On Monday, 3 February, at 4:15 PM, a lecture on medical artificial intelligence will take place in the University of Tartu Delta Study Building (Narva mnt 18-2048). The speakers are Dr Frank Ursin and Dr Cristian Timmermann from Germany. The lecture, titled “Levels of Explicability: How to Overcome Epistemological and Normative Barriers in Medical AI”, is organised by the Centre for Ethics of the University of Tartu, Department of Philosophy, and the Estonian Centre of Excellence in AI (EXAI).
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News and press releases of the Centre for Ethics, University of Tartu.
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On the 30th and 31st of January 2025, the University of Tartu (Jakobi 2, Tartu) will host a two-day intensive seminar on research ethics for doctoral students from all fields. The workshop will be in English, and participants can earn 1 EAP.
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As part of the main programme of the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024, the Tartu World University series of events organised 47 meetings that connected scientists and communities, attended by 17,966 people. Together, they sought solutions to global problems using local examples and vice versa. Communities will continue to address World University themes and organise events in the future.
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The Centre for Ethics of the University of Tartu has established a nationwide network to foster collaboration in artificial intelligence ethics.
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Department of Philosophy and the Centre for Ethics cordially invite you on Monday, 25 November at 16:15, Jakobi 2-336 to attend a talk by Dr. Ruth Rebecca Tietjen “Variations on loneliness: existential, social, political”. Dr. Tietjen is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy at Tilburg University and Pof. Dr. Theda Rehbock’s Philosophy Resident at Susimetsa Philosophicum.
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On 25 October, the University of Tartu senate decided to award the University of Tartu Grand Medal to Professor of International Business Urmas Varblane. Also, the recipients of the University of Tartu Star of Appreciation, Medal, Badge of Distinction and the decoration “100 Semesters at the University of Tartu” have been announced.
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The discussion game developed by researchers at the Centre for Ethics of the University of Tartu has received a remake – the game is now available in English.
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On October 3, 2024, the Centre for Ethics of the University of Tartu held the conference “Trust = Survival?! - Where does trust come from, where does it go, and how to survive?”. Experts gathered to explore the multifaceted concept of trust, examining it from the perspectives of survival in crisis, community and collaboration, and the role of science in building public confidence.
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On 5 September, one of the world’s leading moral philosophers, Professor Jeff McMahan from the University of Oxford, will give a public lecture on the ethics of killing and just war theory. His lecture marks the publication of a special issue of a philosophy journal focused on the Russia-Ukraine war. The event will be held from 16:00 to 18:00 in White Hall at the University of Tartu Museum.
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The discussion game created by experts from the University of Tartu Ethics Centre has made its way to the demo area of sTARTUp Day.
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On 27 October, the University of Tartu senate decided to award the Johan Skytte medal to Margit Sutrop, member of the Riigikogu and Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Tartu. The highest award granted to university members, the University of Tartu Grand Medal, is given to two university researchers for services of particular value. Also, the recipients of the University of Tartu Star of Appreciation, Medal, Badge of Distinction and the decoration “100 Semesters at the University of Tartu” have been selected.
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The University of Tartu Centre for Ethics invites researchers who come into contact with personal data in their research to familiarise themselves with the Guide for data protection in research.
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The Centre for Ethics and the Centre for Applied Social Sciences of the University of Tartu, in cooperation with Estonian Research Council, invite scientists to participate in a survey.
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A three-year project that will reinforce efforts to promote adherence to the highest standards of research ethics and integrity and prevent research misconduct began in January 2023.
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A comprehensive article entitled “Teachers’ perceptions of values-oriented dialogic communication in a multicultural learning environment“ published in Estonian Journal of Education.
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Prof Margit Sutrop, head of the Centre for Ethics, and Mari-Liisa Parder, a research fellow in ethics, conducted a workshop where they discussed associations between artificial intelligence and ethics
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In the recently published book the researchers of the Centre for Ethics, University of Tartu write about the creation of Estonian Code of Conduct for Research Integrity.
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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.
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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.
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On 21 January 2021, the Centre for Ethics at the University of Tartu (CEUT), in cooperation with TIMELEX (Brussels) lawyers, conducted training on research ethics and data protection.
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