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Category Archives: Research
Juri Lotman: 90
Juri Mikhailovich Lotman, a world-famous semiotician and cultural historian, would have turned ninety today. One way to celebrate this anniversary is to dive into the enormously rich and inspiring scientific legacy of Juri Lotman. Hopefully this modest collection of resources will be of some help. Continue reading
Posted in Events, Humanities, Research, Tartu
Tagged cultural history, semiotics, Tartu-Moscow School, web resources
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How Healthy Is a Man? A Woman Can Detect It in 8 Seconds
Indrikis Krams, a visiting professor at the University of Tartu took pictures of 74 young Latvian men, evaluated their physique and came to a conclusion that women see men with stronger immune system as more attractive. Continue reading
Posted in Natural and exact sciences, Research
Tagged animal ecology, attactiveness, handicap principle, health, immune system, Latvian, man, woman
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Foxy Folklorist Mistaken for a Sex Professor
This a story of Jeana Jorgensen, a visiting PhD student in folklore and gender studies at the University of Tartu in Estonia, told through her tweets. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Humanities, Research, Tartu
Tagged dance, digital humanities, dissertation, fairy tales, feminist theory, folklore, folklorist, gender studies, inspiration, PhD, twitter
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Estonia and the Euro: A Wedding without Honeymoon
Raul Eamets, Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of Tartu, makes an analogy between last year’s remarkable step for the Estonian economy – the introduction of the euro – and getting married, while admitting the non-appearance of a much anticipated honeymoon, as the timing for the wedding was far from perfect. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Research, Social sciences
Tagged economy, Estonia, EU, euro, eurozone, macroeconomics, professor
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Year 2050: Ozone Induced Deaths On the Rise
9–18 miles high in the stratosphere, the ozone layer protects the Earth from ultraviolet radiation, but near the ground, ozone is a poisonous waste product, harmful to living organisms. Continue reading
Posted in Natural and exact sciences, Research
Tagged climate, climate warming, ozone
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Podcast: Projecting The Future for Russia
Viacheslav Morozov, The University of Tartu professor of EU-Russia studies, discusses the large-scale protests in Russia after the parliamentary election on 4 December 2011, the current situation, and the future scenarios. Continue reading
Posted in Research, Social sciences
Tagged cyberspace, democratisation, demonstrations, electoral fraud, EU-Russia studies, fair vote, Medvedev, parlamentary election, presidential election, protests in Russia, Putin, Russia, Russian
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Muscles Made of Plastic
Alvo Aabloo, the University of Tartu Professor of Polymer Materials Technology, writes about how we can construct new devices with the help of novel materials. Continue reading
Posted in Natural and exact sciences, Research
Tagged actuator materials, artificial muscles, EAP, linear actuators, movement, muscles, nature, polymer materials, technology
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