Topic: research

The University of Tartu will welcome hundreds of students, researchers and academics from around the world in 2027 as it hosts the European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI) for the first time in Estonia.

Twelve interdisciplinary doctoral positions will be created at the University of Tartu to explore potential applications of artificial intelligence, including, for example, addressing mental health issues, reducing food waste, assessing the overall impact of spatial planning, and facilitating sign language interpreting.

Maciej Eder is a Visiting Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Tartu. Inspired by Tartu’s historic academic past, Maciej is helping to build an international research centre dedicated to exploring language, literature and the ways digital technologies are transforming both.

On May 11, a new seminar series on using AI in the humanities and social sciences is starting.

On April 22, a seminar will take place to discuss humanities publishing in the age of AI.

On May 6-8, the Center for Digital Text Studies (DigiTS), in cooperation with the Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures, will organize a 3-day workshop on network analysis in the humanities.

Estonian researchers have created the AI Barometer where users can compare the responses of language models and assess their proficiency in Estonian. Everyone is welcome to try out the barometer at baromeeter.ai. The researchers aim to collect at least 50,000 comparisons by the end of June.

The Center for Digital Text Scholarship (DigiTS), operating under the Centre of Digital Humanities at the Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics, is launching a call for applications for three research fellows (post-docs) and one junior research fellow (PhD student) in Digital Humanities.

Registration for the 14th International Congress for Finno-Ugric Studies in Tartu (18.08-22.08.2025) is now open!