International Research Journalists to Visit Tallinn University
From May 19 to 22 European research journalists will visit research institutions in Tallinn and Tartu. This third visit is coordinated by the Estonian Research Council and the Estonian Association of Research Journalists in collaboration with the European Union of Science Journalists’ Associations (EUSJA).
From May 19 to 22 European research journalists will visit research institutions in Tallinn and Tartu. This third visit is coordinated by the Estonian Research Council and the Estonian Association of Research Journalists in collaboration with the European Union of Science Journalists’ Associations (EUSJA). This time the journalists will focus on ecology, life diversity and climate change.
At Tallinn University they will be hosted by the director of our Institute of Ecology, Mihkel Kangur. Presentations will be made by Ulrike Plath, the professor of German history and culture at our Institute of History, and senior researcher Shinya Sugita from the Institute of Ecology.
Seventeen participants come from 11 countries – Belgium, Finland, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain and the USA.
Between May 20th and 22nd the journalists will meet researchers from Tallinn University, the University of Tartu, the Estonian University of Life Sciences and Tallinn University of Technology. On May 20th the journalists are taken to sea on the TUT research vessel, where they will be given a presentation on environment protection and sea surveillance. On May 21st they will go hiking at the Laelatu wooded meadows.
“Traditionally, EUSJA arranges such trips for their members two to three times a year. It is our pleasure to host our colleagues in Estonia once again and offer them the chance to become acquainted with one of our most internationally recognised research fields,” said Priit Ennet, president of the Estonian Association of Research Journalists and member of board of EUSJA.
“During the three days we will give the journalists and overview of the research fields that have to do with life diversity and climate change. We will show them the biodiversity of Estonia and various ongoing ecological research projects in our universities. We will also give the journalists a chance to meet the top scientists in these fields,” added Liis Livin, project manager at the Estonian Research Council.
The visit is financed by the European Regional Development Fund.