Nordic-Estonian Research Day 2025

Building impactful and resilient partnerships – reflecting on results and looking into future    

To strengthen and develop the Estonian-Nordic research cooperation, the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Estonia, NordForsk and the Estonian Research Council are organizing the Nordic-Estonian Research Day on 27 May 2025 at the White Hall of the University of Tartu Museum.

This event aims to explore and discuss future opportunities and models of Nordic-Estonian research collaboration. Both Nordic and Estonian researchers will share their experiences and results from previous research projects supported by NordForsk in collaboration with Estonian research funders.

Joint funding mechanisms and key priorities of regional research collaboration between the Nordic and Baltic countries will be examined and discussed throughout the Research Day. The event is intended for researchers, research coordinators, policy makers, and research funding agencies.

Register here, before 21 May 2025.

Programme of the event:

Moderator of the day: Guttorm Aanes, NordForsk’s Head of Communications

10.30 – 11.00 Arrival, coffee/snacks

11.00 – 11.10 Opening words. Maria Gratschew, Director of the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Estonia

Presentations:

11.10 – 11.30 Arne Arne Flåøyen, Director of NordForsk

NordForsk’s experiences with Baltic-Nordic research collaboration, and Baltic-Nordic added value created in joint projects.

11.30 – 11.50 Anu Noorma, Director General of Estonian Research Council

Experiences of Estonia from NB research cooperation, collaboration with NordForsk

11.50 – 12.30 Light lunch

Experience stories:

12.30 – 12.50 Peeter Ross, Associate Professsor of TalTech

Nordic eHealth for Patients: Benchmarking and Developing for the Future (NORDeHEALTH), NordForsk call „Digitalisation of the Public Sector“

12.50 – 13.10 Anu Masso, Associate Professor of TalTech

Critical understanding of Predictive Policing (CUPP), NordForsk call „Digitalisation of the Public Sector“

13.10 – 13.30 Ulvi Moor, Professor of Estonian University of Life Sciences

Innovative sustainable Nordic-Baltic horticulture (InNoBaHort), NordForsk call “Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change”

13.30 – 13.50 Evelin Loit-Harro, Professor of Estonian University of Life Sciences

Validating the Introduction of Kernza in the Nordic reGion (VIKING), NordForsk call “Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change”

13.50 – 14.00 Short break

14.00 – 15.00 Panel Discussion on NB research collaboration

Moderator of the discussion: Arne Flåøyen, Director of NordForsk

Participants:

• Ülle Jaakma, Rector of the University of Estonian Life Sciences
• Henn Ojaveer, Professor of the University of Tartu, project STC-herring, NordForsk call “Sustainable fisheries from healthy seas”
• Maarja Malm, Adviser of the Research and Development Department of the Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture
• Katrin Piller, Senior Adviser of the International Research Cooperation Department, ETAG

15.00 – 15.10 Moderators conclusions, followed by

15.10 – 16.00 Wine and mingling