Topic: research

Doctoral studies are a part of the career path, giving you the knowledge and future skills needed to become a top specialist or manager.

University of Tartu’s philosophers received funding from the Estonian Research Council for the project “Imagination in Cognition: Contemporary and Ancient Perspectives”. The five-year project brings together contemporary and Ancient Greek perspectives on imagination to better understand its diverse roles in human cognition. The project is led by Uku Tooming, with research team members Roomet Jakapi, Toomas Lott, and Riin Sirkel.

Led by the Dean’s Office of the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Centre for Sustainable Development of the University of Tartu, a guidance material has been developed for researchers on how to conduct interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research.

The Department of Philosophy and Semiotics is delighted to announce that in the 2024 Estonian National Student Research Competition, our former students received several awards and recognitions in the Humanities and Arts category for their thesis. We warmly congratulate our alumni and their supervisors on these outstanding achievements!

On October 25, 2024, the University of Tartu Senate appointed Associate Professor of Practical Philosophy, Kadri Simm, as Professor of Practical Ethics. This new professorship is distinguished from practical philosophy and theoretical ethics by its focus and interdisciplinary approach, particularly its integration with social science research methods and applicability. In recent decades, demand for expertise in the field on practical ethics has increased significantly both within the university and in society.

In the summer, two large book donations were made to the University of Tartu Library, adding to its existing collection of books on the classical and early modern periods.

The issue 52(1/2) of Sign Systems Studies has been published. It contains articles on, starting from cell biology and diagrams to semiocide and the welfare of cats.

On October 3, Daria Arkhipova defended her doctoral thesis "How Artificial Intelligence Recommendation Systems Impact Human Decision-Making" in semiotics and culture studies with cum laude at the joint committee of the University of Tartu and the University of Turin.

The registration for three-minute thesis competition ends on 19 September.

PhD research seminar 2024 in Tartu ‘Methodologies in city translation research’ 30 Sep - 2 Oct 2024