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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01.10 2026Report: The competitiveness of the Estonian economy requires investments into technology and people’s skills
The Competitiveness Expert Council emphasises that, despite the recovery in foreign demand and the improved outlook for the Estonian economy, the long-term competitiveness of the Estonian economy depends on businesses’ investments into their employees’ skills, technology, automation and energy efficiency.
