Estonian Academy of Sciences

Last week, members of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐢 𝐌ä𝐥𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐨 and 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨 𝐒𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞, participated in a joint international conference of the Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg and the Baltic Academies of Sciences, "Current and Future Security Architecture for the Baltic States and Europe“. Lauri Mälksoo's presentation focused on the Baltic experiences and views on Russia and international law. Tarmo Soomere introduced the keynote speech by 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝, Member of the European Parliament for Estonia, titled " Security architecture for the Baltic States and Europe: A view from Tallinn and Brussels". He also delivered a presentation on addressing the East-West gradient in the future security architecture of Europe. 📸 Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg

🔷Toponyms from Krevinian and the history of the Krevinians 🔷How can land stabilisation help prevent mine subsidence? 🔷How to produce chitosan with lower environmental footprints? 🔷Blackcurrant genotypes with the best properties 🔷Insights into the Cold War period These and other topics can be found in the recently published March issues of the Estonian Academy Publishers’ journals.👇    👉 Readers who wish to receive notifications about the publication of new issues should visit the Estonian Academy Publishers’ website and subscribe to journal alerts: https://lnkd.in/ep6sQrQc

🏅 We are happy that three members of the Estonian Academy of Sciences have been chosen to receive state decorations from Estonian President Alar Karis! Among the 157 recipients of this year's state decorations are: 👋 the bearer of the story of Estonian thought, poet and publisher, academy member 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 👋 promoter of our science, internationally renowned molecular biologist, professor of archaeogenetics and population genetics at the University of Tartu, academy member 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬 and 👋 professor of mathematical statistics and promoter of biostatistics at the University of Tartu, academy member 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫. 💐 Concratulations! 👉 Read more: https://lnkd.in/dqGhnGMC 📸 From left: academy members Hando Runnel, Richard Villems and Krista Fischer (photos by Reti Kokk and Hendrik Osula)

✨ Today, the inauguration ceremony of Mart Saarma as the President of the Estonian Academy of Sciences was held. The insignia of office were presented by the President of the Republic of Estonia, Alar Karis. In his inaugural speech, Mart Saarma addressed the challenges facing the Academy. He emphasized that the Academy's core responsibilities include promoting science, spreading scientific thought, and introducing and explaining scientific achievements and new technologies to the public. In the near future, the key areas of science and innovation will include new medicines and medical technologies, green technologies, artificial intelligence, new agriculture and new foods, new materials and new energy sources. Mart Saarma was elected as the Academy's tenth President on 9 October 2024 and began his five-year term of office on 8 December. 👉 Read more: https://lnkd.in/dbHKEwfF 📸 Photos by Reti Kokk

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⏺️ The possible use of horse meat for food in Bronze Age Estonia ⏺️ Use of wave models in the Gulf of Finland ⏺️ ‘Broken tone’ of Livonian ⏺️ The content and composition of essential oils obtained from the common thyme ⏺️ US-China competition in the politics of the Pacific region ⏺️ Multicultural traces in ancient tombs of Indonesia ⏺️ The representation and transformation of lotus imagery in traditional Chinese art These and other topics can be found in the recently published December issues of the Estonian Academy Publishers’ journals.👇 👉 Readers who wish to receive notifications about the publication of new issues should visit the Estonian Academy Publishers’ website and subscribe to journal alerts: https://lnkd.in/ep6sQrQc

At the General Assembly of the Estonian Academy of Sciences held on December 4, new Vice Presidents, Secretary General and the Non-Executive Members of the Board were elected from among the Members of Academy. 👉 Academy Members 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐤 𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐦 and 𝐉𝐚𝐚𝐤 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐨 were elected as Vice Presidents, 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐡𝐫𝐮 as Secretary General. Academy Members 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫, 𝐉𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐤 𝐊𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐤𝐢, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐚𝐧, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐥 and 𝐀𝐧𝐮 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐨 will take up their posts as Non-Executive Members of the Board. Their nominations were presented to the General Assembly by 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚, the new President of Academy . 👉 In October and November, the academy's divisions elected new heads who are also automatically Members of the Board. The new Head of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences is 𝐓𝐢𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐚-𝐋𝐢𝐢𝐯. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨 𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐦 was re-elected for a second term as Head of the Division of Astronomy and Physics. 𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐣𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠-𝐊𝐮𝐮𝐬𝐤 has been appointed Head of the Division of Informatics and Engineering and 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐦ä𝐞 Head of the Division of Biology, Geology and Chemistry. This means that the next Academy Board will have 13 members instead of the current 12, with five-year mandate. 🗓️ Mart Saarma's term as President of the Academy as well as the terms of Vice Presidents and Non-Executive Members of the Board started on December 8. The term of the new Secretary General will start on 1 February next year. The terms of the Heads of Divisions started right after their election. 📸 Members of the new Board present at the General Assembly. From left: Tiina Randma-Liiv, Jaak Vilo, Maris Laan, Mart Saarma, Anne Kahru, Jarek Kurnitski, Marco Kirm, Maarja Grossberg-Kuusk, Toomas Asser and Martti Raidal. Photo by Sven Tupits.

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐣𝐮 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐚, Associate Professor of Journalism Studies at Institute of Social Studies at University of Tartu, is introducing her research project “𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐒𝐜𝐢”. 👇 🏆 She is awarded with the Baltic 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 fellowship 2024 as the PhD in the field of Social Sciences. Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia / Haridus- ja Teadusministeerium

𝐊𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐢-𝐀𝐧𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐯, Junior Research Fellow in Technology at Institute of Technology at University of Tartu, is introducing her research project “𝐄𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐝”. She is awarded with the Baltic Women in Science fellowship 2024 as the Doctoral Candidate in the field of Natural Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Medical and Health Sciences. 👇 🏆 She is awarded with the Baltic 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 fellowship 2024 as the as the Doctoral Candidate in the field of Natural Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Medical and Health Sciences. Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia / Haridus- ja Teadusministeerium

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢 𝐓õ𝐫𝐯, Associate Professor of Archaeology at Institute of History at University of Tartu and Research Fellow in Analytical and Physical Chemistry at Institute of Chemistry in the same university, is introducing her research project “𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬”.👇 🏆 She is awarded with the Baltic 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 fellowship 2024 as the PhD in the field of Natural Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Medical and Health Sciences. Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia / Haridus- ja Teadusministeerium