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Tag Archives: PhD
My Farm Is My Stage: Insights into Estonian Rural Tourism
Ethnologist Ester Bardone explores how rural experiences become commodities that are staged and performed by tourism entrepreneurs, backed up by institutions and media. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Humanities, Research
Tagged Estonia, ethnography, experience economy, hospitality services, performance, PhD, PhD thesis, rural life, rural tourism, rurality
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Exploring the Odd Charm of French Guiana as an Expedition Chef
Read Ann Ideon’s story about an expedition to French Guiana, where she participated as a chef. Ann, a UT graduate in geography, has succeeded in combining her education with her passion for cooking. Continue reading
Posted in Career, Natural and exact sciences, Research
Tagged Amazonian jungle, chef, cooking, entomology, expedition, French Guiana, geography, geology, ichthyology, PhD, South America, zoology
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The Gender Gap, or When a Male Changes His Ways
Animal ecologists and psychologists come to similar conclusions: In stressful environments, the differences between males and females diminish. Continue reading
Posted in Natural and exact sciences, Research
Tagged bird ecology, environmental conditions, feeding behaviour, female, gender, male, PhD, pied flycatcher, sex differences, sexual dimorphism
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Nature or City? The Brain Makes the Difference
When you see a picturesque forest lake from your window, the brain is working differently than when the view includes a maze of tall buildings. Continue reading
Posted in Research, Social sciences
Tagged artificial, brain, brain imaging, experiment, natural, PhD, PhD thesis, study, view
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Latvian Students Find Their Way to Tartu
Read why so many Latvians find their way to Tartu, what their role in the Estonian student satellite project is, and what they think about life, studies, and work in Tartu. Continue reading
Posted in Career, Estonia, Natural and exact sciences, Research, Student life, Studies, Tartu
Tagged business, enrepreneurship, Estcube, ESTCube-1, Latvian, Latvians, Master''s, PhD, space, student project, student satellite
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Can The Financial Crisis Snowball Be Avoided?
Andres Kuusk from UT Institute of Economics argues that sound macroeconomic fundamentals and policies do not protect countries against crisis caused by ‘financial contagion’. Continue reading
Posted in Research, Social sciences
Tagged economics, financial contagion, financial crisis, herding behaviour, international finance, investor behaviour, macroeconomic fundamentals, PhD, PhD thesis
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