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Congratulations to our new doctor Tõnis Tänav and his supervisor prof. Kadri Ukrainski! On March 26th at 14 we had the first doctoral thesis defence at the School of Economics and Business Administration, which was done virtualy! At one point there were about 70 participants watching the defence. Tõnis Tänav successfully defended his thesis “Dynamics of Firm Innovation Strategies: Relationship with Public Sector Support“. Supervisor: professor Kadri Ukrainski (PhD), University of Tartu

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Although the University of Tartu Library is closed due to the emergency situation, users can again request books via the e-catalogue ESTER starting today, 25 March. The requested books can be picked up from smart lockers in the lobby of the library.

On Friday, 20 March, at 14:00 there will be a video broadcast on the university website, where the rector and members of the Rector’s Office of the University of Tartu give an overview of the reorganisation of work at the university during the emergency situation, and answer questions sent by university members. In the broadcast, Rector Toomas Asser, Academic Secretary Tõnis Karki and Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Aune Valk will speak about the new organisation of work.

From Monday, 16 March, all UT buildings are closed for visitors and students. The buildings are not alarmed and staff members can enter using their university ID card. Visitors and students are not allowed in the buildings. If visitors need to get in, an employee must personally meet them. Receptionists and information secretaries in the buildings will continue work as usual, cloakrooms are closed.

Aune Valk, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs of the University of Tartu, confirms that life at the university goes on despite the emergency situation and high-quality teaching and research activities continue. The university is ready to provide individual solutions to difficulties students may face.

Today, on 19 February, the traineeship and job fair of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities is held in the Philosophicum, and the Maarjavälja career day for students of medicine and science and technology takes place in the Physicum.

Foreigners who have obtained a master's degree in Estonia and stay in Estonia are beneficial to the Estonian state and business in any case. The question may be whether our society is ready for them to stay here, writes Aune Valk, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs, University of Tartu. It is definitely useful for Estonia and Estonia’s business sector if foreigners who have obtained a master’s degree in Estonia stay here to work. The question could be, whether our society is ready for this, Aune Valk writes.

On 26 February, the University of Tartu (UT) holds an Open Doors Day during which final-year secondary school students and other future applicants can take part in various activities. The University of Tartu library hosts a study fair on the UT curricula at which experienced specialists give admission and career advice. Together with representatives of student organisations, participants can find out how to be more than a student and what else they can do for personal development during their studies at the university.

The University of Tartu Delta Centre, one of the most modern centre for digital technology, analytics and economic ideas in the Nordic countries, will open its doors on Wednesday, 29 January at 12:00. The Delta Centre comprises an academic and a research building and an entrepreneurship building and will bring together more than 3000 students, lecturers, researchers and development employees from companies.

Economic expert and entrepreneur Ott Pärna took up the position of Head of Marketing of University of Tartu Delta Centre on 1 October. Erik Puura, UT Vice-Rector for Development, says that the university offered the position of Marketing Director to Pärna to build up and develop the entrepreneurial image of the university.

The National Contest for University Students has ended and the award winners announced. Our people also received many awards. Master’s degree students’ research papers: II prize (1300 €) Solomiya Branets "Detecting Money Laundering with Benford's Law and Machine Learning". Supervisor Lenno Uusküla. III prize (700 €) Papuna Gogoladze "Gender Income Gap over Life-cycle: Cross-country Analysis". Supervisors Jaanika Meriküll and Jaan Masso.

We are inviting all student teams to participate in the pre-selection round of Kaleidoskoop, the biggest business ideas competition in South Estonia, which is held on 12 December in Spark Hub. Registration is open until midnight on 9 December on the University of Tartu’s Startup Lab webpage.

On 22 November at 15:00 Gerdien Margreeth Grootens defended her doctoral thesis „Leadership of Peripheral Places: a Comparative study of Leadership in Estonian and Dutch Peripheral Places“ Supervisors: Professor Maaja Vadi (PhD), University of Tartu Assistant ProfessorLummina Horlings (PhD), University of Groningen, Netherlands Associate Professor Garri Raagmaa (PhD), University of Tartu

On 22 November at 15:00 Gerdien Margreeth Grootens will defend her doctoral thesis „Leadership of Peripheral Places: a Comparative study of Leadership in Estonian and Dutch Peripheral Places“ Supervisors: Professor Maaja Vadi (PhD), University of Tartu Assistant ProfessorLummina Horlings (PhD), University of Groningen, Netherlands Associate Professor Garri Raagmaa (PhD), University of Tartu

On 4 November Tatyana Tsukanova defended her doctoral thesis „Insights into the export behavior of smes from emerging economies: evidence from Russia and China“. The objective of the thesis was to provide a deeper understanding of the export behavior of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the context of emerging economies on the example of Russia and China. Supervisor: Senior Research Fellow Tiia Vissak, TÜ majandusteaduskond

On 24 October, Startup Lab hosted a Mentor Feedback Carousel which brought together teams of the Starter Tartu programme and experienced mentors to help develop the teams’ ideas. Teams rotated between mentors to get feedback to their ideas from different experts. At the end of the event, mentors gave virtual play money cheques to the teams they liked the best.

Today, Tatyana Tsukanova will defend her doctoral thesis "Insights into the export behavior of smes from emerging economies: evidence from Russia and China". Supervisor: Senior Research Fellow Tiia Vissak, TÜ majandusteaduskond Opponents: Professor Ilan Alon (PhD) University of Agderi Ülikool, Norawy Professor Romeo Turcan (PhD) University of Aalborg, Denmark. Good luck to Tatyana on her defense speech! Everyone is welcome to listen!

The paper by Sthapit, E. and Coudounaris, D.N. (2018), “Memorable Tourism Experiences: Antecedents and Outcomes”, which was published in Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 72-94, won the 2018 citation award in the 28th Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research 2019.

On 22 October 2019 the electoral councils elected new deans for the University of Tartu’s four faculties. Raul Eamets, who was supported by 176 members of the electoral council, will continue as the dean of the Faculty of social Sciences.