An independent think tank at the Riigikogu Uku Varblane
Head of Research at Foresight Centre
Uku has received a Master’s degree from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Tartu, where he focused on economic modelling and public economy and is completing his doctoral studies where his topic of research is the links between productivity and global value chains. He has also studied in Slovenia at the University of Ljubljana, in Sweden at Jönköping University and Tbilisi State University in Georgia. As the Head of the Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS) of the University of Tartu, Uku has more than 10 years of experience in conducting and managing applied research in the economy.
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27.10 2025Report: The Estonian economy is more knowledge-intensive, but Lithuania makes more money even with simpler businesses
The Lithuanian economy is growing faster than the Estonian economy, and the Lithuanian government has been bolder in stimulating the economy with tax reliefs. According to the Foresight Centre’s new short report “Estonian Economic Competitiveness in Comparison with Latvia, Lithuania and Finland”, knowledge-intensiveness is considered to be Estonia’s strength, while Lithuania is able to generate substantial revenue even with simpler services.
