{"id":26299,"date":"2025-05-09T06:25:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T03:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/?p=26299"},"modified":"2025-05-29T18:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:28:14","slug":"estonian-science-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/previous-issues\/no-51\/estonian-science-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Estonian science 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"TextSwifttaandetaINGLISE lead\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\">In an era of fiscal austerity and geopolitical flux, Estonia\u2019s research system stands at a pivotal crossroads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"TextSwifttaandetaINGLISE\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"> Anu Noorma, head of the Estonian Research Council, outlines the sector\u2019s current challenges: volatile funding, an overreliance on EU structural instruments, and mounting pressures on scholars amid fragmented support. While business R&amp;D investment is rising and international grant capture commendable, foundational science is receding. Doctoral output lags behind European benchmarks, with early-career researchers deterred by administrative burdens and uncertain prospects. Yet, Estonia\u2019s scientific productivity and public trust in science remain robust. To join the ranks of innovation leaders, Estonia must fortify its research base, embrace long-horizon inquiry, and uphold academic freedom. With reforms to its science law imminent, this is a moment to act boldly\u2014balancing excellence, utility, and sustainability in a fiercely competitive global knowledge economy.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an era of fiscal austerity and geopolitical flux, Estonia\u2019s research system stands at a pivotal crossroads. Anu Noorma, head of the Estonian Research Council, outlines the sector\u2019s current challenges: volatile funding, an overreliance on EU structural instruments, and mounting pressures on scholars amid fragmented support. While business R&amp;D investment is rising and international grant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"class_list":["post-26299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-no-51","topic-varia-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26300,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26299\/revisions\/26300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}