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Category Archives: Research
Who follows in the steps of Greta Thunberg
Researchers have analyzed the profile of global climate protesters in March and September 2019. Continue reading
Posted in Events, Research, Social sciences
Tagged climate protests, climate strike, FridaysforFuture, Greta Thunberg, school strike
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How psychology can help shape policies (1/3): Modelling behaviour
The word ‘psychologist’ tends to be associated with an image of a psychotherapist working with a patient who has turned to them as a last resort, perhaps even with eyes cast down in shame. There are many things wrong with … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Social sciences
Tagged financial behaviour, homo economicus, pension, policies, policy making, psychology, shaping behaviour
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Snowy days have decreased substantially in Estonia
Geographers of the Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences of the University of Tartu have released a study indicating that the snow situation in Estonia has substantially changed in the last decades. While our grandfathers and grandmothers could often sled … Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Natural and exact sciences
Tagged climate change, Estonia, nature, snow, snow cover, winter
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How Lyudmyla leads semiotic research in a Moscow agency
In an interview to UT Blog, fresh PhD Lyudmyla Zaporozhtseva unveils how she leads semiotic research at a marketing research agency in Moscow. Continue reading
Posted in Career, Humanities, Research
Tagged cultural codes, marketing, Moscow, PhD, PhD thesis, Russia, semiotics, semiotics of culture, Ukraine
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30 Maps of Estonia in 30 Days
Evelyn Uuemaa, a geographer and senior researcher in geoinformatics at the University of Tartu, challenged herself with the task of making 30 maps of Estonia – one in a day. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Natural and exact sciences, Research, Tartu
Tagged geography, geoinformatics, maps, open data, open source, open-access data, twitter
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The problem with Disney’s live-action remakes: Creating emotion with animation
Jason Mario Dydynski writes about how Disney’s live-action remakes compare to their older animated films in regard to creating emotion. Continue reading
Posted in Humanities, Research
Tagged animation, Darwin, Disney, emotion, live-action remakes, semiotics
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How do embryos talk?
A University of Tartu researcher explains how he and his colleagues study embryo-maternal communication. Continue reading
Posted in Medical sciences, Research
Tagged communication, embryo, in vitro fertilization, medicine, uterus
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