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Category Archives: Social sciences
Photojournalist Sami Siva: Ignorance is more shocking than harsh events
Sami Siva has covered post-conflict and social-issue stories on three continents. His work has been published in The New York Times, TIME, The Guardian, CNN, and other media outlets. Now Sami studies at the University of Tartu. In May 2010, … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Estonia, Events, Social sciences, Tartu
Tagged Canada, conflict areas, EU-Russia studies, India, photojournalism, photojournalist, Tartu
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How social distancing affects coworking spaces in Estonia
The year 2020 brought along a massive shift towards remote work within a short period of time. The principles of mobile, paperless, and flexible working methods were conceptually established already in the 1970s. However, surveys show that in many EU … Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Research, Social sciences
Tagged COVID-19, coworking spaces, Estonia, research, working spaces
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Risk-loving managers bribe more with no payoff
I studied the role of managerial traits in company-level corruption among Vietnamese small and medium enterprises. Vietnam is a Socialist republic that has experienced high economic growth; however, they also have widespread corruption. According to Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index, … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Social sciences
Tagged bribery, corruption, managerial traits, managers, personality traits, Vietnam
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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 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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Where is global tourism going?
Four tourism students at the University of Tartu write about the near future of tourism. Continue reading
Posted in Research, Social sciences, Studies
Tagged AI, generation Z, millenials, overtourism, sharing economy, social media, tourism, traveling
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How psychology can help shape policies (2/3): Influencing behaviour
UT psychologists Andero Uusberg and Kariina Laas write about how psychology can help shape policies by influencing human behaviour. Continue reading
Posted in Research, Social sciences
Tagged influencing behaviour, nudging, psychology, psychology of persuasion
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