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Regenerated Cotton for Electronic Textiles-RETEX

The main objective of the RETEX MSCA SE project is to establish a world-class interdisciplinary network focused on a joint research program in the field of new sustainable electronic textile materials. This will be achieved by ...

31 January 2025

Faculty of Design Fashion Styling Ongoing Research Projects

Co-creating design(s) to support intimacy between remote families (EKA 2025-2027)

“Co-creating design(s) to support intimacy between remote families: A Collaborative approach to interaction, social, and sensorial design” aims to bridge the emotional distance between families, inspired by the phenomenology of intimacy. By ...

30 January 2025

Faculty of Design Ongoing Research Projects

Application of Participatory Methods for Exploring Meaning-Making Process in Bag Design

The artistic research research project investigates which meaning-making methods and principles can be intentionally applied within the design process to extend a product’s useful lifespan. The owner’s emotional attachment to a personal item has ...

30 January 2025

Faculty of Design Ongoing Research Projects

Mixed Reality and Audience Participation: Technological Practices of Performative Space (EKA 2025-2026)

The aim of the project would be to investigate in depth the application of new technologies in the performative environment of theater and exhibition spaces. Changes in the technical environment affect all areas of life, as well as theater ...

28 January 2025

Faculty of Fine Arts Ongoing Research Projects

Exhibition infrastructure. A study of the material and ideological conditions of exhibition production in the late Soviet period (2025-2026)

This project proposes to study the history of exhibitions in the late Soviet period. From the 1960s onwards, exhibitions have become an increasingly important medium for the mediation of ideologies, while their design has become ...

28 January 2025

Institute of Art History and Visual Culture Ongoing Research Projects

Congratulations to Risto Paju for Receiving His PhD

Huge congratulations to Risto Paju for receiving his PhD! On 20th January Risto Paju defended his thesis "The Art of Late Medieval Stone Carving in Tallinn: Fragments – History and ...

23 January 2025

Research and Development Office

Expedition: Estonians and Indigeneity

This project will examine Estonia’s relationships with Indigenous peoples and the influence of these relationships on Estonian self-identity, focusing on visual culture, artworks and museum collections. The transdisciplinary project is ...

30 October 2024

Faculty of Art and Culture Institute of Art History and Visual Culture Ongoing Research Projects

Monumental art abroad created by Dolores Hoffmann and other Estonian female artists

The project focuses on the fate and status of monumental works created by Dolores Hoffmann, one of the founders and long-time faculty members of the Monumental Painting Department at the Estonian SSR State Art Institute, and her students, ...

30 September 2024

Cultural Heritage and Conservation Previous Research Projects Uncategorized

The winners of the 2024 Applied Research and Development Competition have been announced!

The Research and Development Department of EKA, in collaboration with the Tallinn Strategy Center, organizes an annual Applied Research and ...

23 September 2024

Accessory Design Architecture and Urban Design Doctoral School

Call for Applications: EKA Research Grants 2025

The EKA Research Grant program aims to establish and develop research topics and teams of importance to the academy, enhance knowledge transfer, and boost the competitiveness of the academy’s research ...

18 September 2024

Doctoral School Doktorikool Research and Development Office