Topic: for society

Õpilased töötavad sülearvutitega klassiruumis õpetaja ees
Analysis by University of Tartu Centre for Ethics highlights major risks of AI in education
A working group at the University of Tartu Centre for Ethics, has completed an independent analysis, commissioned by the AI Leap Foundation, of the risks associated with the AI Leap educational programme and its AI-based learning application. The analysis describes the risks involved in using AI in education and assesses how AI Leap, the state, schools, research institutions and technology providers can mitigate them.
18 September 2026 AIfor society
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Centre for Ethics of the University of Tartu invites everyone to a public conference on ethics, education and AI to mark its 25th anniversary
On 2 October, as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations, the Centre for Ethics of the University of Tartu invites everyone interested to the public international conference “Ethics in a Changing World: New Directions in Ethics, Education and the Age of Artificial Intelligence”.
17 September 2026 for society
“If There Are a Million Doers, Changers...” A Changing Estonia and Twenty-Five Years of the Centre for Ethics
When I returned to Estonia from Germany in the autumn of 2000, ethics was not yet fashionable here. People were replacing old windows with modern insulated ones, importing cars, and doing business. Most assets had already been privatised - or misappropriated - and crime was rife. Yet there was also a great deal of hope. People believed that life would improve and that tomorrow would be better than today. With support from foreign foundations, civil society was being built and education, research and healthcare were being reformed. Many Estonians returned from elsewhere in the world with new knowledge, experience and ideas about how to make life in Estonia better.
15 September 2026 for society
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Centre for Ethics of the University of Tartu 25th Anniversary
On 1–2 October 2026, the Centre for Ethics of the University of Tartu will celebrate its 25th anniversary. This quarter-century milestone provides an opportunity to bring together the Centre’s friends, partners, and experts from Estonia and abroad to reflect on the questions and issues shaping the role of ethics today and in the future.
03 September 2026 for society
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The Updated Estonian Code of Ethics for Teachers Supports Teachers as Educators of Values
The updated Estonian Code of Ethics for Teachers aims to support teachers’ professional development, reflection on ethical choices, and the maintenance of a shared values-based culture in education.
10 June 2026 for society
Fotol on inimesed seismas. Tegemist on grupifotoga.
Enlight staff training week highlighted the journey of values development from university to society
At the end of April, the Centre for Ethics of the University of Tartu organised an international staff training week for employees of universities within the Enlight network. The programme focused on the development of values in education, research, and society.
07 May 2026 for society
Past public projects
Public-facing projects of the Centre for Ethics that have been completed
10 April 2026 for society
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Maria Anna Robaszkiewicz’s talk on the ethical and political meanings of the migration experience in early phenomenological thought
On Friday, 27 March at 14:15, an English-language colloquium will take place at the University of Tartu Philosophicum (Jakobi 2–336), addressing common features of the migration experience and discussing their ethical and societal implications.
17 March 2026 for society
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Dialogue as a litmus test for democracy and good communication
The conference "Less Noise, More Dialogue! Agreements for Good Communication“, organised by the University of Tartu Centre for Ethics, the Institute of Social Studies and the think tank Praxis, brought together different stakeholders who influence public communication, including researchers, journalists, representatives of various organisations, members of civil society, schools and kindergartens.
13 March 2026 for society
Fotol on inimesed seismas ja naeratamas
What happens when a critical friend comes to the kindergarten?
The role of the critical friend is discussed by Kristina Mägi, Director of Kohila Kindergarten Sipsik since 2006, and Kätlin Kaljas, Director of Põlva Lõunakaare Kindergarten since 2019. Their experience shows that initial caution is soon replaced by understanding: the critical friend does not come to impose change, but rather to help create clarity and support existing work.
03 February 2026 for society