Topic: for society

On 1–2 October 2026, the Centre for Ethics of the University of Tartu will celebrate its 25th anniversary. This quarter-century milestone provides an opportunity to bring together the Centre’s friends, partners, and experts from Estonia and abroad to reflect on the questions and issues shaping the role of ethics today and in the future.

The updated Estonian Code of Ethics for Teachers aims to support teachers’ professional development, reflection on ethical choices, and the maintenance of a shared values-based culture in education.

In the next academic year, the professorship of liberal arts at the University of Tartu will be held by one of the most distinctive creators of audiovisual works in Estonia, the film director, stage director and screenwriter Rainer Sarnet.

At the end of April, the Centre for Ethics of the University of Tartu organised an international staff training week for employees of universities within the Enlight network. The programme focused on the development of values in education, research, and society.

On 21 April at 18, all students and staff of higher education institutions in Tartu are invited to join a group cycle ride, “Rattaga saab!” (“Cycling works!”), starting from Town Hall Square.

On Friday, 27 March at 14:15, an English-language colloquium will take place at the University of Tartu Philosophicum (Jakobi 2–336), addressing common features of the migration experience and discussing their ethical and societal implications.

26. märtsist kuni 12. juunini 2026 saab filosoofia osakonna koridoris vaadata kunstniku ja filosoofiatudengi August Korbi fotonäitust „Thislessness“ („Sel(l)etus“), mis on inspireeritud Kaplinski teosest „Seesama jõgi“ ja filosoof Simone Weili esseest „Attention and Will“ („Tähelepanu ja tahe“).