Awards and acknowledgements

2022

Talis Bachmann was nominated for the Lifetime National Research Award.
Andero Uusberg was nominated for the Yearly National Research Award in the field of social sciences.

Uku Vainik received the Institute's Most Socially Active Employee Award of 2022.

Andero Uusberg with colleagues Kristjan Pulk and Leonore Riitsalu received an award for promoting research cooperation between institutes for the article „How am I doing financially compared to expectations? An experimental comparison of messaging strategies in investor newsletters“.

The best of entrepreneurship- and career education were recognized at the conference of the Edu & Tegu program:

  • Best promoter of entrepreneurship- and career education 2022 (outstanding nominee) - Signe Reppo and Triin Liin, UT Institute of Psychology
  • Best of the Year 2022 (outstanding nominee) - Lilian Ariva, team leader of the Edu and Tegu program at the University of Tartu

Our students were successful in the national student research paper competition:

  • Liisi Promet received the 1st prize at the level of applied higher education and Bachelor's studies with the paper „A comparative analysis of empirical theories of consciousness“. Supervisor: Talis Bachmann
  • Loretta Aganits received the 3rd prize at the level of applied higher education and Bachelor's studies with the paper „Uses of music in everyday life“. Supervisor: Marika Rauk
  • Maria Krajuškina received the 1st prize in the Master's level with the competition paper „Eyewitness identification accuracy and confidence in simultaneous and sequential video and photo lineups for single- and double-perpetrator crimes“. Supervisor: Annegrete Palu

Kairi Kreegipuu received the University of Tartu Medal.

Marika Rauk received the decoration “100 Semesters at the University of Tartu”.

Kertu Saar received the Institute's Best Supporting Staff Award of 2022.

Anu Realo was elected a member of Academia Europaea.

Anu Realo was elected to the Scientific Advisory Committee of the World Values Survey Association.

Kirsti AkkermannLiisi AusmeesKariina LaasAnni TammPirko Tõugu and Helen Uusberg were added to the Portal to Excellent Women Academics AcademiaNet.

2021

The opening of our new curriculum "Applied Behavioural Science" (lead by Andero Uusberg) received the Act of the Year Award from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Tartu.

Kariina Laas received the Institute's Most Socially Active Employee Award of 2021.

Our students were successful in the national student research paper competition:

  • Kadi Reintam received the 1st prize in the field of social sciences, at the level of applied higher education and Bachelor's studies, with the paper “Relationships between the changes in the symptoms of eating disorders and diagnostic categories and anxiety and depression”.
  • Triinu Ojalo received the 1st prize in the Master's level with the competition paper “Depression and antidepressant use in connection with the genetic risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease”.
  • Helo Liis Soodla received the 2nd prize in the Master's level with the competition paper “Towards Dimensional Psychopathology: Personality-Based Latent Profile Analysis”.

PhD student Helo Liis Soodla received the University of Tartu Medal and Associate Professor Kirsti Akkermann and Lecturer Kariina Laas received the University of Tartu Badge of Distinction.

Academic Affairs Specialist Marju Tammiste received the Institute's Best Supporting Staff Award of 2021.

Our courses "Social Psychology" (Toivo Aavik) and "Multiculturalism, Learning and Work Migration in the Context of Career Development" (Margit Rammo) received an e-course quality mark.

2020

Iiris Tuvi in collaboration with Jaanus Harro, Evelyn Kiive, Talis Bachmann and Mariliis Vaht received an award for promoting research cooperation between institutes for the article "Associations of attention distractivity with attention deficit and with variation in the KTN1 gene".

An article on influencing human behavior through nudging by Andero Uusberg and colleagues won the Journal of Behavioral Public Administration's Best Article of the Year 2020 Award.

Andero Uusberg received the Institute's Most Socially Active Employee Award of 2020.

Uku Vainik was nominated for the National Research Award.

Kariina Laas was nominated by the students for the title of Lecturer of the Year at the University of Tartu.

100 semestrit ülikoolis teenetemärk

Recipients of honorary decorations of the University of Tartu announced

20. septembrini saab esitada kandidaate teenetemärgiga tunnustamiseks.

Nominate candidates for honorary decorations until 20 September

Professor Peeter Tulviste mälestusfondi preemia selleaastane laureaat Dmitri Rozgonjuk

Professor Peeter Tulviste Memorial Fund scholarship awarded to Dmitri Rozgonjuk