
- Sociosemiotics
Timo Maran
Professor of Ecosemiotics and Environmental Humanities
PhD (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
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Topics of research and supervision
- Ecosemiotics
- Ecocriticism
- Mimicry
- Estonian nature writing
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Topics of research and supervision
- Biosemiotics
- General semiotics
- Theoretical biology
Peeter Torop
Professor of Semiotics of Culture
PhD (Philology)
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Topics of research and supervision
- Semiotics of culture
- Semiotics of translation
- Semiotics of literature
- Cultural theories
Mihhail Lotman
Visiting Professor of Semiotics 0.1 p
PhD (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
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Topics of research and supervision
- General and cultural semiotics
- Semiotics of verse,
- Rhetorics and poetics
- Analysis of film
- Text theory
- Russian literature
Andreas Ventsel
Professor of Political and Sociosemiotics
PhD (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
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Topics of research and supervision
- Political semiotics
- Semiotic analysis of online communication
- Semiotics of culture
- Poststructuralist discourse theory
Elin Sütiste
Associate Professor of Semiotics
PhD (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
Maarja Ojamaa
Associate Professor of Semiotics
PhD (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
Jakobi 2-314
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Topics of research and supervision
- Semiotics of digital culture
- Semiotics of cultural education
- Cultural autocommunication
- Transmediality
Silvi Salupere
Lecturer in Semiotics
PhD (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
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Topics of research and supervision
- History of semiotics
- Semiotics metalanguage
- Juri Lotman's cultural semiotics
Anti Randviir
Lecturer in Semiotics, Programme Director for Semiotics and Culture Studies
PhD (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
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Topics of research and supervision
- Sociosemiotics
- Semiotics of space
- Subculture studies
- Semiotic language of description
Katre Pärn
Junior Lecturer in Semiotics, Programme Director for Semiotics and Culture Studies (BA)
Jakobi 2-302
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Topics of research and supervision
- Cultural semiotics and analysis of culture
- Semiotics of film and media semiotics
Aleksandr Fadeev
Research Fellow in Semiotics 0.2 p
PhD (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
Alexandra Milyakina
Research Fellow in Semiotics
PhD (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
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Topics of research and supervision
- Cultural semiotics
- Transmedia
- Education of literature
- Digital education
Riin Magnus
Research Fellow in Semiotics 0.75 p
PhD (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
Jakobi 2-302
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Topics of research and supervision
- Urban ecosemiotics
- Jakob von Uexküll’s biosemiotics
- Human-non-human animal communication
- Semiotics of alien species
Nelly Mäekivi
Research Fellow in Semiotics, Programme Director for Semiotics and Culture Studies (MA)
PhD (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
Jakobi 2–302
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Topics of research and supervision
- Ecosemiotics
- Semiotic analysis of hybrid environments
- Zoobiology
Mari-Liis Madisson
Research Fellow in Semiotics
PhD (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
Jakobi 2–313
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Topics of research and supervision
- Semiotics of culture
- Political semiotics
- Media semiotics
- Processes of identification
- Online culture
- Conspiracy theories
Silver Rattasepp
Research Fellow in Semiotics 0.5 p, Programme Director for Semiotics
PhD (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
Jakobi 2–304
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Topics of research and supervision
- Posthumanism
- Animal studies
- Zoosemiotics
- Philosophy of science
Ott Puumeister
Research Fellow in Semiotics
PhD (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
Jakobi 2–313
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Topics of research and supervision
- Political semiotics
- Semiotics of power
- Biopolitics
Tatjana Menise
Research Fellow in Media Semiotics 0.8 p
PhD (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
Jakobi 2–313
Auli Viidalepp
Research Fellow in Semiotics
PhD (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
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Topics of research and supervision
- technosemiotics
- technological systems and society
- deepfakes and synthetic media
- science and technology studies
Hongjin Song
Junior Research Fellow in Semiotics and Culture Studies
MA (Semiotics)
Jakobi 2-304
Krista Tomson
Junior Research Fellow in Semiotics and Culture Studies
MA (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
Jakobi 2–304
James Augustus Bacigalupi IV
Junior Research Fellow in Semiotics and Culture Studies
(Architecture)
Jakobi 2-304
Yekaterina Lukina
Junior Research Fellow in Semiotics and Culture Studies 0.5 p
MA
Jakobi 2–304
Siiri Tarrikas
Junior Research Fellow in Semiotics and Culture Studies
MA (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
Jakobi 2-304
Marta Kucza
Junior Research Fellow in Semiotics and Culture Studies
MA
Jakobi 2-304
Eléa Jessica Pertusati
Junior Research Fellow in Semiotics
MPhil (Contemporary Philosophy)
Jakobi 2–304
Tiina Johanna Pitkäjärvi
Junior Research Fellow in Semiotics and Culture Studies 0.25 p
PhD (Scandinavian Languages)
Jakobi 2–304
Eleni Alexandri
Junior Research Fellow in Semiotics 0.5 p
MA (Semiotics)
Jakobi 2–309
Rene Kiis
Junior Research Fellow in Semiotics
MA (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
Jakobi 2-304
Nina Kozachynska
Junior Research Fellow in Semiotics
MA (Semiotics)
Jakobi 2–304
Sebastian Andres Nabon Hernández
Junior Research Fellow in Semiotics
MA (Semiotics)
Jakobi 2–304
Tuuli Pern
International Relations Specialist (employment contract suspended) 0.5 p
Centre for Semiotic Applications, University of Tartu
Ulla Juske
Administrative Manager (employment contract suspended)
MA (Semiotics and Culture Studies)
Margit Sutrop
Head of Centre
Dr. phil. (Philosophy)
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Topics of research and supervision
- Ethics
- Aesthetics
- Philosophy of education
Mari-Liisa Parder
Research Fellow in Ethics 0.6 p, Research Projects Coordinator 0.2 p
PhD (Media and Communication)
Anu Tammeleht
Research Fellow in Ethics 0.3 p, Methodologist-Trainer of Research Ethics 0.3 p
PhD (Education)
Jakobi 2–329
Marten Juurik
Junior Research Fellow in Ethics 0.25 p
MA (Journalism)
Triin Paaver
Administrative Manager of the Centre for Ethics
MA (Personnel and Development)
Katrin Velbaum
Project Manager 0.5 p
MA (Philosophy)
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Topics of research and supervision
Philosophy of mind in general and in particular: