Research Projects

Ongoing Projects

The Political Economy of Legal and Governance Reform in Non-Western Societies: Insights from Central Asia (POLCA)

Horizon Europe – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Staff Exchanges (MSCA-SE)
Project No. 101228676 | 2026–2029
Principal Investigator at EBS: Gaygysyz Ashyrov
Estonian Business School, Tallinn, Estonia

Sociology of Authoritarian Law: Insights from Central Asia (SOCIAL)

Horizon Europe – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Networks (MSCA-DN)
Project No. 101226419 | 2026–2029
Principal Investigator at EBS: Gaygysyz Ashyrov
Estonian Business School, Tallinn, Estonia

Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia (MOCCA)

Horizon Europe – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Staff Exchanges (MSCA-SE)
Project No. 101085855 | 2024–2026
Principal Investigator at EBS: Gaygysyz Ashyrov
Estonian Business School, Tallinn, Estonia

Teachers' Pedagogical Digital Competence – Effectiveness and Efficiency of Training

Horizon Europe
Project No. 101132603 | 2023–2026
Principal Investigator: Kaire Põder
Estonian Business School, Tallinn, Estonia

Completed Projects

Innovation Complementarities and Productivity Growth

Estonian Research Council (PRG791) | 2020–2024
Principal Investigator: Priit Vahter
University of Tartu, School of Economics and Business Administration

The Economic Integration of the Nordic-Baltic Region through Labour, Innovation, Investments and Trade

Project MSVMJ21034 | 2021–2023
Principal Investigator: Jaan Masso
University of Tartu, School of Economics and Business Administration

Estonia and Asia: Report on Future Relations

Project LSVMJ21383 | 2021–2022
Principal Investigator: Urmas Varblane
University of Tartu, School of Economics and Business Administration

Growth, Welfare, Innovation and Productivity

Project MSVMJ18458R | 2019–2022
Principal Investigator: Jaan Masso
University of Tartu, School of Economics and Business Administration

Smart Foreign Direct Investment Survey: Analysis of Foreign Companies in Estonia for Developing Criteria to Manage and Attract New Foreign Direct Investments

Project SSVMJ19518T | 2019–2020
Principal Investigator: Urmas Varblane
University of Tartu, School of Economics and Business Administration

Building Capacity in Modern Data Analytics in Georgia

Project DSVMJ18355 | 2018–2020
Principal Investigator: Jaan Masso
University of Tartu, School of Economics and Business Administration

Maritime Spatial Planning for Sustainable Blue Economies

Project MLTMI16373I | 2016–2019
Principal Investigator: Robert Aps
University of Tartu, Estonian Marine Institute

Structural Change as the Factor of Productivity Growth in the Case of Catching-up Economies

Institutional Research Funding IUT20-49 | 2014–2019
Principal Investigator: Urmas Varblane
University of Tartu, School of Economics and Business Administration