Newsletter - Social Science in Eastern Europe 2001- 3
Estonia
7 Estonia Avenue
10143 Tallinn
Tel.: +372-6308851
Fax: +372 6444570
E-mail: mail@sekr.tami.ee
Internet:
http://gaia.gi.ee/mi/english.htm
Management: Püss, Tiia, PhD. (director) tpyss@tami.ee
Year of foundation: 1947
Historical development: The Institute was established in 1947 under
the Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR and merged with Tallinn Technical
University in 1997 as an independent research institute.
Staff: 22
Working groups:
* Group of natural and energy resource economics
* Group of economic theory and institutional development
Research topics:
* social development and social policy in Estonia in transition;
* adaptation of Estonian economy to integration processes in Europe;
* formation of market mechanisms and institutions;
* economic problems related to the use of local natural resources and
development of the fuel-energy complex.
Three main current research projects:
* Modelling and socio-economic evaluation of the sustainable utilisation of
Estonian natural resources - Anton Laur, Koidu Tenno, Lembit Aader
* Institutional structure and convergence: current problems of the Estonian
socio-economic system - Ü.Ennuste, Urve Venesaar, Mare Viies, Teet Rajasalu,
Irina Koljajeva, Tiia Püss, Alar Kein
* Economics of Estonian biodiversity - Üllas Ehrlich, Peep Krusberg, Kalju
Habicht
Publications: Three main publications in English (last ten years only)
* Olev Lugus; George A.Hachey, Jr., 1995. Transforming the Estonian
Economy.
* Urve Venesaar; George A.Hachey, Jr., 1995. Economic and Social Changes
in the Baltic States in 1992-1994.
* Ülo Ennuste and Lisa Wilder, 1999. Harmonisation with the Western
Economics: Estonian Economic Developments and Related Conceptual and
Methodological Framework.
Events: The institute organised the following conferences (last three
years only):
* Education, Training and Labour Markets in Hungary and Estonia, Tallinn, 2-4
April 1998
* Internationalisation and the Businesses Competitiveness in the Baltic
Countries, Tallinn, 29 - 30 September 1998
* Labour Supply and Demand Issues in Estonia and Finland, Tallinn, 16 - 17
December 1998
* Education, Training and Labour Market Adjustments in Hungary and Estonia,
Tallinn, 17- 18 May 1999
* The Tenth Annual Convention of the Congress of Political Economists (in
co-operation with the Institute of Theoretical Economics and Methodology, TTU),
Tallinn, 13 - 17 July 1999
* The promotion of Entrepreneurship and the State Contribution: Experience
and Estimates, Tallinn, 1 - 2 June 1999
Co-operations: Participation in international comparative research
projects:
* European integration, regional specialization and location of industrial
activity in accession countries, ACE No P98-1117-R, Coordinator Iulia Traistaru
* Countdown, Coordinator Sandor Richter, Vienna Institute for International
Economic Studies (WIIW)
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