Open calls in doctoral studies

Applications are invited for a doctoral researcher position in the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network SUNSET.

Research project:

1. Incorporating knowledge infrastructure to green transitions: learning from campus interventions (supervisors Age Poom, Marketta Kyttä (Aalto University), Aveliina Helm)

Admitted student will work as junior research fellow at the University. The workload is 1.0. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.
Project duration: 36 months paid (+ 12 months optional, with additional pay potentially available)

Please see further information and link to the application form.

Applications are invited for a doctoral researcher position in the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network SUNSET.

Research project:

1. City-University interaction in disaster risk reduction and enhancing the resilience of urban systems (supervisors Kati Orru, Niki Frantzeskaki (University of Utrecht), Aveliina Helm)

Admitted student will work as junior research fellow at the University. The workload is 1.0. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.
Project duration: 36 months paid (+ 12 months optional, with additional pay potentially available)

Please see further information and link to the application form.

You can apply to three specialisations at the Institute of History and Archaeology (one ranking list will be formed). There are 4 study places available. You can apply with your own topic.

Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Humanities.

Online entrance interviews take place on 1 July 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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You can apply to two specialisations at the Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics (one ranking list will be formed). There are 5 study places available. You can apply with your own topic.

Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Humanities.

Online entrance interviews take place on 28 June 2024 in Zoom. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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At the Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics there is a separate competition for the specialisation in Philosophy. There are 2 study places available. You can apply with your own topic.

Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Humanities.

Online entrance interviews take place on 21 June 2024 in Zoom. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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At the Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics there is a separate competition for the specialisation in Semiotics and Culture Studies. There are 4 study places available. You can apply with your own topic.

Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Humanities.

Online entrance interviews take place on 20 June 2024 in Zoom. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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You can apply to five specialisations at the Institute of Cultural Research (one ranking list will be formed).There are 6 study places available. You can apply with your own topic.

Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Humanities.

Online entrance interviews take place on 25 June 2024 in Zoom. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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You can apply to eight specialisations at the Institute of Foreign Language and Cultures (one ranking list will be formed).There are 4 study places available. You can apply with your own topic.

Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Humanities.

Online entrance interviews take place on 28 June 2024 in Zoom. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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Admission to the School of Theology and Religious Studies has been announced as follows:

• general admission to Religious Studies and Theology - 3 study places (one ranking list will be formed). You can apply with your own topic.
• admission to a research topic in Theology: China-Russia relations: sustainable development in the new geopolitical context (supervisors Elo Süld, Agnieszka Małgorzata Nitza-Makowska) - 1 study place. 
   

Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Humanities.

Online entrance interviews take place on 19 June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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The Faculty of Arts and Humanities launches a call for applications for one junior research fellow position whose aim is to study and develop didactics in the humanities. Candidates must have a master’s degree in Humanities or Social Sciences and preferably also experience working in a general education school. The successful junior research fellow will start working at the institute where her/his supervisor is based. 

The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Humanities.

Online entrance interviews take place on 1 July 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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There is a set list of thesis topics, which applicants must choose from. It is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period. 

Admission has been announced as follows:

• admission to Educational Science - 4 study places
• admission to Science Education - 2 study places
   

Research topics open for admission in Educational Science:

1. The variables impacting, mediating and moderating goal setting and learning outcomes in the self-regulated learning process in the digital learning environment within the context of higher education (supervisors Katrin Saks, Natalia Edisherashvili)
2. Relationships between parents` conceptions, practices and children`s motivation to learn Mathematics and learning outcomes in Mathematics (supervisors Äli Leijen, Krista Uibu) - this topic requires proficiency in Estonian language
3. The different communities of teachers and the role they play in relation to teachers’ intention to stay or leave the teaching profession (supervisor Äli Leijen) - this topic requires proficiency in Estonian language
4. Teaching in the inclusive classroom (supervisors Liina Lepp, Äli Leijen) - this topic requires proficiency in Estonian language
    

Research topics open for admission in Science Education:

1. Psychological and didactical factors influencing gymnasium students` STEM achievement and career choices (supervisors Miia Rannikmäe, Regina Soobard, Karin Täht) - this topic requires proficiency in Estonian language
2. Developing justified phenomena-based science shows promoting students’ cognitive and affective science development (supervisors Heili Kasuk, Jack Holbrook) - this topic requires proficiency in Estonian language

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Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Educational Sciences.

Online entrance interviews take place on 4 July 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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You can apply to two specialisations in the School of Economics and Business Administration (one ranking list will be formed). There are 6 study places available.

You can choose the thesis topic from the list or apply with your own topic. If you choose to apply with your own topic, the topic should be related to the main research fields of the School of Economics and Business Administration. 

All applicants (including those who choose the topic from the list) should contact a prospective supervisor before submitting the application. Please note that the prospective supervisor is not in a position to provide extensive comments or help develop project descriptions at the application stage, given the large number of applicants. 

Research topics open for admission in Economics:

1. Green energy transition: the role of energy efficiency and energy poverty in the development of sustainable technologies (supervisors Diana Eerma, Mariia Chebotareva)
2. Relationship between social accounting and corporate financial performance in the banking sector (supervisors Diana Eerma, Mariia Chebotareva)
3. Cultural dimension of flexibility vs monumentalism: sources, measurement, and impact (supervisor Anneli Kaasa)
4. The impact of global challenges (pandemic) on culture (supervisor Anneli Kaasa)
5. Effects of technological changes on labour market (supervisor Jaan Masso)
6. Growing uncertainty and people’s economic and social resilience (supervisor Tiiu Paas)
7. Adjustment of people with labour markets’ developments in the conditions of increased uncertainty (supervisor Tiiu Paas)
8. Economic effects of population ageing (supervisor Eve Parts)
9. Are we ready for degrowth society - and how to reach there? (supervisor Eve Parts)
10. Towards integrated framework for transformative innovation policy: models for decisionmaking and regime change (supervisor Kadri Ukrainski)
11. Essays in applied macroeconomics (supervisor Lenno Uusküla)
12. Public private partnership and other solutions to the green transition and other social challenges (supervisor Lenno Uusküla)
13. Determinants of productivity gap between frontier firms and the rest (supervisor Priit Vahter)
14. Your own topic. The topic should be related to the main research fields of the School of Economics and Business Administration. Additionally, some supervisors have provided general PhD thesis themes for applying. 

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Research topics open for admission in Business Administration:

1. Succession planning and transfer of control in family businesses in the Baltic countries (supervisor Krista Jaakson)
2. Innovative behaviour relation with collectivistic leadership and organizational effectiveness (supervisor Kurmet Kivipõld)
3. Cross-cultural differences in brand communication adaption - neuromarketing approach (supervisor Andres Kuusik)
4. Validating Science-based startups using creative destructions lab as an example (supervisor Andres Kuusik)
5. Platforms' governance and communication patterns (supervisors Liina Joller-Vahter, Maaja Vadi)
6. Innovation in healthcare: barriers and approaches to overcome them (supervisors Liina Joller-Vahter, Urmas Varblane)
7. Dialogical turn of accounting and accountability. Linking non-financial and financial sustainability in (integrated) reporting (supervisor Ülle Pärl)
8. The role and differences of pre-incubation models in higher education institutions (HEIs): a focus on pre-incubation programs in entrepreneurship education in Estonia (supervisor Mervi Raudsaar) - this topic requires proficiency in Estonian language
9. Whistleblowing in an organization (supervisor Anne Reino)
10. Firms' internationalization and performance in the (non-) VUCA environment (supervisors Tiia Vissak, Oliver Lukason)
11. Career anchors and their role in the development of the gender wage gap (supervisors Maaja Vadi, Jaanika Meriküll)  - this topic requires proficiency in Estonian language
12. Linking organizational values with financial performance – the case of Estonian fintech companies (supervisors Maaja Vadi, Mark Kantšukov)
13. Areas of management and their theoretical development in Estonia (supervisors Maaja Vadi, Anne Reino) - this topic requires proficiency in Estonian language
14. The change/dynamics of mandate of Estonian subsidiaries of MNCs in the process of restructuring of global value chains (supervisors Urmas Varblane, Maaja Vadi)
15. Your own topic. The topic should be related to the main research fields of the School of Economics and Business Administration. Additionally, some supervisors have provided general PhD thesis themes for applying. 

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Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Social Sciences.

Online entrance interviews take place on 19 June and 21 June 2024 in Zoom. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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There are 4 study places available. You can apply with your own topic.

Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Social Sciences.

Online entrance interviews take place on 26 June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

It is not possible to apply for additional student places (without the employment contract) in this application round. 

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Admission to the Institute of Social Studies has been announced as follows:

• general admission to Media and Communication and Sociology - 5 study places (one ranking list will be formed)
• admission to a research topic in Sociology: The evolution of industrial modernity in comparative perspective, 1900-2025 (supervisor Laur Kanger) - 1 study place. See further information about the topic and admission requirements. 
• admission to a research topic in Sociology: Industrial modernization in Estonia, 1900-2025 (supervisors Aro Velmet, Laur Kanger) - 1 study place. See further information about the topic and admission requirements. 

General admission to specialisations in Media and Communication and Sociology

You can choose the thesis topic from the list or apply with your own topic. If you choose to apply with your own topic, the topic should be related to the main research fields of the institute. Several topics in the list are interdisciplinary. When applying, you need to decide which speciality you will choose (Media and Communication or Sociology). The decision should be based on your previous experience in the field and your research interests. You can also ask advice from your prospective supervisor.

All applicants (including those who choose the topic from the list) should contact a prospective supervisor before submitting the application. Please note that the prospective supervisor is not in a position to provide extensive comments or help develop project descriptions at the application stage.
 

Research topics open for admission in Media and Communication:

1. Generations’ agency and relationships in the digitalising environment (potential supervisors Signe Opermann, Veronika Kalmus, Andra Siibak)
2. Parents’ socialisation values in the mediatising society (potential supervisors Veronika Kalmus, Tiia Tulviste)
3. Artificial Intelligence in public libraries (supervisor Krista Lepik)
4. AI technologies and manifestations of surveillance society (supervisors Andra Siibak, Kristjan Kikerpill)
5. Anticipatory innovation in disaster risk reduction (potential supervisors Kati Orru, Mihkel Solvak, Sten Hansson)
6. Communication-related factors of vulnerability and their mitigation in crisis management (potential supervisors Sten Hansson, Kati Orru)
7. Inclusion gap in disaster risk reduction and strategies for filling the gap (potential supervisors Kati Orru, Oliver Nahkur)
8. Approaches to handling social vulnerabilities to crises: the role of social care (potential supervisors Kati Orru, Marco Krüger (Univ. of Tübingeni))
9. Your own topic. The topic should be related to the main research fields of the Institute of Social Studies.
    

Research topics open for admission in Sociology:

1. Generations’ agency and relationships in the digitalising environment (potential supervisors Signe Opermann, Veronika Kalmus, Andra Siibak)
2. Parents’ socialisation values in the mediatising society (potential supervisors Veronika Kalmus, Tiia Tulviste)
3. Meta-analysis of studies on a certain subject. The subject will be selected jointly by the supervisor and the candidate (supervisor Tarmo Strenze)
4. AI technologies and manifestations of surveillance society (potential supervisors Andra Siibak, Kristjan Kikerpill)
5. Functioning of children’s close relationships in extraordinary times from the perspective of children (potential supervisors Oliver Nahkur, Dagmar Kutsar)
6. Anticipatory innovation in disaster risk reduction (potential supervisors Kati Orru, Mihkel Solvak, Sten Hansson)
7. Communication-related factors of vulnerability and their mitigation in crisis management (potential supervisors Sten Hansson, Kati Orru)
8. Inclusion gap in disaster risk reduction and strategies for filling the gap (potential supervisors Kati Orru, Oliver Nahkur)
9. Approaches to handling social vulnerabilities to crises: the role of social care (potential supervisors Kati Orru, Marco Krüger (Univ. of Tübingeni))
10. Topics by the Deep Transitions research team (potential supervisors Laur Kanger and others)
11. Your own topic. The topic should be related to the main research fields of the Institute of Social Studies.
     

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Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Social Sciences.

Online entrance interviews take place on 1 July 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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There are 3 study places available.

You can choose the thesis topic from the list or apply with your own topic. If you choose to apply with your own topic, the topic must be related to the main research fields of the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies.

Please contact topic supervisor for an approval of your proposal ahead of the application deadline! Please note that the prospective supervisor is not in a position to provide extensive comments or help develop project descriptions at the application stage, given the large number of applicants.

Research topics open for admission:

1. Left-behind minorities in “frozen conflicts” (supervisor Eiki Berg)
2. Politics of history and memory (supervisor Catherine Gibson)
3. Behavioural insights in policymaking. How to nudge people towards greater (financial) well-being? (supervisor Leonore Riitsalu)
4. Opposing Europe: party-based illiberalism and Eurosceptic politics (supervisor Stefano Braghiroli)
5. Economic governance and political economy of East Central Europe (with a special focus on the Baltics) (supervisor Edgars Eihmanis)
6. Understanding peaceful and violent self-determination and secessionist strategies (supervisor Shpend Kursani)
7. Topic of own choosing (matching the supervision competences available) 

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Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Social Sciences.

Online entrance interviews take place on 28 June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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There are 3 study places available. You can apply with your own topic.

Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Social Sciences.

Online entrance interviews take place on 26 June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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There are 2 study places available. There is a set list of thesis topics, which applicants must choose from. It is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period. 

Research topics open for admission:

1. Understanding and applying evidence-based physiotherapy among physiotherapists (supervisors Jarek Mäestu, Kadri Medijainen)
2. The effect of the smartphone application "FiTeens" on students' health behaviors (supervisors Henri Tilga, Andre Koka)

Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Medicine and Sport.

Online entrance interviews take place on 20 June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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There are 21 study places available. You can apply with your own topic.

Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Medicine and Sport.

Online entrance interviews take place on 26-27 June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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There are 2 study places available. There is a set list of thesis topics, which applicants must choose from. It is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period. 

Research topics open for admission:

1. Targeting the endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondrial interface as a therapeutic strategy for neurodegenerative diseases (supervisor Allen Kaasik)
2. Role of neural adhesion molecule Negr1 in systemic metabolism and its associations with physical activity (supervisors Mari-Anne Philips, Este Leidmaa)

Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Medicine and Sport.

Online entrance interviews take place on 21 June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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There are 2 study places available. You can apply with your own topic.

Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Medicine and Sport.

Online entrance interviews take place on 26-27 June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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There are 16 projects open for applying.

Applicants must choose from a set list of thesis projects. It is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period. 

Research projects open for admission:

1. Patterns and processes of carbon sequestration in coastal benthic habitats of the northern Baltic Sea (supervisors Kaire Torn, Kristjan Herkül, Martin Gullström)
2. The effects of site conditions and climate factors on growth and defence capability of Norway spruce (supervisors Arvo Tullus, Priit Kupper)
3. Habitat preferences of autotrophic organisms: biogeographic and phylogenetic patterns (supervisors Riin Tamme, Meelis Pärtel)
4. Novel crops as part of sustainable ecosystem (supervisors Kadri Koorem, Marina Semtšenko)
5. Artificial Intelligence in metabarcoding data quality filtering (supervisors Sten Anslan, Leho Tedersoo)
6. Current challenges of Estonian semi-natural grassland support schemes and the potential of result-based and hybrid schemes as an alternative (supervisors Krista Takkis, Liis Kasari-Toussaint, Triin Reitalu)
7. Bat health indices in urbanizing environment (supervisor Tuul Sepp)
8. Predicting future change in forest ecosystems (supervisors Asko Lõhmus, Ants Kaasik)
9. Factors influencing nesting site selection and their fitness consequences in a colonial seabird, the Common gull (Larus canus) (supervisors Jeffrey Malherbe Carbillet, Jaanis Lodjak, Tuul Sepp)
10. Regional drivers promoting carbon accumulation in soil and dead wood under changing climate conditions (supervisors Kadri Runnel, Ivika Ostonen-Märtin)
11. Databasing species-level fungal ecological and genomic traits (supervisors Sergei Põlme, Leho Tedersoo)
12. Fungal diversity in European coastlines (supervisors Niloufar Hagh Doust, Kristel Panksep, Leho Tedersoo)
13. Niche differentiation and its underlying mechanisms in closely related species of fungi (supervisors Vladimir Mikryukov, Sergei Põlme, Leho Tedersoo)
14. Drivers of bacterial and fungal communities in grasslands and croplands (supervisor Leho Tedersoo)
15. Patterns of wolf-dog hybridization in Europe on genomic level (supervisors Maris Hindrikson, Egle Tammeleht) - the study place does not have a junior research fellow position
16. Cats and zoonotic pathogens: investigating communities of cat parasites and complex interactions with microorganisms (supervisors Urmas Saarma, Ants Tull) - the study place does not have a junior research fellow position

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Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University (topics 1-14). The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Life and Earth Sciences.

Online entrance interviews take place most probably in June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview date and time by the respective faculty. 

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There are 8 projects open for applying.

Applicants must choose from a set list of thesis projects. It is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period. 

Research projects open for admission:

1. Microporous carbon fibres through electrospinning and carbonisation of polymer membranes for hydrogen adsorption and separation  (supervisors Rasmus Palm, Enn Lust, Thomas Thomberg)
2. Rigorous pH measurement at phase interfaces (supervisors Ivo Leito, Valter Kiisk)
3. Fluorescence-Based Approaches to Characterize Sigma-1 Receptor-Enriched Extracellular Vesicles (supervisors Ago Rinken, Edijs Vavers)
4. AI-enabled analysis of drug-target interactions for personalized pharmacology (supervisors Anni Allikalt, Tõnis Laasfeld, Dmytro Fishman)
5. Analysis of fluorocompounds in environmental samples (supervisors Koit Herodes, Ivari Kaljurand)
6. The transcriptomic, biochemical and behavioural effects of novel small-molecule epitranscriptomic methylation modifiers (supervisors Jaanus Harro, Mati Karelson, Margus Kanarik)
7. SCF technology, the first step towards an integrated holistic biorefinery of pine wood (supervisors Siim Salmar, Jaak Järv, Siobhan O. Matthews)
8. Synthesis of homogeneously catalyst-doped microporous materials by carbonisation of metal-organic frameworks (supervisors Rasmus Palm, Enn Lust, Thomas Thomber, Angélica María Baena Moncada)

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Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Chemical and Physical Sciences.

Online entrance interviews take place most probably in June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview date and time by the respective faculty.

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There is 1 project open for applying.

Applicants must choose from a set list of thesis projects. It is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period. 

Research project open for admission:

1. End-to-end robot learning with differentiable physics-aware (supervisor Arun Kumar Singh)

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Admitted student will work as junior research fellow at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Engineering and Technology.

Online entrance interviews take place most probably in June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview date and time by the respective faculty.

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There are 27 projects open for applying.

Applicants must choose from a set list of thesis projects. It is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period. 

Research projects open for admission:

1. City-agnostic mobility modelling: a focus on active mobility (supervisor Mozhgan Pourmoradnasseri)
2. Deciphering genetics of human complex traits with interpretable machine learning models (supervisor Kaur Alasoo)
3. Emergent abilities in neural machine translation (supervisors Mark Fišel, Elizaveta Yankovskaya)
4. Informatics contests: gender and curriculum differences (supervisors Piret Luik, Marina Lepp)
5. A framework for designing usable secure and privacy-aware systems (supervisor Mohamad Gharib)
6. Efficient zk-SNARKs and verifiable computation (supervisor Helger Lipmaa)
7. Sustainable environmental accounting with the Internet of Things (supervisors Ulrich Norbisrath, Steffen Manfred Noe)
8. Evaluation of medication adherence through the secondary use of electronic health data and the effect of medication adherence to health outcomes (supervisors Kerli Mooses, Raivo Kolde)
9. Examining Misinformation on Social Media Generated by LLM (supervisor Somnath Banerjee)
10. An inclusive and sustainable data ecosystem through a transformative intelligence paradigm through an ecosystem theory approach: the intersection of data and collective embodied artificial intelligence (supervisors Anastasija Nikiforova, Kuldar Taveter)
11. Security of radio-connected embedded devices (supervisor Arnis Paršovs)
12. Probabilistic machine learning meets generative artificial intelligence (supervisor Meelis Kull)
13. AI-powered methods for detecting and explaining security vulnerabilities in code (supervisors Faiz Ali Shah, Dietmar Pfahl, Kallol Roy)
14. Identifying events, their order and order similarities from health data (supervisors Jaak Vilo, Sulev Reisberg)
15. A method for systematically assessing the safety of automated driving systems via simulation (supervisor Dietmar Pfahl)
16. Methods for analysis and characterisation of patient cohorts (supervisors Jaak Vilo, Sulev Reisberg)
17. Adaptive optimization of business processes (supervisors Marlon Gerardo Dumas Menjivar, David Chapela De La Campa, Fredrik Milani)
18. Generative AI for conversational process optimization (supervisors Marlon Gerardo Dumas Menjivar, Fredrik Milani, 
    David Chapela De La Campa)
19. Mechanisms of grid cell formation through pattern formation in neural models (supervisors Raul Vicente Zafra, Jaan Aru)
20. The secondary use of health data in creating and evaluating the treatment guidelines and care pathways (supervisors Marek Oja, Kerli Mooses)
21. Reference framework for managing security risks in artificial intelligence and machine learning systems (supervisor Raimundas Matulevicius)
22. Developing new advanced models for biomedical computer vision (supervisor Dmytro Fishman)
23. Large language model training and evaluation in low-resource scenarios (supervisor Mark Fišel)
24. Automatic text correction with large language models (supervisor Mark Fišel)
25. Quantum programming on the way to quantum error correction (supervisor Dirk Oliver Jim Theis)
26. Toward green AutoML (supervisor Radwa Mohamed El Emam El Shawi) - 2 study places
27. Artificial intelligence (AI) to solve inverse problems and material classification in cosmic ray tomography (supervisors Kallol Roy, Madis Kiisk (GScan OÜ)) - industrial doctorate

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Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Mathematics and Computer Science.

Online entrance interviews take place most probably in June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview date and time by the respective faculty.

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There are 3 projects open for applying.

Applicants must choose from a set list of thesis projects. It is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period. 

Research projects open for admission:

1. Functional diversity of water and sediment microbiome (supervisors Veljo Kisand, Kristel Panksep, Leho Tedersoo)
2. The formation of adaxial stomata and their role in plant gas-exchange and growth (supervisors Hanna Hõrak, Ebe Merilo)
3. Mapping the methane flux heterogeneity and driving mechanisms in global wetland ecosystems (supervisors Kuno Kasak, Evelyn Uuemaa)

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Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Engineering and Technology.

Online entrance interviews take place most probably in June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview date and time by the respective faculty.

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There are 6 projects open for applying.

Applicants must choose from a set list of thesis projects. It is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period. 

Research projects open for admission:

1. The underlying evolutionary dynamics of the human immune response (supervisors Michael Dannemann, Irene Gallego Romero, Kaia Palm)
2. From circulating tumor DNA sequencing and methylation analysis to early detection of cancer (supervisors Andres Metspalu, Mart Kals)
3. Metagenomic and proteomic studies of Stone Age anthropogenic birch tar samples (supervisors Mait Metspalu, Ester Oras, Antonio de Dios Martinez, Remi Philippe Barbieri)
4. Genetic variation and metabolite associations as drivers of development and progression of highly heritable common diseases (supervisors Priit Palta, Urmo Võsa, Jaanika Kronberg, Erik Abner)
5. Machine learning for prediction of human quantitative traits from genomic data (supervisors Burak Yelmen, Luca Pagani, Lili Milani)
6. Genetics and causal mechanisms of weight change and its predictors (supervisors Uku Vainik, Priit Palta) 

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Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Life and Earth Sciences.

Online entrance interviews take place most probably in June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview date and time by the respective faculty.

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There are 9 projects open for applying.

Applicants must choose from a set list of thesis projects. It is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period. 

Research projects open for admission:

1. Using remote sensing based metrics and machine learning approach for estimating biodiversity at national level (supervisors Evelyn Uuemaa, Aveliina Helm, Alexander Kmoch)
2. New patterns of residential segregation induced by digital transition (supervisors Tiit Tammaru, Kadi Kalm, Kerli Müürisepp, Veronika Mooses)
3. Belowground functionality of the ecosystems - the key for future climate policy (supervisor Ivika Ostonen-Märtin)
4. Equitable mobility transition in urban areas (supervisors Veronika Mooses, Age Poom)
5. Global peatlands’ nitrogen cycle microbiome analysis (supervisors Mikk Espenberg, Ülo Mander)
6. Nitrous oxide dynamics in troposphere and stratosphere: relations to emissions from world peatlands (supervisors Ülo Mander, Margit Aun)
7. Detection of small-scale landscape elements located on agricultural fields with deep learning (supervisors Evelyn Uuemaa, Holger Virro)
8. Carbon and nitrogen cycling in tropical peatlands from integrated microbiome, isotope and reactome analyses (supervisors Ülo Mander, Lulie Melling (Sarawak Tropical Peat Research Institute, Malaysia), Mikk Espenberg, Jaan Pärn)
9. Methane cycle microbiome dynamics in tropical peatland soils (supervisors Mikk Espenberg, Lulie Melling (Sarawak Tropical Peat Research Institute, Malaysia), Ramita Khanongnuch (Tampere University, Finland))

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Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Life and Earth Sciences.

Online entrance interviews take place most probably in June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview date and time by the respective faculty.

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There are 5 projects open for applying.

Applicants must choose from a set list of thesis projects. It is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period. 

Research projects open for admission:

1. Chelicerate arthropods in the Silurian of Baltica: systematics, distribution, palaeoecology, and preservation (supervisor Oive Tinn)
2. Measuring and modeling of coastal change in the era of climate change (supervisors Marko Kohv, Martin Liira)
3. Geochemistry and secondary enrichment of the rare earth elements in crystalline and sedimentary rocks (supervisors Kalle Kirsimäe, Timmu Kreitsmann)
4. Pyrite trace element composition in Estonian crystalline basement mineralisation zones: implications to sulphide mineralisation processes and the metallogenetic potential for critical metals (supervisors Kalle Kirsimäe, Peeter Paaver)
5. Composition and valorization technologies of Ida-Virumaa mineral waste materials (supervisors Riho Mõtlep, Peeter Somelar)

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Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Life and Earth Sciences.

Online entrance interviews take place most probably in June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview date and time by the respective faculty.

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There are 5 projects open for applying.

Applicants must choose from a set list of thesis projects. It is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period. 

Research projects open for admission:

1. Antimicrobial coatings optimized for dry conditions (supervisors Vambola Kisand, Alexander Vanetsev, Angela Ivask)
2. Atomic layer deposition and electrical evaluation of wide-band-gap nanomaterials (supervisors Kaupo Kukli, Lauri Aarik)
3. Ceramic materials synthesized from recycled materials and their mechanical properties (supervisor Taivo Jõgiaas)
4. Electrochemical additive manufacturing (ECAM) in micro/nanostructure fabrication (supervisors Alvo Aabloo, Nadežda Kongi)
5. Valorisation of lignocellulose containing wastes for masonry reinforcements (supervisor Tarmo Tamm)

 
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Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Engineering and Technology.

Online entrance interviews take place most probably in June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview date and time by the respective faculty.

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There are 6 projects open for applying.

Applicants must choose from a set list of thesis projects. It is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period. 

Research projects open for admission:

1. Partial actions from a category-theoretic viewpoint (supervisors Kristo Väljako, Ülo Reimaa)
2. Variable-order fractional differential equations (supervisors Arvet Pedas, Mikk Vikerpuur)
3. Transposed Poisson superalgebras and Poisson 3-Lie superalgebras (supervisors Viktor Abramov, Olga Liivapuu)
4. Causal modeling in biobank cohorts: methodological issues and applications (supervisors Krista Fischer, Lili Milani)
5. Exploring plasticity in Banach spaces: towards a deeper understanding of non-expansive bijections (supervisor Rainis Haller)
6. Models for drug-drug interactions, population pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenetics (supervisors Krista Fischer, Lili Milani, Maris Alver)

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Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Mathematics and Computer Science.

Online entrance interviews take place most probably in June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview date and time by the respective faculty.

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There are 4 projects open for applying.

Applicants must choose from a set list of thesis projects. It is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period. 

Research projects open for admission:

1. Stringent response in the arms race between bacteria and phages (supervisor Hedvig Tamman)
2. Regulation of viral IRES-mediated translation (supervisor Tiina Tamm)
3. Bacterial defence mechanisms against antimicrobial surfaces (supervisors Angela Ivask, Merilin Rosenberg)
4. Extracellular vesicles-mediated molecular mechanisms of proximal interactions between embryo and endometrium (supervisors Tõnis Org, Elina Aleksejeva, Andres Salumets)

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Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Life and Earth Sciences.

Online entrance interviews take place most probably in June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview date and time by the respective faculty.

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There are 6 projects open for applying.

Applicants must choose from a set list of thesis projects. It is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period. 

Research projects open for admission:

1. Superior gas-fermenting acetogen cell factories through synthetic biology and phenotyping (supervisors Kaspar Valgepea, Kurshedaktar Majibullah Shaikh)
2. The TRMT112 network protein interaction with cell cytoskeleton and its impact to tumorigenesis (supervisors Margit Mutso, Reet Kurg)
3. Development of drug delivery systems for CRISPR/Cas9-based gene therapeutic modalities (supervisors Taavi Lehto, Helena Sork, Tõnis Lehto)
4. Use of functions of alphavirus replicases in self-amplifying RNA vaccine technology (supervisor Andres Merits)
5. Design and optimization of tuneable synthetic phosphodegron tags for protein regulation (supervisors Mart Loog, Ilona Faustova)
6. Novel chemically recyclable bioderived polymers for high-performance applications (supervisors Lauri Vares, Livia Matt)

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Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Engineering and Technology.

Online entrance interviews take place most probably in June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview date and time by the respective faculty.

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There are 5 projects open for applying.

Applicants must choose from a set list of thesis projects. It is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period. 

Research projects open for admission:

1. Plausibility of a strong aerosol cooling effect on Earth's climate based on natural experiments (supervisor Velle Toll)
2. Life-cycle radiation monitoring methodology for small modular reactors – “greenfield-to-greenfield" approach (supervisors Siiri Salupere, Marti Jeltsov, Marko Kaasik)
3. Molecular level neutron scattering study of adaptation mechanisms in photosynthesis (supervisor Jörg Pieper)
4. Research of novel heavy materials for fast scintillators operating on Cherenkov emission and cross-luminescence (supervisors Vitali Nagirnõi, Marco Kirm)
5. First principles electronic structure calculations for determining the principle of operation of multicomponent ultrafast scintillators (supervisors Juhan Matthias Kahk, Marco Kirm, Johannes Lischner (Department of Materials, Imperial College London))

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Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Chemical and Physical Sciences.

Online entrance interviews take place most probably in June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview date and time by the respective faculty.

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The speciality belongs to the PhD programme in Educational Sciences at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

There is a set list of thesis topics, which applicants must choose from. It is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period. There are 2 study places open for applying.

Research topics open for admission:

1. Psychological and didactical factors influencing gymnasium students` STEM achievement and career choices (supervisors Miia Rannikmäe, Regina Soobard, Karin Täht) - this topic requires proficiency in Estonian language
2. Developing justified phenomena-based science shows promoting students’ cognitive and affective science development (supervisors Heili Kasuk, Jack Holbrook) - this topic requires proficiency in Estonian language

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Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Educational Sciences.

Online entrance interviews take place on 4 July 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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There are 5 projects open for applying.

Applicants must choose from a set list of thesis projects. It is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period. 

Research projects open for admission:

1. Earth observation tools for monitoring wetlands in the context of climate change and ecosystem restoration (supervisors Lea Hallik, Margit Aun)
2. Digital twin design and implementation towards future Lunar nano-rover missions (supervisor Mihkel Pajusalu)
3. Numerical modelling of superluminous supernovae: from hidden engine to observable radiation (supervisors Indrek Vurm, Anna Aret)
4. Retrieval of leaf angle distribution information from multi-angle remote sensing data (supervisor Jan Pisek)
5. Characterising the cosmic web environment in the next-generation galaxy surveys (supervisors Elmo Tempel, Taavi Tuvikene)

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Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Chemical and Physical Sciences.

Online entrance interviews take place most probably in June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview date and time by the respective faculty.

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There are 2 projects open for applying.

Applicants must choose from a set list of thesis projects. It is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period. 

Research projects open for admission:

1. Design and testing of catalysts in proton exchange membrane electrolyser electrolysis: towards sustainable hydrogen production (supervisors Rutha Jäger, Jaak Nerut, Enn Lust)
2. Fundamental investigation of catalytic energy storage and conversion processes using metal-organic framework-derived microporous carbon model materials (supervisors Rasmus Palm, Enn Lust, Jaak Nerut, Angélica María Baena Moncada)

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Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. The final workload will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations. Studies are expected to start on 2 September 2024.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Engineering and Technology.

Online entrance interviews take place most probably in June 2024. Applicants will be informed of their interview date and time by the respective faculty.

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The speciality belongs to the doctoral programme in Social Sciences.

Research project open for admission:
1. Foresight in disaster risk management: methodological challenges and innovation in Europe (supervisor Kati Orru)

• Successful candidate has a strong knowledge of sociological theory, an understanding of foresight methods and innovative statistical methods, and a willingness to do co-creative research with Estonian and European disaster risk management experts.

• This research project explores foresight techniques and data science methodologies to anticipate and prepare for emerging risks stemming from the complex nature of modern disasters. The project focuses on the experiences of using foresight techniques in predicting societal vulnerabilities to guide adaptive, preventive, or preparedness actions across Europe. It applies foresight techniques to predict emerging hazard scenarios and factors of vulnerability. The project explores the possibilities of predicting disaster vulnerabilities based on emerging hazard scenarios and applying merged state databases to model vulnerabilities.
   

Admitted student will work as a junior research fellow at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. Studies are expected to start in March 2024. The final workload and exact starting date will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Social Sciences.

Applicants will be informed of their interview date and time by the respective faculty.

This speciality belongs to the doctoral programme in Mathematics and Computer Science.

Research projects open for admission (it is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period):

1. Green Learning Meets Computer Vision: Rethinking Deep Learning Models for Perception in Intelligent Systems (supervisors Amnir Hadachi, Abdelaziz Bensrhair (INSA de Rouen), Paul Honeine (University of Rouen))

2. Towards Semantic Automated Machine learning (supervisors Radwa Mohamed El Emam El Shawi, Stefania Tomasiello)

Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. Studies are expected to start on 12 February 2024. The final workload and exact starting date will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Mathematics and Computer Science.

Online entrance interviews take place in the first half of December. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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This speciality belongs to the doctoral programme in Engineering and Technology.

Research project open for admission (it is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period):

1. Unravelling the dynamic protein phosphorylation mediated by cell cycle kinases Mps1, Cdc7 and Pho85 (supervisors Mart Loog, Ilona Faustova)

Admitted student will work as junior research fellow at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. Studies are expected to start on 12 February 2024. The final workload and exact starting date will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Engineering and Technology.

Online entrance interviews take place in the first half of December. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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This speciality belongs to the doctoral programme in Life and Earth Sciences.

Research projects open for admission (it is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period):

1. The desert microbiome and its potential for habitat restoration (supervisor Leho Tedersoo)

2. Biotic and abiotic factors affecting grassland microbiome (supervisor Leho Tedersoo)

The study places do not have a junior research fellow position. Studies are expected to start on 1 November 2023 and last for four years. The exact starting date will be fixed after the student is admitted.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Life and Earth Sciences.

Online entrance interviews take place in the first half of October. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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These specialities belong to the doctoral programme in Humanities.

You can apply to eight specialities at the Institute of Foreign Language and Cultures (one ranking list will be formed). There is 1 study place available. You can apply with your own topic.

Admitted student will work as junior research fellow at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. Studies are expected to start between 1 November 2023 and 12 February 2024. The final workload and exact starting date will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Humanities.

Online entrance interviews take place on 9 October in Zoom. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty. 

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This speciality belongs to the doctoral programme in Engineering and Technology.

Research project open for admission (it is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period):

1. Safe Human-Robot Interaction in Shared Autonomy through Reinforcement Learning based Control Design and Augmented Reality (supervisor Karl Kruusamäe)

Admitted student will work as junior research fellow at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. Studies are expected to start between 1 November 2023 and 12 February 2024. The final workload and exact starting date will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Engineering and Technology.

Online entrance interviews take place in the first half of October. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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This speciality belongs to the doctoral programme in Mathematics and Computer Science.

Research projects open for admission (it is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period):

1. Intelligence discoverability and observability in edge infrastructure (supervisor Chinmaya Kumar Dehury)

2. A Privacy-Aware and Communication Efficiency Federated Learning Framework for chronic diseases diagnosis and treatment (supervisor Feras Mahmoud Naji Awaysheh)

Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. Studies are expected to start between 1 November 2023 and 12 February 2024. The final workload and exact starting date will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Mathematics and Computer Science.

Online entrance interviews take place in the first half of October. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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These specialities belong to the doctoral programme in Humanities.

You can apply to two specialities at the Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics (one ranking list will be formed). There is 1 study place available. You can apply with your own topic.

Admitted student will work as junior research fellow at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. Studies are expected to start between 1 November 2023 and 12 February 2024. The final workload and exact starting date will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Humanities.

Online entrance interviews take place on 10 October 2023. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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This speciality belongs to the doctoral programme in Life and Earth Sciences.

Research projects open for admission (it is not possible to apply with your own topic during the application period):

1. Carbon and nitrogen balance of wetlands restored with different methods of restoration (supervisors Kaido Soosaar, Ülo Mander, Lulie Melling (Sarawak Tropical Peat Research Institute))

2. Spatial modeling of soil properties using machine-learning and satellite data (supervisor Alexander Kmoch)

Admitted students will work as junior research fellows at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. Studies are expected to start on 1 November 2023. The exact starting date will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Life and Earth Sciences.

Online entrance interviews take place in the first half of October. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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This speciality belongs to the doctoral programme in Medicine and Sport.

Research topic open for admission:

1. Preclinical development of blood-brain-barrier penetrating peptides (supervisor Tambet Teesalu)

The study place does not have a junior research fellow position. Studies are expected to start on 1 November 2023 and last for four years. The exact starting date will be fixed after the student is admitted.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Medicine and Sport.

Online entrance interviews take place in the first half of October. Applicants will be informed of their interview time by the respective faculty.

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This speciality belongs to the doctoral programme in Social Sciences.

Research topic open for admission:

1. Exploring the interactional relationships between overweight, disturbed eating behaviour and eating disorders (supervisor Kirsti Akkermann)

The study place does not have a junior research fellow position. Studies are expected to start on 1 November 2023 and last for five years The exact starting date will be fixed after the student is admitted.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Social Sciences.

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This speciality belongs to the doctoral programme in Humanities.

Research topic open for admission:

1. Exploring the feminine perspective(s) of Islam through matrilineal Koranic text-based healing tradition(s) (supervisors Elo Süld, Alevtina Solovyeva)

Admitted student will work as junior research fellow at the University. The estimated workload is 1.0 and the estimated time period is four years. Studies are expected to start on 1 November 2023. The exact starting date will be fixed after the student is admitted, during work contract negotiations.

Candidates must submit an application with other requested documents. See further information on the programme website of Humanities. For further information about the research topic please contact the School of Theology and Religious Studies.

Online entrance interviews take place in the first half of October. Applicants will be informed of their interview date and time by the respective faculty.

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