Topic: research

Project duration: 2019–2021 Project manager: Ramon Llull University (Spain), from Estonia University of Tartu (Kadri Simm and Margit Sutrop) and Technopolis Group. Financing: 76 580 EUR Visit project homepage ->

All interested parties are welcome to participate in the online round table "Responsible journalism in the age of isinformation", which will take place on Tuesday, September 14 from 12.30 to 14.00.

The main directions we have taken in our research consist of various subjects in theoretical and practical ethics.

University of Tartu Associate Professor of Practical Philosophy Kadri Simm participates in a new research project “ROSiE” of the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020, which focuses on the critical analysis of ethical, philosophical and interdisciplinary principles of Open Science.

The research team at the Centre for Ethics, University of Tartu (CEUT) will grow, and starting from March a Research Fellow in Ethics will start working at the centre. At the meeting of the council of the Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics held on 15 February, Mari-Liisa Parder was elected Research Fellow in Ethics as of 01.03.2021. Her job includes participating in various research projects and research in research ethics and research integrity.

On 21 January 2021, the Centre for Ethics at the University of Tartu (CEUT), in cooperation with TIMELEX (Brussels) lawyers, conducted training on research ethics and data protection.

The University of Tartu Centre for Ethics and School of Law participate in a new research project of the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020, which studies the social and psychological aspects of cybercrimes committed by children and adolescents.

Today, on 11th of March, an international scholarly conference begins at the University of Tartu, focusing on the philosophical analysis of disagreements. The conference also constitutes discussions with an international community of scholars of the results of a funded investigation led by Margit Sutrop, Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Tartu.

Estonian researchers are keen to improve their qualifications in the research integrity field and would like to see a publicly organised, harmonised and clear research integrity system in Estonia, revealed a recent survey initiated by the Estonian Research Council and conducted by the Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS) and the Centre for Ethics of the University of Tartu.