Join our team as a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow!
Estonian Academy of Arts invites young and talented researchers to express their interest in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship programme (MSCA PF), which provides funding for 12-24 months of research. The fellowship includes a salary, mobility allowance, family allowance (if applicable), and research expenses.
The deadline for applications is 31 March 2026.
In addition to being eligible for MSCA, applicants who submit their proposal with Estonian Academy of Arts as the host institution and pass the 85% threshold, but are not funded by MSCA due to the budget limit, have the opportunity to be funded by the ERA Fellowships (a scheme only accessible to widening countries like Estonia). And those candidates who have passed the 70% threshold in the evaluation will qualify to have their projects funded through the incoming postdoctoral grants of the Estonian Research Council.
As the host institution, we offer candidates the opportunity to work with supervisors with extensive experience (more information about our fields and supervisors below). In addition to ensuring that candidates receive the best possible guidance and support, we are also providing a 5-day fully hands-on training, which takes place from 8-12 June 2026. Limited travel support will be provided, but spots for the training are limited.
To be considered for the opportunity, candidates will undergo a selection process based on their CV, project idea and motivation. There are three main eligibility requirements:
- Applicants must hold a PhD and have no more than 8 years of full-time research experience by the time of the application.
- Applicants of any nationality are welcome, but they must not have lived or worked in Estonia for more than 12 months during the 3 years leading up to the closing date of the call on 09 September 2026 (mobility rule).
- Applicants must choose the Estonian Academy of Arts as their host institution.
Please note: MSCA is a mobility grant. Candidates selected for funding are expected to relocate to Estonia for the duration of the fellowship. Fieldwork and research-related travel abroad are possible as part of the project, but relocating to Estonia is a requirement.
To apply, candidates must complete the application form and submit the following documents (PDF format) as attachments by 31 March 2026 (applications that do not follow these instructions will be discarded):
- Project outline (2 pages) that includes a brief background of the candidate, project background, main research objectives, outline of methodology, expected contribution and relevance. Please also explain how your project intersects with your supervisor’s expertise, and, if applicable, with the Estonian Academy of Arts more broadly.
- CV (maximum 5 pages)
The selection process will be a collaborative effort between the supervisors and our research advisers. Selected candidates will be contacted by mid-April and informed of the next steps in the process, which include joint preparation of an MSCA PF application with their supervisor, as well as participation in the training.
For any other further questions, please contact Pille Epner, pille.epner@artun.ee.
List of Supervisors (click on name to see bio)
Architecture & Urban Planning
Maroš Krivý
Maroš Krivý is Professor of Urban Studies at the Estonian Academy of Arts. His research centres on urban theory, spatial politics, and the role of expertise in planning and design, with a particular focus on how power relations shape urban knowledge and governance.
He investigates the marginalisation of social justice perspectives in contemporary urban planning and design, situating architectural and urban practice within broader political and economic frameworks. His doctoral supervision supports research in critical urban theory, spatial justice, planning cultures, and the politics of urban expertise.
Full profile and research outputs: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Maro%C5%A1_Kriv%C3%BD/eng
Renee Puusepp
Renee Puusepp is an architect and Senior Researcher at the Estonian Academy of Arts whose research focuses on modular construction, circular building systems, and digital design technologies. His work explores scalable, low-carbon architectural systems through open-source development, digital configurators, and the integration of design, manufacturing, and policy innovation.
He leads research on the 3Cycle modular system and develops experimental pilot buildings that bridge academic research and industry application. His supervision supports interdisciplinary doctoral projects connecting architecture, sustainability, and digital production.
Full profile and research outputs: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Renee_Puusepp/eng/
Siim Tuksam
Siim Tuksam is Associate Professor at the Estonian Academy of Arts and co-leads the Timber Architecture Research Centre (PAKK). His research centres on computational design, algorithmic processes, and industrialised timber construction, with a focus on sustainable building systems and resource-efficient production.
He investigates the shift from mass customisation to custom mass production through digital fabrication and modular systems. His doctoral supervision supports research in advanced architectural computation, fabrication technologies, and timber-based innovation.
Full profile and research outputs: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Siim_Tuksam/eng/
Cultural Heritage & Conservation
Anneli Randla
Anneli Randla is Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor of Cultural Heritage and Conservation. Her research focuses on medieval art and architecture, especially wall paintings and altarpieces, early modern polychrome sculpture, and the history and theory of conservation. She also works in technical art history and digital humanities.
She currently leads the Estonian Research Council project Studies on the Condition and Painting Techniques of the Murals of Valjala Church for the Development of Conservation Methods and is involved in the research and conservation of the Bernt Notke retable of the Church of the Holy Spirit.
Full profile and research outputs: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Anneli_Randla/eng/
Art History & Visual Culture
Anu Allas
Anu Allas is a Visiting Researcher in Art History and Visual Culture whose research focuses on Soviet-period art in Estonia and the Baltics, with particular attention to women artists, performative practices, and exhibition histories.
Alongside her academic research, she has worked as a curator and programme manager at Kumu Art Museum and has published widely on Soviet and contemporary art.
Full profile and research outputs: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Anu_Allas/eng/
Kristina Jõekalda
Kristina Jõekalda is Associate Professor at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Her research focuses on historiography, nationalism, colonialism, and the politics of heritage in the Baltic region and beyond. She examines how narratives of Germanness, empire, and identity have shaped the histories of art and architecture.
She is the author of German Monuments in the Baltic Heimat? A Historiography of Heritage in the ‘Long Nineteenth Century’ (2020) and the editor of several volumes on topics ranging from Baltic German to Soviet monuments.
Full profile and research outputs: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Kristina_J%C3%B5ekalda/eng/
Linda Kaljundi
Linda Kaljundi is Vice Rector for Research at the Estonian Academy of Arts and Professor of Cultural History at the Institute of Art History and Visual Culture. Her research centres on Baltic and Estonian historiography, cultural memory, and the entangled histories of science and the environment, with a focus on how the past is mediated through images, heritage practices, and public narratives.
She investigates the relationships between history writing, visual culture, environmental thought, and decolonisation, and has curated major research-based exhibitions exploring art, science, identity, and the Anthropocene. Her doctoral supervision supports research in cultural history, memory studies, environmental humanities, historiography, and critical heritage studies. She is co-author of Ajalugu pildis – Image in Image in History: National and Transnational Past in Estonian Art (2018, with Tiina-Mall Kreem).
Krista Kodres
Krista Kodres is Professor of Art History at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Her research focuses on history and theory of art historiography; history of art and architecture of the Baltic region in Early Modern period; history of architecture and design of the Soviet period.
She is editor-in-chief of the multi-volume History of Estonian Art and has supervised numerous doctoral dissertations in art history and visual culture.Full profile and research outputs: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Krista_Kodres/eng/
Mart Kalm
Mart Kalm is Professor of History of Architecture and a member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. His main research interests are the history of 20th century architecture and landscape architecture mainly in Estonia and Baltic region, architecture of holidaying, political dimension in architecture and the history of the profession of architect.
He is the author of Estonian 20th Century Architecture (2001), the editor and one of the main authors for the History of Estonian Art. Vol. 5, 1900-1940 (2010), and has contributed extensively to the historiography of Estonian art and architecture. Currently he participates in the research project Urbanites in the country. Spatio-cultural analysis of a summer-house.
Full profile and research outputs: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Mart_Kalm/eng/
Andres Kurg
Andres Kurg is Professor of Architectural History and Theory and Head of the PhD programme in Art History and Visual Culture. His research focuses on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, with a focus on the influence of technological transformations and changes in everyday life to architecture from the 1960s to 1980s.
He was Principal Investigator of the Estonian Research Council project that resulted in the exhibition and book Forecast and Fantasy: Architecture without Borders, 1960s to 1980s (2023, with Mari Laanemets).
Full profile and research outputs: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Andres_Kurg/eng/
Ingrid Ruudi
Ingrid Ruudi is Senior Researcher in Art History and Visual Culture. Her research focuses on architecture and spatial environments from the second half of the 20th century and up to contemporary times, and she has specific interest in issues related to transition from the Late Socialist to post-Socialist contexts.
A large part of her research is informed by intersectional feminist theories; currently she is the Principal Investigator of the project „Built environments of care from the late Socialist to post-Socialist Estonia“, funded by the Estonian Research Council (2025 – 2029). She has also written about intersections of architecture and visual art and art in the public sphere, as well as curatorial and exhibition practices, having curated numerous research exhibitions and the Estonian exhibition at the Venice architecture biennial.
Full profile and research outputs: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Ingrid_Ruudi/eng/
Design, Materials and Craft Praxis
Kärt Ojavee
Kärt Ojavee is Professor in the Craft Studies MA programme and Head of the Craft Praxis research group at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Her research centres on practice-based craft research, material inquiry, and bio-based innovation, with a focus on how traditional making knowledge can generate sustainable material systems through experimental processes.
She investigates the role of hands-on experimentation as a method of knowledge production, bridging craft theory, biomaterials, and emerging technologies. Her doctoral supervision supports research in practice-led methodologies, sustainable and bio-based materials, and interdisciplinary material innovation grounded in embodied making.
Full profile and research outputs: https://www.etis.ee/CV/K%C3%A4rt_Ojavee/eng/