Elo Süld from UT presents ReConnect China at info session from Estonian Reseach Council

On Monday 14 April, from 13.15-16.30 (Estonian time), the Estonian Research Council organises an information seminar on “Opportunities for social sciences and humanities in the European Horizon 2025 calls”.

Our partner Elo Süld from University of Tartu was invited to present ReConnect China as a successful example for a Horizon Europe-funded project involving an interdisciplinary team of both humanities and social scientists and including an Estonian institution.

The webinar will take place in Estonian language. All information on the website of ETAG.

Webinar agenda:

13.15-15.15

Introduction: topics for the 2nd Pillar of the “European Horizon” (with pre-defined content) and support for the participation of social sciences and humanities (SSH integration). SSH opportunities and upcoming information days in the fields of healthcivil society, civil security and digital and industry (Katrin Kello).

– SSH opportunities in the thematic areas of “Climate, energy and transport” and “Food, bio-economy, natural resources, agriculture and environment“. Societal readiness pilotThe new European Bauhaus “Europe on the horizon” (Mari Habicht, Priit Kilgas and Maarja Soonberg-Kaine).

– SSH opportunities in the missions work programme: topics with a focus on climate change adaptation, urban regeneration, cancer treatment and soil health (Katrin Saar).

– Elo Süld (University of Tartu): a case study on the Reconnect China project.

15.15-15.30

Break

15.30-16.30

– Euroopa teadusruumi tugevdamise  workprogramm(Siiri Kolka)

– Thematic area “Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society“. The potential of cascade funding for building the European Cultural Heritage Co-operation Pillar and beyond (Katrin Kello)

First school visit in Estonia by our partner University of Tartu

At the end of last year, ReConnect China researcher Urmas Hõbepappel of University of Tartu Asia Centre had a great opportunity to meet students from classes 11 and 12 of the Tallinn French Lyceum. The lecture was focused on China-related security concerns vis-a-vis Estonia/Europe, followed by a long Q&A session.

The students participated in an experiment where the same lecture was presented to high school students (age 17-18) and MA students (age 22-25) at the Estonian Military Academy to gauge how well the same information is understood among different levels of education. The results were measured with Slido and show that both groups had similar levels of comprehension (on scale 1-5, 67% of high school students assessed their comprehension with 4 and 33% with 5).