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Category Archives: Research
What Belarusian people joke about
Anastasiya Fiadotava writes about the jokes that Belarusian people make about their families and politics. Continue reading
Posted in Career, Humanities, Research
Tagged Belarus, Belarusian, family humour, humour, jokes, Lukashenko, PhD, PhD thesis, political jokes
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How healthy the Baltic Sea and its fish are
Ecotoxicologist Randel Kreitsberg writes about the health of the Baltic Sea and its fish (that by the way, also get cancer). Continue reading
Posted in Natural and exact sciences, Research
Tagged Baltic Sea, cancer, DDT, fish, health, pollution, toxicology, toxins
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My Gold Rush in Science
Brain researcher Jaan Aru describes his scientific gold rush. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Medical sciences, Research, Social sciences
Tagged AI, brain research, consciousness, gold, mining, neuroscience, science, scientist
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How important is “web spinning” in science
Animal ecologist Tuul Sepp shares her experience on the importance of networking in science. Continue reading
Posted in Natural and exact sciences, Research
Tagged alcohol, career, communication, networking, research
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Moving to the country in the midst of the coronavirus crisis: Have cities reached their growth limit?
Professor of Urban and Population Geography Tiit Tammaru writes about the urban-to-rural migration in Estonia in the light of coronavirus. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Natural and exact sciences, Research
Tagged coronavirus, countryside, geography, migration, population, rural, urban, urbanisation
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Health as a value, health as a right
Philosopher Francesco Orsi analyzes how health came out on top of fundamental values in the coronavirus pandemics. Continue reading
Posted in Humanities, Research
Tagged coronavirus, health, lockdown, rights, sacrifice, values
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How psychology can help shape policies (3/3): Measuring influence
University of Tartu psychologists write about how psychology can help measure the impact of policies. Continue reading
Posted in Research, Social sciences
Tagged impact, measuring influence, psychology, questionnaire
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