Newsletter - Social Science in Eastern Europe 2001-1
ESTONIA
Estonia blv. 7
10143 Tallinn
Tel.: +372 6454927
Fax: +372 6544927
E-mail: admin@iiss.ee
Internet: http://gaia.gi.ee/iiss/eng/
Management: Vetik, Raivo, Dr. - director (vetik@iiss.ee)
Year of foundation: 1989
Staff: 26 researchers, 15 research associates
Departments:
* Department of Social Stratification
* Department of Culture and Family Sociology
* Department of Ethnology
* Department of Cultural Anthropology
* Department of Government
* Department of International Studies
* Department of Sociology of Crime
Research: Main focus:
* Social stratification and mobility in a changing society: generational
paths in contemporary Estonia;
* Changing values and lifestyles in Estonia in the 1990s: economic and social
resources of families;
* Estonia in the system of international relations; the social dimension of
euro-integration and perspectives of the Estonian nation for 1997-2000;
* Cultural dialogue in Estonia in the 1990s: ethnic, regional, and global
factors;
* Democratic governance in Estonia: problems and solutions;
* Criminality in Estonia and control of criminality.
Research projects: Three main current research projects:
* Social Stratification and Mobility in a Changing Society: Generational
Paths in Contemporary Estonia - Rein Vöörmann
* Changing Values and Lifestyles in Estonia in the 1990s: Economic and Social
Resources of Families - Aili Kelam
* Democratic Governance in Estonia: problems and solutions - Raivo Vetik
Publications: Three main publications (last ten years):
* E. Saar, "Transitions to Tertiary Education in Belarus and the Baltic
Countries". European Sociological Review, 13, 1997, No 2. 139-158.
* A. Narusak, L. Hanssson, Estonian Families in the 1990s: Winners and
Losers. Tallinn 1999
* R. Vetik, Inter-Ethnic Relations in Estonia 1988-1998. Tampere University
Press 1999.
Events:
* IPSA Working Committee regional conference `Perspectives of Democratic
Consolidation in Central and Eastern Europe', in Tallinn,
* November 19-22, 1998.
* First Annual Conference of Estonian Social Sciences, inTallinn, November
23-24, 2000.
Co-operations: Participation in international comparative research
projects:
* State-Society Relations in the Baltic States - cooperation project with the
Department of Government of the Uppsala University - Raivo Vetik, Heigo Kadakmaa
* Long-term cooperation with the Center for Russian and East-European Studies
and Population Studies Center (within the project "Identity Formation and
Social Issues in Estonia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan", the manuscript of the
book is prepared) - University of Michigan (USA), Ukraine, Uzbekistan - Rein Vöörmann,
Ellu Saar, Jelena Helemäe.
* MCO/CASSIOPEIA XXI - COPERNICUS-project. A global approach of drugs
situation for improving the decision-making process in the fight against drugs:
building a practical model of social and economic global diagnostic - Belgia,
Cassiopeia XXI GEIE, B 4218 Couthuin, rue des Fermes - Kati Hammer-Pratka 1999 -
2001.
* 1995-1999 "Gender roles, and social changes in rural settlements in
Estonia and Finland", Finnish-Estonian joint project (co-ordinator Dr.
Laura Assmuth, University of Helsinki; from IISS - Aili Kelam);
* 2000-2001 - National identity and everyday life in the border regions of
Estonia, Latvia and Russia (co-ordinator Dr. Laura Assmuth, University of
Helsinki; from IISS - Aili Kelam)
* 1999-2000 - "Entrepreneurs", a subproject of "Privatization
of agriculture in the Baltic countries" project financed by the Academy of
Finland (co-ordinator of the subproject Dr. Jouko Nikula, co-ordinator of the
umbrella project Prof. Ilkka Alanen from the University of Jyväskyla; from IISS
- Leeni Hansson and Uno Saar);
* 1999-2001 - Gender, and changing working conditions in Estonia and Finland.
Finnish-Estonian joint project (co-ordinator Dr. Kaisa Kauppinen, University of
Helsinki; from IISS - Aili Kelam, Leeni Hansson, Niina Derman).
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