The Centre for Ethics of the University of Tartu was established in June 2001 as an interdisciplinary unit within the Faculty of Philosophy. Starting from January 1st 2009, the Centre for Ethics is a consortium.
The Centre aims to:
- Organize interdisciplinary research regarding the ethical issues pertaining to science, society and research activities;
- Further reflections upon norms, values and questions of justice in the Estonian society through organizing public lectures, meetings, seminars and discussions;
- Coordinate and improve the teaching of ethics at the University of Tartu, and prepare, compile and publish anthologies and textbooks on ethics;
- Develop contacts with other ethics centres and organize visits by guest lecturers.
In our project, the Centre leads Work Package 3 and their role is through various tasks to put together a conceptual framework and key mechanisms of trust.
If you want to read more about the centre, please visit https://eetikakeskus.ut.ee/en
