Past Projects
Institutional research grant (IUT): „Philosophical analysis of disagreements“
Duration: 01.01.2014 – 31.12.2019
The project is devoted to the study of disagreement as it arises in philosophy (e.g. logic, ontology), science, ethics and everyday life. The goal is to examine the nature of disagreement, to assess the implications that some seemingly dysfunctional disagreements may have for the objectivity of the topics on which they arise, and to develop strategies for the effective handling of disagreement. Accordingly, the diverse expertise of the UT Department of Philosophy will be deployed in an integrated assessment of the phenomenon from conceptual, metaphysical, and practical perspectives. The project will produce (1) conceptual clarity about the different types of disagreement and heuristics for diagnosing types of disagreement, (2) an elucidation of the metaphysical consequences implied by seemingly dysfunctional disagreements, and based on these outcomes, (3) an informed understanding of how some real-world disagreements are most effectively addressed.
Horisont 2020 project „ACCOMPLISSH – Accelerate CO-creation by setting up a Multi-actor Platform for Impact from Social Sciences and Humanities“
Mobilitas Pluss project MOBTT45 - Philosophy Expertise: Expertise and Fundamental Controversy in Philosophy and Science
Horisont 2020 project „PRINTEGER: Promoting Integrity as an Integral Dimension of Excellence in Research“
Applications and social-political import of practice-based philosophy of science
Estonian Science Foundation, Personal Research Grant " The Unity of Normative Discourse: Between Reasons and Responsibility"
Estonian Science Foundation, Personal Research Grant "Speech that silences speech: mechanisms and solutions"
Estonian Science Foundation, Personal Research Grant no 732 'Essentialism in the context of interdisciplinary research: a philosophical and cultural analysis of stereotypes in scientific communities'
Developing Estonian National System for Monitoring and Supporting Ethics in Scientific Research
Protecting the interests of single parents: reducing poverty in the weakest part of the society
Project duration: 2014-2015
Project leader: MTÜ Naiste Tugi-ja Teabekeskus
Representative of Department of Philosophy of University of Tartu: Kadri Simm
Financing scheme: EEA and Norway grants
Efficiency and justice in distributing kindergarten places mechanism design
Project duration: 2014-2015
Project leader: Kaire Põder (TLÜ)
Representative of Department of Philosophy of University of Tartu: Kadri Simm
Financing scheme: EEA and Norway grants
COST Action IS1201 "Disaster Bioethics"
Duration: 2013-2018
Estonian representative: Kadri Simm
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ERMOS project: "Verbal and Ontological Disputes in Everyday Life"
COST Action TD0904 TIMELY: "Time in Mental Activity: theoretical, behavioral, bioimaging and clinical perspectives"
ETF grant: "Linguistic Reality and its Psychological Basis"
ETF project: "Mind without mental states?"
MOBILITAS Postdoctoral Research Grant: "Logical pluralism: Agreement, disagreement, and the possibility of communication"
7th framework program project: "Children as Change Agents for Science in Society"
ETF project: "Conceptions of the Soul and Immortality in the British Thought from (1640-1740)"
ETF grant no. 7946 Constructive realism in the conception of models-based scientific theory
ETF project: "Understanding Normative Cognition: Autonomy, Unity and Generality"
European Comission's Seventh Framework Programme's project Rising pan-European and International Awareness of Biometrics and Security Ethics (RISE)
European Comission's Seventh Framework Programme's project Transdisciplinary approach to the Emerging CHallenges of NOvel technologies: Lifeworld and Imaginaries in Foresight and Ethics (TECHNOLIFE)
ETF 2008 project JD123 Logical pluralism, pragmatics, and the epistemic principle of non-contradiction
Project New ethical frameworks for genome banks and e-health databases in co-opration with European Economic Area (EEA) and Norway
Nordic Spaces grant The Nordic Model of Democracy: Diffusion, Competition, Europeanisation
ETF 2007 project ETF7163 Bridging Explanatory Gaps: How Science can Alter Our View of the World
European Comission's Seventh Framework Programme's project ETHICSWEB: Interconnected European Information and documentation system for ethics and science: European Ethics Documentation Centre
The ethical aspects of genetic databases and new technologies: individual versus common values and goods
Preparations for the National values developemt program
Set-up of the National Centre for Information, Documentation and Communication of Ethics
Constructivism in philosophy of science
ERMOS project Knowledge and Disagreement
Improvment of theoretical philosophy research and education in the Department of Philosophy by recruiting a forgein professor
Project duration: 2005 Oct - 2008 Oct
Participants: prof. Daniel Cohnitz, Bruno Mölder, Jaan Kangilaski, Gea Kõverjalg, Endla Lõhkivi ja Triin Paaver.
ETF project CCCOM: "Communication in Context: Shared Understanding in a Complex World / Verbal Disputes and Reference"
Understanding Puzzles in the Gendered European Map - Brain Drain in Physics through the Cultural Looking Glass
Ethics depository: collecting and distributing science- and bioethics information in Estonia and internationally
The Evaluation of social impacts of the new Family Law Act.
The governmental purveyance of Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs “An expert opinion about the handling of personal data connected to the digital case history in the context of bioethics and medical ethics”
Duration: 2006-2007
The ethics workgroup includes: prof. Margit Sutrop (coordinator), prof. Arvo Tikk, prof. Raul-Allan Kiivet, prof. Raul Talvik, prof. Tiina Talvik, prof. Mati Rahu, prof. Jaan Ginter, dr. Andres Soosaar, Mart Einasto and Merje Tikk.
Target-funded project Normativity: a critical study of its philosophical foundations, historical sources, and forms of manifestation
The environmental awareness project Basic texts in environmental ethics. Supported by Environmental Investment Centre
COST Actionis IS1307: New Materialism: Networking European Scholarship on 'How Matter Comes to Matter'
ETF project Rudolf Carnap's logical and ontological pluralism - a case study
Handbook of Codes of Conduct, supported by Open Estonia Foundation
To draw attention to the ethical behavior and responsibilities within the Estonian society, the Centre for Ethics is currently elaborating and composing the handbook on the codes of conduct. “A to Z of the Codes of Conduct” is aimed towards non-governmental organizations, and public and private sector organizations in order to help them compose their own codes of conduct.
COST Action IS1001: "BIO-OBJECTS and THEIR BOUNDARIES: governing matters at the intersection of society, politics and science"
Project competition for non-profit organizations More Women into Politics by Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs and Open Estonia Foundation
Duration: 2006-2007
The aim of the project is to increase the number of women in politics by enlarging the public awareness. To accomplish the aim, we plan to publish a collection of articles and interviews, organize seminars, discussions and a media campaign.
As a result of the project, a collection of articles titled Estonian Female Ministers. Collection of Writings about Women at the Top of Politics was published. Also, discussions and media campaign on “The achievements and impediments of women in political reality” were organized.
National Institute of Health Fogarty grant „E-education in Scienceethics”
Grant holders: Union College, Albany (USA) and University of Vilnius
Estonian representative prof. Margti Sutrop, who conducted regular teaching within the project in 2005–2007.
Tallinn Univesity of Technology grant The epistemological foundations of ethics in the early modern and contemporary British philosophy
Duration: 2003 - 2007
Grant holder: dr. Roomet Jakapi
Target-funded project Critical analysis of relativism and pluralism regarding truth and knowledge, norms and values
NorFa (Nordic Academy for Advance Studies) supported networking project The Ethics of Genetic and Medical Information
European Union 5th Framework programme project Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Human Genetic Databases. A European Comparison (ELSAGEN)
Estonian Science Foundation grant no. 4618 "Human Nature - Morality and Sociability"
Grant holder: prof. Margit Sutrop
Researchers: Valdar Parve, Eva Piirimäe, Pärtel Piirimäe, Roomet Jakapi, Marek Järvik, Külli Keerus, Mairit Saluveer, Helen Eenmaa, Kristi Lõuk
Total Budget: 351 000 EEK (appr. 22 500 EUR)
Duration: 2002-2004