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EKA Arh Conference 2026 on 10 September: tickets and programme!
This year's EKA Arh Conference will take place on Thursday, 10 September, and is titled “To Be Continued… From Scattered Facts to Shared Concerns”. The conference forms the first half of the Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB) two-day ...
The deadline for the EKA Research Fund autumn call is 14 September 2026
EKA announces the Autumn Call for applications for EKA Research Fund support. Funding may be applied for by the academy’s structural units, staff members, and doctoral students. Application calls to the Research Fund will take place twice a ...
An outdoor exhibition introducing the possibilities of contemporary art to reinterpret Soviet heritage will open on 16 July at Kohtla-Järve Central Square
On Thursday, 16 July at 5 pm, the outdoor exhibition Reframing Monuments: The Past as Artistic Material will open at Kohtla-Järve Central Square. The exhibition explores the capacity of ...
EKA Master’s Graduate Kumaraaditya Rao Awarded Ülo Pärnits Scholarship 2026
A recent graduate of the Service Design Strategies and Innovation master's programme at the Estonian Academy of Arts, Kumaraaditya Rao has been awarded the 2026 Ülo Pärnits ...
The EKA Applied Research, Development and Creative Works Competition 2026 is now open!
Each year, the Estonian Academy of Arts organises the Applied Research, Development and Creative Works Competition for students. The competition aims to encourage bachelor's and master's students, ...
EKA Presented Northern European Collaboration at the New European Bauhaus Festival in Brussels
The 2026 New European Bauhaus (NEB) Festival brought together experts in the built environment, design, and sustainability from across Europe in Brussels. As part of the festival programme, Sille Pihlak, Dean of the ...
The heads of EKA research centres participated in a Brussels study visit on European research cooperation
The Estonian Research Council’s coordinators’ development programme concluded in June with a study visit to Brussels. The year-long programme focused on the preparation and coordination of Horizon Europe projects and on strengthening the ...
Ingrid Ruudi in the international spotlight: Tallinn public space research receives recognition
In May 2026, the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies announced this year’s Vilis Vītols Article Award laureates. Among them, Estonian ...
Tallinn Pattern Buildings
Project executor:Timber Architecture Research Center PAKKResearchers:Renee Puusepp (Principal Investigator), Katriv Koov (Investigator)Project ...
EKA / T4EU podcast: „Keeping the Church in the Village. Navigating the Core of Our Built Heritage“
What holds communities together at a time when traditional social pillars—religion, work, and a shared media landscape—are undergoing profound changes? ...
Fresh Perspective on School Environment: EKA Awards Young Artistic Researchers
This Thursday, April 23, the laureates of the ...
At the Estonian Annual Conference of the Humanities, 31 lecturers, researchers, and graduate students from the Estonian Academy of Arts participated as speakers
From April 8 to April 10, the Estonian Annual Conference of the Humanities took place in Tartu, organized by the University of Tartu, the Estonian National Museum, and the Estonian Literary Museum. A total of 31 ...
Design and Engineering Met on the Quay
EKA product design students set out to solve how to deliver electricity to ships in the city center. Our recently held Design Diagnostics masterclass brought ...
EKA is happy to welcome postdoctoral researcher DA Anna Jensen to our community!
DA Anna Jensen is a curator, researcher, artist, and critic whose practice is grounded in site-specific, embodied, and collective approaches, and she is usually based in Helsinki. Her work revisits notions ...
EKA Arh Conference 2026: Open Call for Abstracts extended until 15th April
The Estonian Academy of Arts Faculty of Architecture invites abstract submissions for the upcoming EKA ...
EKA opens Call for Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellows!
Join our team as a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow! Estonian Academy of Arts invites young and ...
EKA Announces Spring Call for Applications for Research Fund Support
Based on the new principles for the allocation of Research Fund financing approved in February, EKA announces the spring call for applications for Research Fund support. Funding may be applied for by the academy’s ...
Applications Open: Funded PhD Position at PAKK in Sustainable Timber Architecture
The Estonian Academy of Arts invites applications for a full-time doctoral candidate position at the Timber Architecture Research Center PAKK,
Estonian Academy of Art researchers among the nominees for the 2026 National Research Awards
The nominees for the Estonian National Research Awards have now been announced, highlighting best research from the past four years (2022–2025). National Research Awards are granted to Estonian ...
EKA Science Publication Awards 2025 announced!
The Estonian Academy of Arts recognised the authors of outstanding scholarly and practice-based research publications that were published in 2025 – across three award categories, the Academy highlighted the diverse and high-level ...
Five awards from the 2025 national student research competition go to EKA
On 10 December, the best student research projects of 2025 were recognised at a festive award ceremony held at the National Library. This year, 531 competition entries were submitted, which is roughly ...
PhD Thesis Defence of Margus Tamm
On 12 December, 2025 Margus Tamm, external doctoral student of Art and Design curriculum, will defend his doctoral thesis „Artistic Interventions in the Public Space: Tactical Media and the Communicative Turn in Protest Culture at the ...
EKA announces the Calls for Research Grants and EKA LOOVKÄRG+ Mini Development Grants for 2026!
The aim of the EKA Research Grant is to support the establishment and development of research topics and groups of importance to the academy, promote knowledge transfer, ...
EKA Science Café in Narva Brought Together Students and Experts
On 4 September, as part of the Station Narva festival, the Estonian Academy of Arts hosted a Science Café at the Narva Art Residency (NART), focusing on the changing role of religious and industrial ...