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Thirteen University of Tartu researches among the most influential in the world

Sten Hankewitz / November 22, 2018

The recently released 2018 Highly Cited Researchers Report by Clarivate Analytics includes 17 scientists from Estonia, 13 of whom work at the University of Tartu. The Highly Cited Researchers Report lists over 6,000 most influential natural and social scientists of the last decade, based on the Web of Science database. Last year the report listed […]

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Estonian and Spanish scientists discover a simple way to improve infertility treatment

Silver Tambur / November 1, 2018

Scientists from Estonia and Spain have published a study in Human Reproduction, a top journal in the field, that can benefit the couples who have experienced repeated IVF failure. In 2017, more than 2,800 in vitro fertilisation (IVF) procedures were carried out in Estonia, resulting in the birth of 430 babies, which accounts for 3%

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Getting off the ground with Estonian-founded RocketFuel scholarship

Ede Schank Tamkivi / October 25, 2018

The Estonian-founded RocketFuel Scholarship, worth €1,000, helps those who want to learn some 21st century skills all by themselves, taking advantage of the multitude of online resources out there. “If you come from the humanities background like me and want to start programming, you’ll instantly get confused: there are so many options that will lead

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Digital textbooks introduced in Estonian schools

Estonian World / October 6, 2018

All basic school students in Estonia will be able to use free digital textbooks, making school bags lighter and saving money for parents. The digital textbooks will be available in Estonian and Russian. They will not eliminate the traditional books completely – not for now, anyway – but children no longer need to carry all

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Who owned the right of the first night in Estonia?

Merili Metsvahi / October 1, 2018

The right of the local noble to deflower local peasant brides on their wedding night before their newlywed husbands holds a certain place in the nation’s cultural memory – but where’s the truth? This article is brought to you in collaboration with the University of Tartu blog. The right of the first night, or the right

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Jüri Allik: Four recipes for becoming a top researcher

Jüri Allik / September 3, 2018

Jüri Allik, Professor of Experimental Psychology at the University of Tartu, belongs to the top one per cent of the world’s most cited scientists in his field. Here, Professor Allik unveils a few secrets to a researcher’s success.* This article is brought to you in collaboration with the University of Tartu blog. One might think there’s no need

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University researchers win a €3.1 million to help Estonian and other European police fight crime

Sten Hankewitz / August 29, 2018

Researchers from the University of Salford have won a €3.1 million funding bid to help police across Europe, including Estonia, find innovative ways to improve how they fight crime. The funding, awarded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 Security Research Programme, will enable a team of academics to work closely with six European law enforcement

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Estonia 24th in the Global Innovation Index 2018

Sten Hankewitz / August 15, 2018

Estonia has been ranked 24th in this year’s Global Innovation Index, compiled by Cornell University, INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organisation, having moved up by a spot compared with the 2017 index. Estonia is preceded by Iceland and followed by Malta; the Czech Republic, which came just before Estonia in the 2017 index, has

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Tallinn Technology University’s researcher receives a prestigious European grant

Estonian World / August 1, 2018

The senior researcher of the Tallinn University of Technology’s department of innovation and governance, Vasilis Kostakis, has been awarded a €1.1 million European Research Council starting grant – the only such grant awarded to an Estonian researcher this year. According to the university, Kostakis will use the grant for a four-year research project titled “Cosmolocalism”

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The Mindvalley University in Tallinn – a month full of international experts and learning

Reelika Virunurm / July 25, 2018

Estonian World visited the Mindvalley University’s Tallinn session and spoke with some of the attendees to find out more about the programme that calls itself “a tribe of changemakers”. The Estonian capital is crowded with tourists every summer from May to September, but one may have noticed that during the last month there was an

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