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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17.04 2024Report: More private funding is needed to ensure the vitality of Estonian culture and sports
In Estonia, culture and sports are mostly reliant on public funds, while in the Nordic countries, for example, these sectors see significantly more private investment from companies and private individuals. In a recent short report, the Foresight Centre highlights how these sectors could receive over ten million euros more annually if Estonian companies raised their financial donations from the current 0.5% to 3%.
