Topic: research

Doktoritöö
Doctoral defence: Anna Branets „Mediated Receptive Multilingualism: Factors of Success in Facilitation of Language Learning“
On January 29th 2026 at 13:45 Anna Branets will defend her doctoral thesis „Mediated Receptive Multilingualism: Factors of Success in Facilitation of Language Learning".
26 January 2026 research
Doctoral defence: Kairit Tomson "Põhjustamisseoste väljendamine ning analüütiliste põhjustamiskonstruktsioonide kujunemine ja kasutus eesti keeles"
On 19 December at 14:15 Kairit Tomson will defend her doctoral thesis "Põhjustamisseoste väljendamine ning analüütiliste põhjustamiskonstruktsioonide kujunemine ja kasutus eesti keeles" ("Expressing causal relations in Estonian and the development and usage of analytic causatives").
03 December 2025 research
kirjutamine
MEDAL's final workshop "Understanding What Grant Reviewers Expect"
In this workshop we will hear an insider’s perspective on how UK and EU research funders evaluate grant proposals.
21 November 2025 instituteresearch
CIFU osalejad
The 14th International Finno-Ugric Congress drew attention to the situation of the South Estonian Language
The 14th International Finno-Ugric Congress (Congressus Internationalis Fenno-Ugristarum or CIFU) took place at the University of Tartu from 18–23 August 2025, bringing together nearly 300 participants from 20 different countries.
14 November 2025 institutecooperationinternationalresearch
People at Jakobi 2
Seminar on large language models and the Estonian language on November 19
On November 19 from 14:00 to 16:00, the University of Tartu Centre for Digital Humanities will host an English-language seminar titled Large Language Models and the Estonian Language: the State of the Art. The event is organized by the Centre for Digital Text Studies (DigiTS) in cooperation with the Language Data Research Infrastructure (KeTa).
04 November 2025 cooperationresearch
Parimad noorteadurid
Young researchers were awarded at the MEDAL final conference
From 8–10 October, the final conference of MEDAL (Methodological Excellence in Data-Driven Approaches to Linguistics) took place. At the end of the conference, the best young researchers were announced.
23 October 2025 instituteinternationalresearch
Doktorantide populaarteaduslike kolme minuti loengute konkursi osalejad ja korraldajad
Best speakers in three-minute thesis competition focused on expressing uncertainty and waste gas-eating bacteria
The three-minute thesis competition for doctoral researchers, held at the University of Tartu Library on 22 October, featured 13 popular-science short lectures in Estonian and 14 in English.
23 October 2025 for studentresearchfor society
Kolme minuti loengud
Come to listen to doctoral researchers’ three-minute lectures
The University of Tartu three-minute thesis competition offers everyone the opportunity to learn in simple language how the research of current doctoral researchers contributes to making the world a better place to live in the future. The competition will be held on Wednesday, 22 October at 10:00 in the conference hall of the University of Tartu Library.
15 October 2025 for studentresearchfor society
ERC
ERC Information Event for University of Tartu researchers
Interest in the European Research Council (ERC) programme has grown among University of Tartu researchers. In response, the Grant Writing Unit is organising an ERC Information Event on 4 November 2025, focused on individual ERC Starting, Consolidator, and Advanced Grants.
10 October 2025 research
Doktoritöö
Doctoral defence: Patrick O'Rourke "Lounaisitämerensuomi: lounaisten itämerensuomalaisten kielten murteellinen kehitys"
On 30 October 2025 at 14:15, Patrick O'Rourke will defend his doctoral thesis "Lounaisitämerensuomi: lounaisten itämerensuomalaisten kielten murteellinen kehitys".
02 October 2025 research