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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11.10 2024Three energy-intensive industries with the greatest potential for Estonia
According to the new report by the Foresight Centre, attracting industries with high energy consumption to Estonia requires the added value of the projects per unit of energy to not be lower than the average. Establishing energy-intensive industries would only be justified if they could bring opportunities for economic activities that would create more added value in Estonia.
