Topic: research

Birute Klaas-Lang was elected as the academy research professor in Estonian language and its teaching and Meelis Kull as the academy research professor in artificial intelligence.

On 24 May, at 14:15 Rodolfo Basile will defend his doctoral thesis "Invenitive-Locational Constructions in Finnish: A Mixed Methods Approach” for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Finnic languages).

The results of the QS World University Rankings by Subject have just been published, where Linguistics achieved a particularly outstanding result among the fields of research at the University of Tartu.

The keynote speeches of the conference are given by Bogi Takács Perelmutter (University of Kansas) (US), Anindita Banerjee (Cornell University) (US) and Meelis Friedenthal (University of Tartu) (EST).

On 10 May, at 14:15 Lydia Risberg defended her doctoral thesis "Sõnatähendused ja sõnaraamat. Kasutuspõhine sisend eesti keelekorraldusele".

On 8 April, the conference “Out of the Shadows. Unearthing Women’s Stories of the Past” will be held in the main building of the University of Tartu.

The recent Estonian Science Barometer survey, commissioned by the Estonian Research Council, revealed that the Estonian population’s trust in science and researchers remains relatively high, exceeding 70%, similar to four years ago

Conference "Methodologies and Ideologies in Interreligious Engagement: Building Bridges in a Multipolar World" (ESITIS 2024)!

XV International Tartu Semiotics Summer School titled “Learning in Transformation” takes place from August 28 to 31 in Viljandi, Estonia. The focus of the summer school revolves around themes related to learning, teaching, and schools (not least including the Tartu-Moscow school of semiotics). Registration is open until July 1st.

 The 14th CIFU will take place in August 2025 at the University of Tartu and the main organizer is University of Tartu Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics.