Estonian Human Development Report

Kai Saks (PhD) is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tartu and the Chairman of the
Board of the Estonian Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics. Her research is focused on studying the well-being and
health of elderly people. Ms Saks is a cardiologist and geriatrician. (3.6.)
Avo Trumm (MA) is a lecturer of sociology at the Institute of Sociology and Social Policy of the University of Tartu. His
main research interests include the economic situation and coping of households and the social problems related thereto
(poverty, social exclusion), as well as the socio-political analysis of the measures aimed at alleviating these problems. (3.1.,
3.2, 3.4, 3.7.)
Anu Realo (PhD) is a Senior Research Fellow of Personality Psychology at the Institute of Psychology of the University
of Tartu. She has published more than 40 articles in internationally distributed journals and books. Her primary research
interests include personality traits and stereotypes related to ethnic characters, emotions, subjective well-being, and comparative
cultural studies. (3.3.)
Kairi Kasearu (MA) is a doctoral student at the Institute of Sociology and Social Policy of the University of Tartu. Her
main fields of research comprise changing family models, inter-generational relations, and social cohesion. (3.1., 3.2, 3.4,
3.7.)
Chapter 4
Triin Vihalemm (PhD) is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Journalism and Communication of the University of
Tartu. Her primary fields of research include ethnic relations in Estonia, especially problems related to the development
of identities and language relations, values, and transition culture. (4.1., 4.6.)
Marju Lauristin (PhD) is the Professor of Social Communication at the University of Tartu. Her main fields of
research include social changes in transitional Estonia, problems related to the knowledge and information society, and
the Russian minority in Estonia. (4.1., 4.6.,7.)
Anu Masso (PhD) is a lecturer at the Institute of Journalism and Communication of the University of Tartu. Her primary
fields of research include personal social space, geo-cultural mobility, and collective identities in transitional societies.
(4.2.)
Peeter Vihalemm (PhD) is the Professor of Media Studies at the University of Tartu. His main fields of research include
cultural and political processes in transitional societies, especially changes in media systems and media use, as well as
cultural and political processes in the international social space. (4.3.)
Piret Ehin (PhD) is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Government and Politics of the University of Tartu. Her
main fields of research are political support and legitimacy at the level of both the nation state and the European Union,
and the relationship between the Baltic countries and Russia in the context of European integration. (4.4.)
Kristina Lindemann is a doctoral student at the University of Tallinn Institute of International and Social Studies.
Her fields of research include social stratification, differences in education and the labour market based on ethnic differences,
and the entry of young people into the labour market. (4.5.)
Ellu Saar (PhD) is a Professor at Tallinn University. Her main areas of research include social stratification, education,
and the labour market. (4.5.)
Chapter 5
Veronika Kalmus (PhD) is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Journalism and Communication of the University
of Tartu. Her areas of research include children and young people in the developing information and consumer society,
and the values in the cultural context of the Estonian transitional society. (5.1., 5.4., 5.5., 5.6.)
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