Topic: research

Open science workshop will dive into the fundamentals of preregistration
On November 6, Dirk van Gorp (Open Science Officer at Radboud University Library) and Anita Eerland (Assistant Professor at Behavioural Science Institute and Communication Science) will dive into the fundamentals of preregistration.
Statistics masterclass on Bayesian regression to be held in October
From 21 to 24 October, Natalia Levshina from Radboud University will conduct a statistics masterclass covering Bayesian statistics with a focus on language data. The event includes both theoretical and practical sessions.
Come and listen! Doctoral students give inspiring short lectures to present the latest research
The competition will be held on Wednesday, 2 October at 10:00 in the Conference Hall of the University of Tartu Library.
25. September 2024 for studentresearchfor society
WATCH RECORDING! Building bridges between science and society. Why and how to do cross-disciplinary research?
On 20 November, the University of Tartu Library hosted a conference focusing on the particulars of interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary cooperation.
Learner Corpus Research Conference
The conference takes place every two years, next one being LCR 2024 held at the University of Tartu (Estonia) at the Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures and the Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics.
17. September 2024 research
MEDAL workshop: Advanced data retrieval for corpus linguistics
On the 23-24th of September, we will have a hands-on workshop with Akira Murakami from the University of Birmingham, who will introduce methods for retrieving complex patterns from a corpus using R.
MEDAL workshop: Designing questionnaires and CDIs with Katie Alcock
In the upcoming workshop, senior lecturer Katie Alcock from Lancaster University will discuss developing Communicative Development Inventories (CDIs) for a new language.
Registration for the Three Minute Thesis competition ends on 19 September
The registration for three-minute thesis competition ends on 19 September.
26. August 2024 for studentresearch
How ethical is it to kill your enemies? Oxford Professor Jeff McMahan presents special issue on Russia-Ukraine war
On 5 September, one of the world’s leading moral philosophers, Professor Jeff McMahan from the University of Oxford, will give a public lecture on the ethics of killing and just war theory. His lecture marks the publication of a special issue of a philosophy journal focused on the Russia-Ukraine war. The event will be held from 16:00 to 18:00 in White Hall at the University of Tartu Museum.
Gretchen McCulloch, the internet’s favourite linguist, is visiting Tartu
Gretchen McCulloch, the internet’s favourite linguist, is visiting Tartu at the end of August as part of the MEDAL project.