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The Constitution of the Republic of Estonia, according to Article 38, states that science and art and their teaching shall be free. Universities and research institutions are autonomous within the limits prescribed by law. In the annotated edition of the constitution, it is defined that the said…

The Higher Education Act defines the positions of academic staff that correlate with the levels R1-R4. The law also created the possibility for universities to create tenure with permanent funding (tenure-track system).

Most Estonian universities have signed the Estonian Code of Conduct for Research Integrity, which regulates Open Science as follows: under otherwise equal conditions, a scientist prefers Open Access journals; a scientist ensures that scientific data is as easily findable and usable as possible…

Public Information Act in Estonia states in § 3 (1), point 8(2): “Information collected or compiled during scientific research and used as evidence in the scientific process or generally considered necessary in the scientific community to prove discoveries and results made during scientific…

In Estonia, a separate political framework for Open Science has yet to be developed, but several initiatives, discussions, and studies have taken place to create such a framework. A draft framework for Estonian open science is one of the annexes to the Estonian Research, Development,…

List of indicators for the 2024 edition of the ERA Dashboard.

List of indicators to be used for the 2024 edition of the ERA Scoreboard.

While mobility is advantageous for the research system as a whole, individual scientists may often encounter obstacles. Indeed, when moving to a new country, one discovers a lot of formal and informal structures and traditions. How is my university governed? Where can I get funding for my research…