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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.

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 11^th 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.

At the beginning of April, research integrity counsellors started work at each faculty of the University of Tartu. They offer advice and support for university members who have questions about adhering to the principles of research integrity or suspect that research integrity has been violated.

The Centre for Ethics at the University of Tartu together with the ethics committees of Estonia's two largest hospitals, the North Estonia Medical Centre and the Tartu University Hospital, developed 12 recommendations for distribution of limited health care resources during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

Articles about informed consent and codes of ethics, written by junior research fellows and the head of Centre for Ethics, University of Tartu will be published in an upcoming Springer book “Handbook of Research Ethics and Scientific Integrity“.

The Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS) and Centre for Ethics at the University of Tartu have started a joint project to develop recommendations to create a national system for monitoring and supporting ethics in scientific research. The results of this study will provide background knowledge and suggestions for initiating policy changes in the system of Estonian research ethics, to increase transparency, independence, and connections to European ethics organisations.

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The University of Tartu Centre for Ethics, together with the Ministry of Education and Research, the Nordic Council of Ministers, UT College of Foreign Languages and Cultures and the Office of the President of the Republic of Estonia invite people to put down their thoughts about Estonia and the Nordic countries for the contest of opinion pieces and photos “Estonia AND Nordic countries—Estonia AS a Nordic country?”. The main prize of the opinion pieces contest (adults) is awarded by Royal Norwegian Embassy – it is a unique trip to Oslo for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.…