Facta non solum verba ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES YEARBOOK FACTS AND FIGURES ANNALES ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM ESTONICAE XXIV (51) 2018 TALLINN 2019 This book was compiled by: Jaak Järv (editor-in-chief) Editorial team: Siiri Jakobson, Ebe Pilt, Marika Pärn, Tiina Rahkama, Ülle Raud, Ülle Sirk Translator: Kaija Viitpoom Layout: Erje Hakman Photos: Annika Haas p. 30, 31, 48, Reti Kokk p. 12, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 49, 52, 53, Janis Salins p. 33. The rest of the photos are from the archive of the Academy. Thanks to all authos for their contributions: Jaak Aaviksoo, Agnes Aljas, Madis Arukask, Villem Aruoja, Toomas Asser, Jüri Engelbrecht, Arvi Hamburg, Sirje Helme, Marin Jänes, Jelena Kallas, Marko Kass, Meelis Kitsing, Mati Koppel, Kerri Kotta, Urmas Kõljalg, Jakob Kübarsepp, Maris Laan, Marju Luts-Sootak, Märt Läänemets, Olga Mazina, Killu Mei, Andres Metspalu, Leo Mõtus, Peeter Müürsepp, Ülo Niine, Jüri Plado, Katre Pärn, Anu Reinart, Kaido Reivelt, Andrus Ristkok, Ave Soeorg, Tarmo Soomere, Külliki Steinberg, Evelin Tamm, Urmas Tartes, Jaana Tõnisson, Marja Unt, Tiit Vaasma, Rein Vaikmäe, Urmas Varblane, Eero Vasar Printed in Priting House Paar ISSN 1406-1503 (printed version) © EESTI TEADUSTE AKADEEMIA ISSN 2674-2446 (web version) CONTENTS FOREWORD ...........................................................................................................................................5 CHRONICLE 2018 ..................................................................................................................................7 MEMBERSHIP OF THE ACADEMY ..................................................................................................12 GENERAL ASSEMBLY .......................................................................................................................15 BOARD..................................................................................................................................................16 COUNCILS, COMMITTEES ...............................................................................................................18 ACADEMY EVENTS ...........................................................................................................................25 ACADEMIA, MEDIA, SOCIETY ........................................................................................................28 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMY AND FROM THE ACADEMY ........................................................................................................30 PUBLICATIONS OF THE ACADEMY ...............................................................................................34 INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC RELATIONS ..................................................................................35 BIRTHDAYS .........................................................................................................................................39 ESTONIAN ACADEMY PUBLISHERS ..............................................................................................57 UNDER AND TUGLAS LITARATURE CENTRE OF THE ESTONAIN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES .........................................................................58 ASSOCIATED INSTITUTIONS ...........................................................................................................64 ASSOCIATED ORGANISATIONS ......................................................................................................73 IN MEMORIAM .....................................................................................................................................93 FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES ...................................................................................................................97 DIRECTORY .......................................................................................................................................100 FOREWORD This year, the Academy celebrated its 80th anniversary. the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry For a human, this is a respectable age, but an academy of (premises of the Kanut Guild at the time) on 22 October such an age is still in its infancy. The need for an academy 1938. This day was commemorated with the international was a source of discussion ever since the beginning of conference The Advisory Role of Academies in the Estonian statehood, though the idea was still thought to Information-Rich Society, held on 22–23 October 2018. be premature a hundred years ago. Within twenty years, however, the young state managed to develop so quickly, * * * and its active research community grow so rapidly, that a clear need for an academy emerged. 2018 was also a year of hard work, new beginnings, and The longer-lasting an institution, the longer it takes hopefully the establishment of several traditions, whether to establish it. Nobody knows how long the negotiations it be the appreciation of science, education and culture and brainstorming lasted 80 years ago. The Academy along with partners on the way towards Poska Academy was officially founded on Friday, 28 January 1938 when (i.e. a lecture series by members of the Academy in Tartu Konstantin Päts signed the Estonian Academy of Sciences Jaan Poska Gymnasium and in other gymnasiums across Act “due to urgent national need”. The Act came into force southern Estonia), or the sharing of academic thinking on after its publication in Riigi Teataja (the State Gazette) the theatre stages in cooperation with Von Krahl Theatre and following week, on 2 February 1938. As such, 31 January Vikerraadio. The collective action “Life After Google” 2018 was a very fitting date to commemorate the founding consisted of twelve lectures given on a theatre stage to a of the Academy with a festive session in the Parliament full house, with a spontaneously born pop-up end vignette of Estonia Conference Hall and with a gathering in the by a Member of the Academy each time, a radio programme Academy building. about each lecture, as well as a series of essays and opinion The first Members of the Academy were inaugurated pieces that filled printed media. two and a half months later, on 13 April 1938. A week The conference aimed at young scientists working and later, on 20 April 1938, the very first symbolic General studying outside of Estonia is becoming a tradition. For a Assembly meeting of the Estonian Academy of Sciences small nation, it is vital to maintain contact with our best was held in the Council Hall at the University of Tartu. young minds. We are positive that they will come back This was a small step for the first Members of the and bring with them a stockpile of experience, as long Academy, but a big step for Estonia on its path towards as we are able to offer them suitable work and income. becoming a modern state. As a way of celebrating this The foundation of such influential events which fill event with due dignity, the Academy decided to deviate public spaces and guide research policy is the work that from the tradition of holding General Assembly meetings Members of the Academy do in the sphere that generally on Wednesdays, and instead held a festive session of the remains invisible to the public eye. This includes their General Assembly along with an accompanying confe- work on all kinds of commissions, committees, advisory rence Story of Estonian Thought at the Estonian National and decision-making bodies, but also as lecturers, authors Museum on Friday, 20 April 2018. of opinion pieces, presenters of in-depth presentations, The Academy’s central tasks have remained unchanged journal editors and reviewers. ever since it was founded. We are expected “to help, The classic Academy Yearbook reached its 50th volume independently and with high academic professionalism, last year. 23 of these volumes have been published since to resolve issues relating to the development of Estonian the restoration of Estonia’s independence. These pages research and the social and economic development of the have had to fit an increasing number of substantial stories, state”. One of the key aspects of this work is to consult brilliant ideas and technical information about the activi- the state. The Academy was inaugurated at the next ties of the Academy itself, Members of the Academy, and General Assembly meeting that was held in the Hall of associated societies of the Academy. An ever-growing 5 interest towards the activities of the Academy inspired us Members, and another on facts, figures, and technical to write pieces addressed to a wider audience about the overviews of our activities. different intricacies of our work. We hope that such division will make things easier for It is no wonder, then, that last year saw the birth of In those who are interested in the substantial activities of the Words and Images, a publication that is somewhat more Academy, whilst still offering enough joy of discovery dynamic than the classic yearbook, and that uses a for those who need facts, short and less passionate delicately humorous touch when addressing the less descriptions and technical information about the activities visible aspects of the Academy, which are nevertheless of the Academy and our partners. important for society. It sparked such great interest that most of the copies had flown off the shelves by autumn. 28 February 2019 Such a course of events encouraged us to issue two Tarmo Soomere separate publications – one focusing on reports on our public activities, original content, and public interest articles about the activities of the Academy