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Estonian Academy of Sciences Yearbook 2014 XX Facta non solum verba ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES YEAR BOOK ANNALES ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM ESTONICAE XX (47) 2014 TALLINN 2015 ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES The Year Book was compiled by: Margus Lopp (editor-in-chief) Galina Varlamova Ülle Rebo, Ants Pihlak (translators) ISSN 1406-1503 © EESTI TEADUSTE AKADEEMIA CONTENTS Foreword . 5 Chronicle . 7 Membership of the Academy . 13 General Assembly, Board, Divisions, Councils, Committees . 17 Academy Events . 42 Popularisation of Science . 48 Academy Medals, Awards . 53 Publications of the Academy . 57 International Scientific Relations . 58 National Awards to Members of the Academy . 63 Anniversaries . 65 Members of the Academy . 94 Estonian Academy Publishers . 107 Under and Tuglas Literature Centre of the Estonian Academy of Sciences . 111 Institute for Advanced Study at the Estonian Academy of Sciences . 120 Financial Activities . 122 Associated Institutions . 123 Associated Organisations . 153 In memoriam . 200 Appendix 1 Estonian Contact Points for International Science Organisations . 202 Appendix 2 Cooperation Agreements with Partner Organisations . 205 Directory . 206 3 FOREWORD The Estonian science and the Academy of Sciences have experienced hard times and bearable times. During about the quarter of the century that has elapsed after regaining independence, our scientific landscape has changed radically. The lion’s share of research work is integrated with providing university education. The targets for the following seven years were defined at the very start of the year, in the document adopted by Riigikogu (Parliament) on January 22, 2014 and entitled “Estonian research and development and innovation strategy 2014- 2020. Knowledge-based Estonia”. It starts with the acknowledgement familiar to all of us that the number and complexity of challenges faced by the society is ever increasing. It no longer suffices to boost competi- tiveness of the economy; that effort must be seconded by effective interaction of the whole society. The said strategy recalls to mind, that we have to reappraise our current activities and seek new avenues to make headway. The farther we progress, the higher science policy standards we should request. Such setbacks like the present crisis of the research funding system as was distinctly revealed at the conference in Estonian Biocentre on February 14, 2014 are largely the product of our own complacency. It shows that focussing solely on research or exclusively on efficiency of the scien- tific landscape or its individual parts is clearly not enough. Literally speaking: if the Academy is merely a centrepiece of the scientific land- scape, it is situated in hinterland of the present social structure. We have a long way to go to perceive the larger picture and also visualise the eventual outcome of moves seemingly correct when examined sepa- rately. Although there is some leeway in how the scientists and the Academy may position themselves in the society, we are part and parcel of the society, the arena of reverberation of societal processes, and in a sense also its cross-cut. If we are to contribute to efficient performance of the society, we must be open towards the society; we must first and fore- most conceive what the society expects from the scientific community and science. A strategic step in that direction was founding of the Insti- tute for Advanced Study in the preceding year (in 2013). The four first working groups focussed on important points, have done their job out of enthusiasm and inherent sense of responsibility. The contribution of Members of Academy comprising them, and the efforts of involved ex- perts are already crystallising into solid working documents designed to ease shaping scientific careers and to launch the centres of excellence. 5 Hopefully the first document completed with adequate funding at the turn of the year and presented in January 2015 titled “Strategy of re- search and development and innovation of the Estonian health system 2015-2020” will soon be followed by several foresights of the same calibre. The importance of perennial academic values for the society was testi- fied to by the massive media coverage of the election of new leadership of the Academy. A succession of long and profound pieces of writing authored by Members of Academy appeared in several dailies and cul- tural issues during the whole year. There is no better proof to the effect that the opinion of Members of Academy is important to the society. It has lately become a tradition at the Academy that major changes in the leadership occur once a decade. Apparently that is too long a period, within which many younger and up-and-going Members of Academy would find other challenges. Such long time-lag would inevitably tend to generate some inter-generational interference in conveying the message during communication. We are living in a turbulent and rapidly changing world, and certain reorganisations are certainly necessary; however it is important to retain and safeguard all positive achievements attained by the previous leadership. To quote the Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment“ ‒ we too often live in repentance of the past and worrying about the future, therefore the present tends to slip through our fingers like fine sand. I dare summarise the developments in the Academy during past decades as follows: both the leadership and the staff have acted assured they got the Academy on interest-free credit from their successors, not as legacy bequeathed to them by their predecessors. Any complicated and problem-festered epoch has its own peculiar charm. We have managed to find means for completing many spectacu- lar undertakings. Several aspects inherent to the value-based society like education, science and culture are incredibly, even anomalously strong given the small size of our state and the low numbers of our people. They rightfully belong to the absolute top of the world. In that sense, a highlight of the Academy for 2014 was October 15, when Member of Academy Arvo Pärt was awarded the Japanese Imperial cultural prize Praemium Imperiale, often compared to the Nobel Prize. We are happy to be so clearly visible in the cultural space of the whole world. Tarmo Soomere 6 CHRONICLE January 20 – Board at its meeting discussed the Academy’s Action Plan 2014 and preparation of a conference focusing on the natural resources of Estonia and utilisation of available reserves; approved the work reports of the Acade- my Research Professors Tõnis Timmusk, Rein Ahas and Anu Realo; decided to confer the Paul Ariste Memorial Medal on Arvo Krikmann. January 28-30 – Helmut Schwarz, Foreign Member of the Academy and Pre- sident of the Humboldt Foundation, visited Tallinn as a guest of the Academy. During his stay, he paid a visit to Tallinn University, had a meeting with Esto- nian Humboldt Club Members at the Embassy of Germany in Estonia and gave a lecture “Chemistry with methane. A cold approach to a hot problem” at Tallinn University of Technology. January 30 – Chair of the Academy Committee on Marine Sciences Tarmo Soomere participated in a meeting of the European Marine Board (EMB) Ex- ecutive Committee in Brussels. February 4 – Seminar in the Sparking Seminar Series of the Academy Com- mittee on Marine Sciences was held on the premises of the Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu. Tarmo Soomere gave a presentation “Waves in the Baltic Sea in the vortex of changes”. February 14 – Board at its meeting approved the Academy’s Action Plan 2014 and decided to confer the Wilhelm Ostwald Memorial Medal on Mati Karelson (Member of the Academy). Head of the Division of Informatics and Engineering Tarmo Soomere presented information about a possible merger between two journals of the Academy – Estonian Journal of Engineering and Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. The proposed merger was considered and approved by the Board. February 14 – Seminar “The Prospects for Research Quality in Estonia” was organised by the Academy at the Estonian Biocentre’s new laboratory build- ing. March 17 – Board at its meeting approved the financial activities of the Aca- demy in 2013 and its 2014 budget; determined the agenda for the Annual General Assembly. After hearing a brief report from President Richard Vil- lems on the upcoming new funding round for Centres of Excellence, the Board resolved to authorise the Institute for Advanced Study to participate in preparing the principles and required documents for the new CoEs funding round as well as in establishing cross institutional working groups tasked with solving complex problems, e.g. the consistency of R&D funding levels and a long-term strategy for research career path development. Announcement of the 2014 Student Research Paper Contest was determined. 7 March 20-22 ‒ Vice-President Jüri Engelbrecht participated in the conference “Transition to a New Society” organised by the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS) in Podgorica (Montenegro), moderated one of the sessions and gave a presentation “Networks, mobility and young researchers”. March 24 – Follow-up event of the Academy’s Science Day in Võru County was held at the Võru Gymnasium. March 27 – Chair of the Academy Committee on Marine Sciences Tarmo Soomere participated in a meeting of the EASAC Environment Steering Panel in Brussels, Belgium. April 1 – Raivo Uibo attended a meeting of the ALLEA Permanent Working Group on Science & Ethics in Budapest, Hungary. April 4 – Conference Hall of the University of Tartu Library was the venue for a debate on the topic “In quest for dark matter” between two Members of the Academy – Jaan Einasto and Martti Raidal. The debate was moderated by Mart Noorma, best known as the originator of the satellite EstCube-1. April 11 – Joint delegation of the Academy and the Estonian Association of Engineers visited Iru Power Plant of Eesti Energia Ltd.
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