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Category Archives: Research
Peeter Paaver: A scientist with a camera
Peeter Paaver, a junior researcher of geology at the University of Tartu, is the winner of the Science Photographer of the Year award of the Estonian Science Photo Competition held by Wikimedia Estonia. Let’s find out more about Peeter and … Continue reading
Posted in Natural and exact sciences, Student life
Tagged environmental engineering, photographer
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An alumna explains: Why studying International Law and Human Rights in Estonia is a good idea
Since the beginning of my studies at the University of Tartu, I have received several questions on International Law and Human Rights programme. Therefore, I decided to sum up all of my points in this article. ShareTweetShare0 Shares
Posted in General, Social sciences
Tagged Estonia, human rights, international law
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Winter Fieldwork: The North Sea and the Baltic Sea
The marine scientists of the University of Tartu are once again on a winter field expedition on the research vessel Walther Herwig III. On board from our team are Randel Kreitsberg and Ciara Baines. We document our experiences in a … Continue reading
Posted in Natural and exact sciences, Research
Tagged Baltic Sea, expedition, marine scientist, The North Sea
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Rain Vagel: Using algorithms learned during the master’s programme in computer science in Wise
Rain Vagel graduated with a BSc degree in computer science from the Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu in 2017. After serving a year in the defence forces, he continued his master’s studies in the same field, this time … Continue reading
Posted in Natural and exact sciences, Research, Student life
Tagged computer science, informatics, wise
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Preparing to study the acid clouds of Venus
Venus is a planet similar to Earth in size, but it has a very thick atmosphere and, due to the combination of this thick atmosphere and closer proximity to the Sun, a very high surface temperature of over 400 degrees … Continue reading
Posted in Natural and exact sciences, Research, Tartu
Tagged space mission, Tartu Observatory, venus
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Disease, ecology, and an indigenous way forward toward sustainability
On fieldwork, searching for stories woven around the fabric of human connections with nature, I went to the remote jungle villages of West Khasi Hills in the winter-spring of 2020. There, during sleep, special people with the gift dream of … Continue reading
Posted in Humanities, Research
Tagged fieldwork, Sankhini, West Khasi Hills
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